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Vocal Performance

Receive expert training from renowned faculty of experienced New York professionals, preparing  for a career in vocal performance. You will receive a full liberal arts education and benefit from a comprehensive curriculum in musical theater, contemporary, and opera. Vocal Performance at NYU Steinhardt offers opportunities for performing and recording, unparalleled facilities, and access to a vast network of peers, industry practitioners, and accomplished alumni, as well as cross-training in movement, speech, diction, song study, scene study, audition skills, and business skills.

Bachelor of Music
Vocal Performance: Music Theatre

Study movement, speech, diction, song study, scene study, audition skills, business skills, and more as you prepare for a career in music theatre.

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Bachelor of Music
Vocal Performance: Classical Voice

Gain a foundation of vocal technique through private lessons, studio classes, performances, and more as you prepare for a career on the stage.

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Bachelor of Music
Vocal Performance: Contemporary Voice

Study voice, acting, movement, auditioning, and business, while achieving a level of performance excellence necessary for a career as a professional vocalist.

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Master of Music
Vocal Performance: Music Theatre

Study vocal performance with a specialization in music theatre, fully integrating training in voice, acting, and dance.

Application Extended: Still Accepting Applications

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Master of Music
Vocal Performance: Classical Voice

With a blend of training in voice, acting, diction, movement, and repertoire, this degree prepares you for a career in recital and concert performance and opera.

Application Extended: Still Accepting Applications

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Advanced Certificate
Vocal Pedagogy
Post-Master’s Study

Combining intensive vocal training with related academic study, this post-master's advanced certificate expands your knowledge of vocal pedagogy.

Application Extended: Still Accepting Applications

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Master of Music / Advanced Certificate
Vocal Performance: Music Theatre / Vocal Pedagogy

Perform in fully staged music theatre productions, develop pedagogical skills for voice, and build a vocal repertoire for teaching in this dual degree.

Application Extended: Still Accepting Applications

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Master of Music / Advanced Certificate
Vocal Performance: Classical Voice / Vocal Pedagogy

Prepare for a career as a classical vocal performer and develop pedagogical skills and methods for teaching voice.

Application Extended: Still Accepting Applications

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Doctor of Musical Arts
Music Performance

Prepare for a lifelong career in music as a collegiate educator or top level performer in the Steinhardt DMA program.

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Doctor of Philosophy
Music Performance and Composition: Performers

Conduct cutting-edge research, perform on stage at NYU and throughout New York City, and study with world-renowned artists.

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Find Your Voice at NYU Steinhardt

  • Fully integrate the study of voice with the study of music, acting, and performance skills.

  • Participate in a challenging and innovative curriculum aligned with the music industry of the 21st Century.
  • Performance opportunities in fully-staged productions under the guidance of professional directors, conductors, and choreographers.
  • Guest artists and faculty drawn from New York’s vibrant community of professional artists.
  • Graduates have built successful careers in the world of opera, music theatre, and popular music.
  • Summer two-week intensive workshops in contemporary, music theatre and classical voice.

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Meet NYU Steinhardt Costume Supervisor Michelle Humphrey

Michelle Humphrey discusses her job as a costume designer for NYU Steinhardt Music and Performing Arts Professions. "This is a field where creativity and skill will take you far, but passion and persistence will take you even further."

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Ana Flavia Zuim Conducts Forensic Voice Analysis for Criminal Cases

Drawing on her experience as a musical director, vocologist, and music associate professor of vocal performance at NYU Steinhardt, Zuim uses voice science to identify both singers and speakers—and help solve crimes.

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Cover Me

Cover Me is an evening of brand-new pop/rock arrangements created and performed by the students of Steinhardt Vocal Performance. Each song is a cover of a well known tune, but reimagined to flip it on its head in surprising and...

Provincetown Playhouse
133 MacDougal Street, NYC

Die Fledermaus

Set in interwar Vienna, Die Fledermaus follows Falke’s elaborate New Year’s Eve revenge on his friend Eisenstein.

Iris Cantor Theatre
38 West Houston Street (at Bleecker Street) NYC

Songwriting and Vocal Performance Collaborative

Our Vocal Performance and Songwriting programs team up to present an evening of original songs never heard before.

Provincetown Theatre
133 MacDougal Street, NYC

Contemporary Vocal Ensemble

The Contemporary Vocal Ensemble (CVE) is a non-traditional ensemble that teaches singers the basic performance skills needed to excel as a lead singer & front person performing different contemporary genres - pop, R&B, hip hop...

Frederick Loewe Theatre
35 West 4th Street, NYC

Soprano Harolyn Blackwell Shares Her Love for the Stage and Teaching

World-famous soprano Harolyn Blackwell has performed with everyone from Aretha Franklin to Luciano Pavarotti. She's sung for four presidents and one pope. For the last seven years she has also been a voice teacher at NYU Steinhardt. She spoke a bit about her career and the four P's.

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Questions

For more information, please contact steinhardtvocalperformance@nyu.edu