DMA Performance: Piano at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Programme overview

The DMA in Piano Performance is the school's highest degree in the field, a rigorous four-year course of academic and performance study. It offers solo work, chamber music, public presentations and a concerto performance with a professional orchestra. All Piano Performance DMA students receive four years of funding through a Graduate Student Instructorship covering tuition and fees plus a stipend.

Faculty: School of Music, Theatre & Dance | Department: Department of Piano | Duration: 4 years (normally six terms of full-time study beyond the master's degree) | Intake: Fall | Study mode: full-time | Location: Ann Arbor, MI, United States

What you will study

Awarded on demonstrated competence rather than a set number of credit hours; coursework includes performance, private lessons, music theory and musicology. Students attain candidacy at the start of the fifth term and complete at least two academic years of full-time residence.

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Application information

Entry requirements

SMTD graduate applicants apply through the Rackham Graduate School application plus an artistic profile, with pre-screening and audition/interview requirements set by programme. Applicants whose native language is not English submit TOEFL, ECPE, MET or IELTS scores (required before an audition can be scheduled for DMA Jazz). GRE is not required. DMA applications are due December 1.

Requirements published at program group level.

Intake: Fall

Duration: 4 years (normally six terms of full-time study beyond the master's degree)

Apply through the official page: https://rackham.umich.edu/admissions/applying/

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