Piano Studies Undergraduate
The Bachelor of Music program in Piano Studies attracts outstanding young artists, offering intensive performance training within the stimulating environment of an internationally acclaimed liberal arts/research university. Our pianists work closely with renowned Artist Faculty in private lessons, participate in our nationally regarded Artist Master Class Series, and perform as solo and collaborative artists at venues throughout New York City.
Course Work
Required course work includes private lessons and chamber music coachings, as well as courses in piano literature, keyboard skills, music theory, aural comprehension, and music history. Each Spring, students are evaluated in juried performances, and all pianists present full recitals their junior and senior years. The degree requires a 130 credits (40 in the liberal arts and 90 in music), of which more than twenty are electives chosen from a wide array of offerings, ranging from classes in Music Technology, Music Education, and Music Business to Alexander Technique and secondary lessons in jazz, composition, and conducting.
Preparation
Through intense private study with world-class artists, chamber music coaching with top performers in the field, master classes with Guest Artists, and frequent performance opportunities, talented students develop surely into professional musicians. Nurtured by their teachers and encouraged by their peers, the undergraduate pianists of NYU Steinhardt emerge uniquely prepared to face the challenges of a career in music.
Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions - 35 W. 4th Street, Suite 777 - New York, NY 10012 - (212) 998-5424
NYU Steinhardt - Music and Performing Arts Professions - 35 W. 4th Street, Suite 777, New York, NY 10012