D.M.A. - Performance (instrumental)

Graduate Admissions

Audition Days

 Friday, January 31, 2025 (morning only)
Saturday, February 1, 2025 (afternoon only)
 *Saturday, February 15, 2025 (all day)
  • Graduate Applications: The deadline for all degree programs and specializations is December 15, 2024.
  • Required Auditions: All required auditions, whether in-person or video, must be completed by 5 p.m. February 15, 2025.
  • Graduate Assistantships and Fellowships: All graduate applicants are automatically considered for graduate assistantships and fellowships. No separate application is required. 
  • Summer MM-Music Education Fellowships: The priority consideration deadline is May 1, 2025.
*Preferred graduate audition day 

For AUDITION information, click on one of the links below at the bottom of this page.

Semester by Semester Plan
D.M.A. Degree - Performance (all areas)
8-9-9-9-9-10

Note 1: This plan assumes that the student has completed 36 hours of transfer credit that is applicable toward the degree.
Note 2: Any semester which exceeds 9 hours of coursework could be reduced if hours were taken in  a summer session.
Note3:  NOTE: not shown=2 semesters of chamber music and for most, 3 semesters of large ensemble. 

D.M.A. Degree - Performance
Fall 1 Spring 1
MUAP 9--. Applied Music (2)
MUSC 9--. Music Theory or History Smnr (3)
MUSC 8--. Music Theory/History (3)
MUSC 099. Doctoral Colloquium (0)		 MUAP 9--. Applied Music (4)
MUSR 998. Recital (3)
MUSC 862. Lit & Pedagogy (2)
MUSC 099. Doctoral Colloquium (0)
Fall 2 Spring 2
MUAP 9--. Applied Music (3)
MUSC 881.Strategies for Adv Rsch in Music (3)
MUSC977. Performance Practice (3) 
MUSR 98. Recital (0) 
MUSC 099. Doctoral Colloquium (0)		 MUAP 9--. Applied Music (3)
MUSR 998. Recital (3)
MUED 992. College Teaching in Music (3)
MUSC 099. Doctoral Colloquium (0)
Fall 3 Spring 3
MUAP 9--. Applied Music (3) 
MUSR 998. Recital (3)
MUSC 8/9  Music History (3) 
Comprehensive Exams & Document
Proposal completed by Nov. 1		 MUAP 9--. Applied Music (4)
MUSR 998. Lecture Recital (3)
MUSC999. Doctoral Document (3)