What is the NYU Steinhardt Music Business Graduate Program?

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The Music Business Graduate Program is a specialized graduate degree that addresses the music industry as a unique business operating within corporate and entrepreneurial structures. 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.

Music Business M.A. Application Guide on Graduate Admissions site

Music Business M.A. with Concentration in Music Technology on Graduate Admissions site

Underlying our curriculum is a four-step process of teaching and learning that answers the question: what can you learn at a university that will prepare you to succeed in an industry that is notoriously fluid and capricious? First, we teach the structure of the industry -- its systems, practices, rules and regulations; second, we explore the changes in and reasons behind that structure; third, we encourage critical analysis and interpretation of the structure. The fourth step is up to you -- final Colloquy projects propose changes and innovations to take the industry forward.

New York University is one of the few universities in the country to offer a graduate degree in the music business field. Successful candidates are expected to be highly motivated and prepared to take advantage of a professional program set in the world's music business capital. In addition to providing structured courses, the curriculum promotes student autonomy through an interactive classroom atmosphere, internships, and research requirements. Students are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities such as the Concert Program Board, radio station WNYU and the MEISA, the NYU chapter of the national Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association.

**NEW for Fall 2011: Music Business: Concentration in Music Technology**

The Music Technology Concentration within the MA in Music Business is intended for students with a background (academic and/or professional) in music technology who wish to exploit that experience in the commercial arena. The focus is on understanding interrelations between music businesses and consumer technologies, audio for games and other interactive applications, sound design in the digital music space, and emerging platforms for the generation and exploitation of music. Applicants for this concentration submit details of their prior academic and/or professional music technology experience.

 
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The Music Business program offices are located on the 12th floor of the NYU Education Building, 35 W. 4th Street. The program, one of the oldest and most respected in North America, prepares students for leading roles in the fast-paced, global music industry.