Curriculum

Gain training in acting, dance, and voice in our music theatre concentration. While taking full advantage of NYU’s acclaimed liberal arts core, you’ll work one-on-one with our renowned faculty, in lessons, workshops, and master classes. You’ll take part in full-scale theatrical productions overseen by professional directors, choreographers, designers, and musicians, all experienced craftspeople from the Broadway and regional theatre community. In NYU Steinhardt’s unparalleled facilities, you’ll develop your personal artistry while acquiring the skills to succeed after graduation.

Core Course Sequence

As a student in the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, you will complete a range of liberal arts core courses. You'll have the opportunity to take elective courses in music technology, music business, and music education. Our cutting-edge curriculum in music theory and history introduces you to a broad range of musical repertoire, analytical approaches, and critical listening skills for engaging with music from various styles and genres. You’ll have the opportunity to explore not only common-practice “classical” and contemporary music but also popular genres, jazz, musical theatre, and non-Western traditions. 

Music Theatre students take core courses in private voice study, acting, dance, and repertoire. You’ll receive foundational skills to build your technique, and acquire the skills that will allow you to prepare for a professional career. You'll have opportunities to cross traditional lines to take classical voice training and participate in opera workshops and fully staged opera productions.

Sample Elective Courses 

Students can take a variety of classes throughout the Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions, collaborating with the programs in Music Business, Music Technology, Screen Scoring and Songwriting.

Culminating Experience

In degree recitals, you’ll demonstrate mastery in repertoire and technique and personal performance aesthetic. Degree recitals are held in Steinhardt’s world-class performance venues and recorded to provide an archival document of professional quality.