06.03 The Doctor of Musical Arts Degree
The Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree is designed to represent high attainments in the practice of music, with emphasis on the arts of performing, composing/arranging, conducting and teaching. A candidate for this degree must be, first of all, a capable practitioner of a chosen art. He or she must also demonstrate intellectual attributes of high order. Only those who meet rigorous standards in musical performance and scholarship will be accepted for candidacy.
Graduate students occasionally are admitted to a doctoral program having earned only a bachelor’s degree. More commonly, however, a graduate student will have earned a master’s degree either at the Eastman School of Music or elsewhere before being admitted as a doctoral student. Additional prerequisites can be found with the degree requirements for each major.
