Performance / practice doctorate · DMA
Doctor of Musical Arts
Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University · Peabody Institute · Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Official award
- Doctor of Musical ArtsDMA
- Subject
- Music PerformanceComposition
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Practice doctorate in musical performance or composition supported by musicology and music theory coursework.
- Department
- Peabody Institute
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
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- Official award
- Doctor of Musical ArtsDMA
- Award family
- DMAA Doctor of Musical Arts: a performance and practice doctorate, 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 | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. | |
| Composition | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
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
- Main campus1 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD 21202
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: Recorded prescreening and live audition
- Audition application deadline: February 14-22, 2027 (main audition schedule)
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Deadlines
- Live auditions and remote interviews February 14-22, 2027
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Research degree details
- Department
- Peabody Conservatory
- Practice-based research
- Practice-based
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.
Scholarships and funding
Funding is shown with its basis and who it is for. Competitive funding is not a guarantee.
Full-tuition scholarship for admitted DMA students Tuition remission
Guaranteed to eligible students · full-tuition scholarships · during the two-year full-time residency
Eligibility: All admitted Doctor of Musical Arts students
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)