Program Overview

Music Performance Doctoral Degree

Overview

The University of North Texas offers a Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) in Music Performance, with a specialization in various instruments. This program is designed to provide students with hands-on experience working with various ensembles throughout the year.

Program Details

• Program type: Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.)
• Major: Music Performance
• Format: On Campus
• Estimated time to complete: 3 years
• Credit Hours: 84 hours (with Bachelor's), 54 hours (with Master's)

Requirements

• 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)

Marketable Skills

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

Program Highlights

• The Division of Instrumental Studies has 34 full-time resident faculty members and 20 adjunct faculty members drawn from ensembles such as the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, and Dallas Opera.
• Faculty members are dedicated teachers and nationally and internationally known performers who have performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, Minnesota Opera Orchestra, Dallas Opera Orchestra, and many others.
• The program offers opportunities to meet some of the world's top music scholars and artists through specialized lectures and events hosted by various divisions in the college.
• Being near Dallas and Fort Worth gives students additional performance opportunities, including those with the Dallas Bach Society, Texas Camerata, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Opera Orchestra, and symphony orchestras in Irving, Plano, and Richardson.
• The Murchison Performing Arts Center, which houses the Winspear Performance Hall and the Lyric Theater, has state-of-the-art acoustics.

Facilities

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

Related Programs

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

Similar Areas of Study

• Music & Performing Arts
• College of Music
• Division of Instrumental Studies