Program Overview

Jazz Performance Doctoral Degree

Program Overview

The University of North Texas (UNT) offers a Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) in Jazz Performance, a program widely regarded as one of the nation's most respected. The program is designed to provide students with a Bachelor's or Master's degree and can be completed in three years.

Program Details

• Format: On Campus
• Estimated Time to Complete: 3 years
• Credit Hours: 84 (with Bachelor's), 54 (with Master's)

Marketable Skills

• Goal facilitation and fulfillment
• Exceptional memory capacity
• Performance under pressure
• Oral and written communication
• Critical analysis

Program Highlights

The Division of Jazz Studies offers numerous opportunities to perform with on- and off-campus ensembles, including the One O'Clock Lab Band, which has earned six Grammy Award nominations and toured Europe, Japan, Thailand, and Australia. The faculty members are dedicated teachers and nationally and internationally known performers.

Facilities

The Murchison Performing Arts Center houses the Winspear Performance Hall and the Lyric Theater, both with state-of-the-art acoustics. The College of Music has a rich tradition in music and is attended by talented musicians from all over the world.

Courses

• Advanced Issues in Music Research (3 Hrs)
• Analytical Techniques for Popular Music (3 hrs)
• Analytical Techniques I (Ars Antiqua–1700) (3 hrs)
• Analytical Techniques I (3 hrs)
• Analytical Techniques I (Post 1900) (3 hrs)
• Introduction to Research in Music (3 hrs)

Related Programs

• Performance Conducting D.M.A.
• Music Composition M.M.

Similar Areas of Study

• Music & Performing Arts
• Division of Jazz Studies