Program Details
Over the course of the four-year program, students complete coursework in the following areas of study. Please see the academic catalog for the current detailed program curriculum.
- Private Lessons
- Techniques of Music (Music Theory, Ear Training, Dictation, Piano)
- Small and Large Ensembles
- Performance Courses and Electives
- Guided Electives (Courses in Arranging, Composition, Entrepreneurship, Improvisation, Pedagogy, Technology)
- Liberal Arts Courses (Music History in Context, Electives at The New School)
Performing Arts Core
Students also engage in a series of cross-disciplinary courses through the Performing Arts Core program, which includes a combination of required and elective courses that all undergraduate students at the College of Performing Arts participate in. These courses explore subjects including improvisation and collaboration, the whole human artist, socially engaged artistry, and technology and experimentation.