Manhattan School of Music's special programs offer a number of unique learning opportunities beyond our general academic curriculum. These programs enable you to enrich your musical training experience and develop new perspectives on the performing arts.

Special programs include:

• Barnard College at Columbia Cross-Registration
• Pierre Boulez/IRCAM Residency
• Conducting Seminar With Kurt Masur
• Distance Learning
• Foreign Exchange
• Outreach / Engagement
• Summer Professional Musical Theater Workshop
• Summer Music Camp (grades 5, 6, 7, and 8)
• Summer Voice Institute
• Symposia Series

In addition, Manhattan School of Music has two new graduate-level degree programs:

• A Dual-Degree program with Teachers College Columbia University: This accelerated program, designed to be completed in three years, gives the student an M.M. (Master of Music) from Manhattan School of Music and an M.A. (Master of Arts) in Music Education with New York State K–12 Music Teacher Certification from Teachers College Columbia University. For more information about this program, click here.
• Contemporary Performance: Students focus on music written during the last 100 years and perform regularly with the school's resident contemporary ensemble. For more information about this program, click here.