NYU Steinhardt offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in music business.
Successful music business candidates are expected to be highly motivated and prepared to take advantage of a professional program set in the world's music business capital, New York City. In addition to providing structured courses, the curriculum promotes individual choices and development through an interactive classroom atmosphere, internships, participation in our record company, Village Records, and completion of research requirements. Students are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities such as the Program Board, radio station WNYU and the NYU MEISA [Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association], video clip from MEISA Battle of the Bands here.
NYU Steinhardt is one of the few universities in the country to offer a graduate degree in the music business field. The skills you develop will serve you well in a fast-paced industry that needs thoroughly trained personnel who can apply business and administration theory to problems that have a strong aesthetic and artistic dimension.
The Department of Music and Performing Arts offers a warm and collegial atmosphere. Music business students attend classes with faculty who are industry leaders in New York City. Our reputation, faculty, new facilities and location provide students with a unique opportunity to develop as industry professionals and to make the contacts necessary to launch a professional career.
The Department's acclaimed programs of study in Music Performance (Jazz, Music Theatre and Classical), Music Technology, Music Composition (Jazz, Traditional, Music Theatre and Film Scoring) and Music Education provide a rich and valuable array of elective courses for music business majors that prepare them for an ever-changing music industry and musical climate.
B.M., Music Business Undergraduate Contact: Catherine Fitterman Radbill
M.A., Music Business Graduate Contact: Catherine Moore
Catherine Fitterman Radbill discusses the undergraduate program
Catherine Moore discusses the graduate program