Specialist in Music in Performance, Strings
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Designed for students seeking intensive and specialized professional training focusing on performance and ensemble participation. Applicants must possess a master’s degree in music or its equivalent as well as substantial solo and ensemble repertoire.
Curriculum
The Specialist in Music: String Instrument Performance requires a minimum of 30 credits. Coursework to include:
Private lessons
Ensemble participation
Chamber Music
Non-Performance SMTD electives
Final Project:
Final recital
Silent Advisor
Degree requirements and term-by-term layout for current students.
Faculty
Richard Aaron
Danielle Belen
Aaron Berofsky
Caroline Coade
Amir Eldan
David Halen
Joan Holland
Fabiola Kim
Yizhak Schotten
Nicholas Walker
Performance Opportunities
From large ensembles in celebrated concert halls to chamber groups in intimate recital spaces, performance opportunities across all disciplines abound, with nearly 900 student performances each academic year. Whether your focus is on early, classical, or contemporary music, whether your passion is for jazz, electronic, or world music, there is an ensemble—or in many cases, multiple ensembles—to suit your interests.
Orchestras
SMTD orchestras offer numerous concerts each season, performing notable works in the symphonic repertoire as well as abundant newly commissioned works.
Chamber Music
The thriving chamber music scene at SMTD offers students nearly limitless options to perform, innovate, and collaborate in small, self-driven, and diverse ensembles.
Early Music Ensembles
Students interested in historically oriented performance have opportunities to explore music from across the centuries, performed on authentic period instruments and high-quality replicas.
Solo & Studio Recitals
Across all disciplines, students perform and study with their peers in studio classes and perform for the public in solo student recitals and studio recitals.
Jazz Ensembles
With large and small jazz ensembles exploring a range of styles, SMTD offers abundant opportunities for students – music majors and non-majors alike – to perform.