Music (DMA)
The Doctor of Musical Arts degree is the highest practice-oriented degree in the field of music. It is intended to give persons of outstanding ability the opportunity to become creative contributors in both performance and scholarship. The acquisition of the degree testifies to the mastery of the general subject of music, to a concentration of knowledge or skill in some specialty within the field of music, and to the acquisition of research skills applicable to the activities of scholarship and teaching in music.
Location
- Storrs Campus
Modality
- In Person
D.M.A. Requirements
The D.M.A. degree requires satisfactory completion of at least 60 credits, with a minimum GPA of 3.0 required for students in either program. Students in the D.M.A. program are required to take MUSI 5302 Analytic Techniques and MUSI 5391 Procedures in Historical Research. Students must pass the Doctoral General Examination. Following the Doctoral General Examination, students are required to submit a dissertation proposal for approval by the student’s Advisory Committee, the Graduate Studies Committee of the Department of Music and by the Graduate School. Upon completion of the dissertation, which must present an original contribution to research in the field, students are required to present and pass a Doctoral Dissertation Defense, which includes an oral final examination by the student’s Advisory Committee. Additional discipline-specific course requirements are listed below.
D.M.A. in Performance Requirements
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUSI 5323 | Applied Music (for four semesters) | 16 |
| Ensemble (for four semesters) chosen from the following: | 4 | |
| Graduate Performing Ensemble | ||
| Graduate Chamber Ensemble | ||
| Opera Theater | ||
| Three Theory or History courses chosen from: | 9 | |
| Notation and Performance Practice | ||
| Schenkerian Theory and Analysis | ||
| Theory Seminar | ||
| Advanced Analysis | ||
| History of Music Theory | ||
| Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis | ||
| Seminar: The Life and Works of Individual Composers | ||
| Seminar: Style Periods in Music History | ||
| Seminar: History of Musical Forms | ||
| Directed Electives (in consultation with the Major Advisor and the Advisory Committee) | 7 | |
| MUSI 5397 | Recital | 1 |
| GRAD 6950 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | 1-9 |
| Total Credits | 38-46 | |
Students with an emphasis in voice must demonstrate proficiency in foreign language diction.
D.M.A. in Conducting Requirements
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| MUSI 5323 | Applied Music (Four semesters) | 16 |
| Two semesters of Ensemble (observer/assistant conductor role, two credits each semester) registered under: 1 | 4 | |
| MUSI 6400 | Tutorial in Music | 1-3 |
| Three Theory or History courses chosen from: | 9 | |
| Notation and Performance Practice | ||
| Schenkerian Theory and Analysis | ||
| Theory Seminar | ||
| Advanced Analysis | ||
| History of Music Theory | ||
| Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis | ||
| Seminar: The Life and Works of Individual Composers | ||
| Seminar: Style Periods in Music History | ||
| Seminar: History of Musical Forms | ||
| Directed Electives (in consultation with the Major Advisor and the Advisory Committee) | 7 | |
| MUSI 5397 | Recital 2 | 1 |
| GRAD 6950 | Doctoral Dissertation Research | 1-9 |
| Total Credits | 39-49 | |
- 1
Registered under MUSI 6400 Tutorial in Music (four credits total).
- 2
One recital (one credit) plus two (non-credit) large ensemble conducting appearances.
Students with an emphasis in choral conducting must demonstrate proficiency in foreign language diction. In addition, students are expected to participate in MUSI 5331 Conducting Seminar during each semester of residence.
Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate appropriate breadth and depth of disciplinary knowledge and comprehension of the major topics, theories, and issues of the discipline, including demonstration of specialized knowledge of a sub-field sufficient to carry out substantive independent research or creative pursuits.
- Use disciplinary methods and techniques ethically and professionally to apply knowledge, critically analyze, and, as appropriate to the degree, create new knowledge or achieve advanced creative accomplishments.
- Communicate proficiently and effectively to a specialist or non-specialist audience, verbally and in writing, a structured, coherent academic presentation, representation, or argument that cogently summarizes their research or creative pursuit, relevant literature, and its significance at the level appropriate to discipline.