The B.M. program in music performance provides intensive training within a renowned liberal arts university. The degree consists of, 130 total credits: 40 in liberal arts and 90 in music. Students receive a broad foundation in core music classes including four semesters each in music history, music theory, aural comprehension, and keyboard harmony and improvisation.
Woodwind students have myriad performance opportunities. Our resident ensembles—The Quintet of the Americas, The New Hudson Saxophone Quartet, and the NYU New Music and Dance Ensemble—offer extraordinary opportunities to interact and perform with leading instrumentalists and artists. In addition, ten chamber music concerts each year provide woodwind students with opportunities to play in quintets, quartets, and trios as well as with other mixed ensembles taught by our leading chamber music faculty. The Symphony and Repertory Orchestras (with guest conductors such as Tania Leon and Gunther Schuller) present several concerts each year including concerto competitions. Additional orchestral experiences are available through fully staged opera, music theatre productions, recording studio dates and film scoring projects produced by leading Broadway and major opera company music directors.
Students enjoy weekly private study with a renowned woodwind faculty that includes some of the most distinguished players of our time. Our faculty have performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera and many other renowned organizations. Students and faculty meet for weekly repertoire classes where they share performances and insights in a master class setting.
Junior and Senior Recitals are required in the third and fourth years. In addition to intensive training in woodwind studies, we offer elective courses and internships in our acclaimed Music Business, Music Technology, Music Education and Jazz programs. These experiences prepare our woodwind students to successfully meet the challenges and opportunities of an ever-changing profession.
A new dual degree (B Mus / MA Music Education) is designed for undergraduate performance and composition majors interested in adding a music education component to their four-year degree. Students apply at the end of their sophomore year. Once accepted into the dual-degree program by the music education faculty, students complete their degree with the added concentration in music education. Upon graduation, students may continue to a one-year Masters degree in music education, where they complete their supervised student teaching internship to earn initial and professional teaching certification. Please see your current program director before contacting the Music Education program.