The M.M. program in music performance is comprised of 36 credits that can be completed in 3 or 4 semesters. Incoming master's music students are required to pass Departmental Graduate Exams in music theory, aural comprehension, and music history. Graduate classes in music aesthetics, research, theory, literature and performance practices are available.

Brass students have myriad performance opportunities. Several chamber music concerts each year offer chances for students to perform in the NYU Brass Choir, brass quintets, quartets, trios and other mixed ensembles, taught by our leading ensemble faculty. The NYU Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia present several concerts of standard orchestral repertoire and new music each year including concertos performed by student concerto competition winners. Additional orchestral experiences are available through our fully staged opera, music theatre productions, recording studio dates and film scoring projects produced by leading Broadway and major opera company music directors. Students may also participate in the NYU New Music Ensemble. 

Students enjoy weekly private study with our richly diverse brass faculty including some of the most distinguished players in the major New York orchestras, renowned soloists and clinicians.

One solo master's recital is required, usually given in the last (3rd or 4th) semester. The recital experience includes a manageable research project that examines a piece or set of pieces on the recital program from the standpoint of music history, music theory/analysis, and/or performance practices.

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