DMA Performance: Voice at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Programme overview

The DMA in Performance: Voice is a rigorous three-year course of study culminating in three doctoral performances in lieu of a dissertation, two of which must be song recitals. Full-tuition fellowship funding is provided to nearly all DMA students, most also receive health benefits and a stipend through a Graduate Student Assistantship.

Faculty: School of Music, Theatre & Dance | Department: Department of Voice | Duration: 3 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

Minimum requirements include performance, foreign language, music theory and musicology courses. Candidacy is attained at the start of the sixth term, with at least one academic year of full-time residency.

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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: 3 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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