
Overview
Learning Outcomes
Students graduating from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Music with a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance degree will:
- Perform or conduct and rehearse in an area of specialization at the highest level of professional practice.
- Demonstrate historical and theoretical knowledge supportive of the development of individualized interpretations within a full range of musical styles.
- Display a thorough understanding of the history of their instrument or conducting medium and a comprehensive knowledge of the repertoire and literature specific to the area of specialization.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of general bibliographical resources in music and research skills appropriate to the area of specialization, and the ability to present and defend the results of scholarly research.
- Show sufficient writing and speaking skills to give oral and written presentations of works for their medium which synthesize performance, historical, stylistic, analytical, and technological information.
- Employ advanced writing and speaking skills to communicate clearly and effectively to members of the scholarly and the wider communities.
- Demonstrate the ability to select appropriate literature for teaching and to articulate appropriate teaching strategies.
- Brass Track
- Piano Track
- String Track
- Woodwind Track
- Conducting (Wind Band) Track
- Conducting (Orchestra) Track
- Percussion Track
- Voice Track
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Visit official programme websiteProgramme Structure
Courses include:
- Seminar: Special Topics
- The Operas of Verdi
- The Operas of Mozart
- Puccini and the Verismo
- American Opera Seminar
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General requirements
- An overall undergraduate GPA and master's GPA of at least 2.75 (or 3.00 in the last two years of undergraduate study).
- An undergraduate GPA of at least 3.00 in music.
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Visit official programme websiteTuition Fee
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International
23411 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 23411 USD per year -
National
23411 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 23411 USD per year -
In-State
6869 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 6869 USD per year
Living costs for Las Vegas
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Funding
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