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The Music Technology Program prepares students for careers in Audio Mastering, Audio-Visual Post Production, Computer Programming, Recording Engineering, Research and Development, Scoring for Film and Multimedia, Signal Processing, and Video Game Audio Production. Students are allowed to develop expertise within an academic setting where learning by creative experimentation is encouraged.
To obtain a Master's degree in Music Technology, a student must successfully complete 45 points, including required and elective classes. The Music Technology program at NYU was designed to offer each student a solid foundation in all areas of music technology, while giving the flexibility to obtain specialized expertise in the area of music and audio technology of greatest interest to each student.
Below are sample course sequences for graduate students, click on individual headings for more detailed information on each sequence. Please click only once, content make take several seconds to load.
The general Music Technology sequence is intended for students who seek solid general knowledge in the field of music technology, without a specialization in any one particular area.
| General Sequence | |||||
| Year 1 | |||||
| Fall | Spring | ||||
| E85.2600 | Digital Audio Processing I | 3 | E85.2601 | Digital Audio Processing II | 3 |
| E85.2599 | Fund. of Digital Signal Theory | 3 | E85.2036 | Advanced Music Acoustics | 3 |
| E85.2598 | Fund. of Digital Signal Theory Lab | 1 | E85.2402 | Psychology of Music/Cognate | 3 |
| E85.2XXX | Elective | 2 | E85.2607 | Advanced Digital Signal Theory | 3 |
| E85.2XXX | Elective | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 12 | 12 | |||
| Summer - Session 1 | |||||
| E85.2047 | Adv. Computer Music Composition* | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 3 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||
| Fall | Spring | ||||
| E85.2605 | Graduate Internship | 0-3 | E85.2616 | Master’s Project Prep (Colloquy) | 3 |
| E85.2XXX | Elective | 3 | E85.XXXX | Performance Ensemble | 0-2 |
| E85.2XXX | Elective | 2-4 | E85.2XXX | Elective | 3 |
| E85.2XXX | Elective | 3 | E85.2XXX | Elective | 3 |
| Total Credits | 12 | 9-11 | |||
Boldface indicates required classes, "*" indicates classes that may be repeated for credit.
Tonmeister studies emphasize a coordination of musical and technical skills, enabling participants to direct live concert recordings with sensitivity to the demands of both disciplines. The skills of Tonmeister students are honed during intensive workshop sessions, where participants record concerts by professional concert artists under the supervision of international recording technology specialists.
| Tonmeister Honor's Sequence | |||||
| Year 1 | |||||
| Fall | Spring | ||||
| E85.2600 | Digital Audio Processing I | 3 | E85.2601 | Digital Audio Processing II | 3 |
| E85.2599 | Aesthetics of Recording | 3 | E85.2036 | Advanced Music Acoustics | 3 |
| E85.XXXX | Performance Ensemble | 0-2 | E85.2402 | Psychology of Music/Cognate | 3 |
| E85.2XXX | Elective | 3 | E85.2599 | Fund. of Digital Signal Theory | 3 |
| E85.2598 | Fund. of Digital Signal Theory Lab | 1 | |||
| Total Credits | 9-11 | 13 | |||
| Summer - Session 1 | Session 2 | ||||
| E85.2611 | Concert Recording: Tonmeister studies I | 3 | E85.2612 | Concert Recording: Tonmeister studies II | 3 |
| E85.2047 | Adv. Computer Music Composition* | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 6 | 3 | |||
| Year 2 | |||||
| Fall | Spring | ||||
| E85.2013 | Concert Recording III: Mastering | 3 | E85.2616 | Master’s Project Prep (Colloquy) | 3 |
| E85.2629 | Advanced Audio Production | 3 | E85.2605 | Graduate Internship | 1-3 |
| E85.2XXX | Elective | 3 | E85.2XXX | Advanced Digital Signal Theory | 3 |
| E85.2XXX | Elective | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 12 | 7-9 | |||
Boldface indicates required classes, "*" indicates classes that may be repeated for credit.
Scoring for Film and Multimedia
The Scoring for Film and Multimedia Sequence allows students to gain knowledge and experience in all matters pertaining to music composition for film, television and other media.
| Scoring for Film and Multimedia Sequence | |||||
| Year 1 | |||||
| Fall | Spring | ||||
| E85.2600 | Digital Audio Processing I | 3 | E85.2601 | Digital Audio Processing II | 3 |
| E85.2555 | Music Editing for Film | 3 | E85.2036 | Advanced Music Acoustics | 3 |
| E85.2500 | Film Music: Aesth/Hist Perspectives | 3 | E85.2402 | Psychology of Music/Cognate | 3 |
| E85.XXXX | Elective (Private composition recommended) | 3 | E85.2599 | Fund. of Digital Signal Theory | 3 |
| E85.2598 | Fund. of Dig. Signal Theory Lab | 1 | |||
| Total Credits | 12 | 13 | |||
| Summer - Session 1 | |||||
| E85.2048 | Scoring for Film and Multimedia* | 3 | |||
| E85.2047 | Adv. Computer Music Composition* | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 6 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||
| Fall | Spring | ||||
| E85.2020 | Advanced Orchestration | 3 | E85.2616 | Master’s Project Prep (Colloquy) | 3 |
| E85.2605 | Graduate Internship | 2 | E85.XXXX | Performance Ensemble | 0-2 |
| E85.2628 | Audio for the Web | 3 | |||
| E85.2XXX | Elective (Private composition recommended) | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 11 | 3-5 | |||
Boldface indicates required classes, * indicates classes that may be repeated for credit.
Acoustics and Signal Processing
The Acoustics and Signal Processing Sequence is intended for students who interested in the areas of music information retrieval, digital signal processing, interactive music systems, and 3D audio.
| Acoustics and Signal Processing Sequence | |||||
| Year 1 | |||||
| Fall | Spring | ||||
| E85.2600 | Digital Audio Processing I | 3 | E85.2601 | Digital Audio Processing II | 3 |
| E85.2599 | Fund. of Digital Signal Theory | 3 | E85.2036 | Advanced Music Acoustics | 3 |
| E85.2598 | Fund. of Digital Signal Theory Lab | 1 | E85.2402 | Psychology of Music/Cognate | 3 |
| H79.2318 | Programming for Non-Programmers | 3 | E85.2607 | Advanced Digital Signal Theory | 3 |
| E85.XXXX | Performance Ensemble | 0-2 | 12 | ||
| Total Credits | 10-12 | 12 | |||
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| Summer - Session 1 | |||||
| E85.2605 | Graduate Internship | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 3 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||
| Fall | Spring | ||||
| E85.2623 | Music Information Retrieval | 0-3 | E85.2616 | Master’s Project Prep (Colloquy) | 3 |
| E85.2047 | Adv. Computer Music Composition* | 3 | E85.2613 | 3D Audio | 0-2 |
| G63.2901 | Basic Probability | 2-4 | |||
| E85.2XXX | Elective | 3 | |||
| Total Credits | 12 | 9-11 | |||
Boldface indicates required classes, "*" indicates classes that may be repeated for credit.