Prepare for your career as a professional concertizing artist and pedagogue in a uniquely creative, inclusive environment. In NYU Steinhardt’s unparalleled facilities, you’ll study with world-renowned artist faculty, exploring diverse musical traditions and pedagogical practices. You’ll learn performance practices involving a repertoire spanning three centuries, pedagogical traditions that shape our approach to the instrument, and educational perspectives on the art of performance.
Core course sequence
Designed for mature performers seeking careers in academia as well as the concert hall, this 45-point degree enables you to earn a master of music in Piano Performance (Concentration in Solo Piano) and an advanced certificate in Piano Performance and Pedagogy. This four-semester program combines intensive solo study with pedagogy, providing one-on-one instruction with our internationally regarded artist faculty. You’ll explore coursework in historical and contemporary performance practices and music education, and learn with peers and faculty in The Art of the Piano: Pedagogy and Practice, a course designed specifically for professional artists and those seeking to advance to studies at the doctoral level. Your experience will also include public recitals and collaborative performances, seminars taught by artist faculty, chamber music coaching with internationally renowned faculty, and a vast array of courses in music education, piano performance, and music history, theory, and composition.
Culminating Experience
You will present your degree recital in your final semester. The recital experience includes a research component that examines performance practice from musicological, historical, or pedagogical perspectives.
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Required Courses (6 Credits)
Research (3 Credits)
Choose one of the following courses:
List of research courses. Course Number Course Name Credits MPATC-GE 2116 Music Theory Pedagogy 3 Credits MPATC-GE 2209 Seminar in Music Theory: Music and the Senses 3 Credits MPAME-GE 2021 Music Reference & Research Materials 3 Credits History/Literature (3 Credits)
Chosen by advisement
Area of Concentration - Solo Performance (39 Credits)
Applied Instrumental Study (12 Credits)
List of courses for Applied Instrumental Study. Course Number Course Name Credits MPAPE-GE 2356 Private Piano* 12 Credits Ensemble (6 Credits)
By advisement.
Performance Practice (12 Credits)
By advisement.
List of courses for Performance Practice. Course Number Course Name Credits MPAPE-GE 2170 Collaborative Piano Techniques 3 Credits MPAPE-GE 2181 Influential Pianists & Performance Practice 3 Credits MPAPE-GE 2186 Piano Literature & Repertoire II 3 Credits MPAPE-GE 2187 Piano Literature & Repertoire III 3 Credits MPAPE-GE 2026 Colloquy in Music 2-4 Credits MPAPE-GE 2189 Performance Practices and Entrepreneurship in 20th and 21st Century Piano Music 3 Credits Guided Elective in Music Education (3 Credits)
Students take 3 credits of the following courses, by advisement.
List of guided elective courses. Course Number Course Name Credits MPAIA-GE 2010 Human Development and Education in the Arts 3 Credits MPAME-GE 2035 Technological Trends in Music Education 3 Credits Culminating Experience (6 Credits)
List of Culminating Experience courses. Course Number Course Name Credits MPAPE-GE 2041 The Art of the Piano: Pedagogy & Practice I 3 Credits MPAPE-GE 2042 The Art of the Piano: Pedagogy & Practice II 3 Credits