Designed for students who want the flexibility to pursue more coursework within the liberal arts in addition to an education in music. This is an interdisciplinary degree with a larger commitment to liberal arts.
Curriculum
The Bachelor of Musical Arts in Performance: Piano requires a minimum of 120 credits: coursework is approximately 50% within SMTD and 50% within the liberal arts. The liberal arts coursework can be tailored to a student’s specific interests.
Students will elect either a performance or multidisciplinary track. SMTD coursework to include:
PERFORMANCE TRACK
- Private lessons
- Music Theory
- Musicology
- Ensemble participation: at least two terms of band, orchestra, or choir; two additional terms of any ensemble
MULTIDISCIPLINARY TRACK
- Private lessons
- Music Theory
- Musicology
- Ensemble participation: four terms of at least two different ensembles
- Performing Arts Technology
How To Apply
Applicants must:
- Apply to U-M via the Common Application or Coalition Application (current U-M students should use the Cross-Campus Transfer Application) by December 1
- Submit an SMTD Artistic Profile by December 1 for a live audition
- Have all supplemental materials sent to the U-M Office of Undergraduate Admissions
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Please send inquiries regarding the SMTD application process to SMTD.admissions@umich.edu. To learn more about SMTD, sign up for an Information Session.
Faculty
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- Christopher Harding Chair, performance
- Matthew Bengtson piano literature, fortepiano
- Amy I. Cheng chamber music
- Katherine Collier performance, collaborative piano
- John Ellis pedagogy and performance
- Arthur Greene performance
- Robert Grijalva piano technology
- Aya Higuchi Hagelthorn piano pedagogy
- Martin Katz collaborative piano, voice literature
- Lydia Qiu coordinator of accompanying
- Logan Skelton performance
- associated faculty
