Performance / practice doctorate · DMA
Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA)
University of Minnesota Twin Cities · School of Music · Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Official award
- Doctor of Musical ArtsDMA
- Subject
- Collaborative Piano and AccompanimentConductingMusic Performance
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Doctoral program with collaborative piano and coaching, conducting and performance emphases.
- Department
- School of Music
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Collaborative Piano and Accompaniment | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “invited to apply to the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in the music program.”Source |
| Conducting | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “invited to apply to the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in the music program.”Source |
| Music Performance | Named majorThe official major or program title inside a broader award. | “invited to apply to the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) in the music program.”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
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities2106 Fourth Street South, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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
- Prescreening: Graduate voice auditions are by invitation, based on preliminary materials via submitted videos.
- Audition application deadline: Instrumental in-person audition dates January 30, 2027 and February 13, 2027; voice January 29, 2027 (graduate voice-only day), January 30, 2027 and February 13, 2027
- Theory or aural tests: Incoming graduate students (except Music Education MM, Post-Bac, PhD; Music Therapy MA, PhD) take proficiency exams in Music Theory and Ear-Training during Welcome Week
- Portfolio
- Portfolio requirement not published
- Interview
- Not published
- Deadlines
- Graduate application deadline for 2027 graduate admission (the page gives December 1) · 2027 admission (2026)
Source could not be re-checked automatically.
Research degree details
- Department
- School of Music
- 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.
Graduate assistantships (tuition benefit and subsidized health insurance) Assistantship
Competitive · Tuition benefits cover 6 to 14 credits per semester; appointments between 25% and 50% receive prorated tuition benefits equivalent to double their appointment percentage
Eligibility: Assistantships available in areas including composition, conducting, music education, musicology, theory, and private lesson instruction in guitar, piano and voice
School of Music merit-based fellowships Fellowship
Competitive · Typically cover the cost of resident tuition and can include a non-resident tuition waiver
Eligibility: Automatic consideration for applicants who complete the application and required audition or interview by the deadline
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)