Manhattan School of Music
Undergraduate Studies

Academic
Departments

Accompanying
Brass
Chamber Music
Composition
Contemporary
    Performance

Guitar
Harp
Humanities
Jazz
Keyboard Skills
Music History
Music Education &
   Performance
   Dual Degree

Opera Studies
Orchestral
   Performance
   Program

Orchestral Studies &
    Operations

Organ
Percussion
Piano
Pinchas Zukerman
   Performance
   Program

Strings
Theory & Skills
Voice
Woodwinds


Preparing Students for a Life in the Performing Arts

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The undergraduate program at Manhattan School of Music offers the aspiring professional musician rigorous curricula in performance or musical composition. The program consists of four areas of concentration: major field of study, course work in music-related subjects, ensemble performance, and humanities.

As part of the bachelor of music degree program, you will take a sequence of courses designed to unify studies in music theory, music history, and the humanities which includes reading, writing, critical judgment, articulate speech, history, politics, philosophy, art, and geography. This program prepares you to take intense, specialized elective courses in your junior and senior years.

Students may choose to pursue a diploma course of study, which is the same as the bachelor's curriculum minus the humanities core and humanities elective requirements; the diploma represents recognition of accomplishment in the field of music, but does not carry with it the rights and privileges of a college degree.

Studies Overview

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Undergraduate studies include:

Classical Majors

Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program

Jazz Majors