Performance / practice doctorate · Other practice doctorate
Doctor of Arts in Music
Ball State University · School of Music · Muncie, Indiana, United States
- Official award
- Doctor of Arts in MusicDA
- Subject
- Music Performance
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Doctor of Arts combining a primary study area (performance, conducting, music education, theory/composition) with a secondary emphasis and integrated teaching, performance and scholarship.
- Department
- School of Music
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
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- Official award
- Doctor of Arts in MusicDA
- Award family
- Other practice doctorateA performance or practice doctorate with another title (for example Doctor of Music), kept separate from the research PhD.
- Qualification level
- Performance / practice doctorate
- Qualification standing
- Academic qualificationA degree, or a certificate or diploma awarded by a degree-awarding institution within a national qualifications framework.
- Orientation
- Orientation not published
- Previous degree required
- Not published
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Music Performance | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “Performance (in voice, piano, and all symphonic instruments)”Source |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
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No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Muncie campusHargreaves Music Building (MU) 203, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Audition
- Audition required
- Audition details
- Format: Live or recorded
- Flute: Mozart Flute Concerto, K. 313, or Mvts. I (exposition, development, and cadenza) and II; a modern work (20th or 21st century piece) of your choice; a baroque work of your choice. Orchestral excerpts are also listed on the page.
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
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Research degree details
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether lessons, accompanists, practice rooms, instrument hire, software, recording, recitals, travel and residency costs are extra.
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, whether a previous degree is required, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 25 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 25 October 2026)