您将根据自己的特定兴趣和目标创建高度个性化的学习计划。该博士课程将密集的表演与相关的学术研究相结合，为专业音乐表演和音乐研究领域的职业音乐人做好了准备。您将与我们知名的教师紧密合作，并在舞台上和学院内为您的职业发展专业领域。该学位课程要求毕业至少45分。指定一般研究领域，并与博士生顾问协商后提出具体建议。这些涉及相邻领域的课程工作，使学生能够开阔视野并了解自己与各种文化背景和知识传统有关的音​​乐创作活动。
Prepare for a career in music performance and music research by working closely with our faculty of internationally recognized performing artists. With a flexible curriculum, you can personalize your program of study for your specific interests and goals. You'll also develop and complete a dissertation and perform two recitals.Youll take a range of courses in the foundations, cognate areas, and specialized research methodology, as well as private lessons and a departmental seminar in chamber music. Youll also take course work in neighboring fields like psychology, performance studies, historical musicology, ethnomusicology, media, arts education and technology, and the social sciences, allowing you to broaden your perspective and understand your own music-making activities in relation to a variety of cultural contexts and intellectual traditions. Youll gain expertise not only as a top-caliber performer, but as a scholar, educator, and entrepreneur.As a student in this program, you'll be an active performer, both as a soloist and in concerts with NYU performing ensembles and more. You will also have opportunities to collaborate with performers, dancers, actors, and multimedia applications. Within our department, there are very active collaborations with the Music Technology, Jazz Studies, and Music Composition programs. In addition, we have a very active collaboration with musicians and other artists throughout New York City.