

The Kodály Summer Institute will be conducted remotely for Summer 2021.
The NYU Steinhardt Kodály Summer Institute is open to students as a noncredit summer course. Students may also take the course for 3 graduate credits. Students who enroll in the summer master's degree program may take all three levels of the NYU Steinhardt Kodály Summer Institute toward fulfillment of degree requirements, ending with both a master's degree in Music Education and Kodály certification.
The Kodály Summer Institute is endorsed by the Organization of American Kodály Educators.
June 28 – July 16, 2021
April 12, 2021
$55 (Non-Refundable Application Fee)
$1,403 (Reduced Tuition)
TBD (Graduate Credit Tuition in 2020: $5,262, 3-Credit Course)
Scholarships and Financial Aid Available
Post-College and Graduate Students
Continuing Professionals
The Kodály Summer Institute serves both graduate musicians-educators and those who have worked in the field—all who would like to enrich their skills in creating curriculum and delivering pedagogy in a Kodály-inspired music classroom. Participants experience and collect traditional (folk) materials that can be sequenced with the intention of leading their young music makers toward the goals of music literacy and musical understanding. Course work includes:
Kodály Summer Institute does not have any audition requirements, however, there are program-specific questions that you will need to complete within the online application.
For Kodaly graduate credit-bearing application instructions, write to Josh Bailey.
Dr. Jerry Kerlin, jerry.kerlin@nyu.edu
Following his folk-song collecting with Béla Bartók in Hungary in the early 1900s, Zoltán Kodály had a vision—a monumental idea that music, like language, could be taught artistically using the authentic traditional (folk) materials of any given culture.
New York University remains the only campus in metropolitan New York offering Kodály certification on a noncredit and graduate credit basis.
The 2021 summer programs application is open. Start your application today!
ApplyProgram Administration
Summer Programs
212 998 5438
mpap.summer@nyu.edu
Academic Content
Dr. Elise Sobol
Music Education Program, Director
212 998 5778
elise.sobol@nyu.edu
Dr. Jerry Kerlin
Kodály Summer Institute, Director
212 998 5774
jerry.kerlin@nyu.edu