音乐艺术博士-钢琴伴奏与室内乐

学习计划构成了DMA学位课程完成前学生必须满足的正式要求。该计划通常将包含至少60个硕士学位以上的学分，并且必须获得研究生专业委员会（GPC）的批准。学习课程是由学生与课程顾问密切协商后制定的，通常会在第三学期（或20个学时后）提交给GPC批准。根据学生的需求（如理论和音乐史的分班考试中所显示的），一般的教育背景和职业目标，个别课程可能会有很大差异。学习计划必须至少在参加博士资格考试之前四个月获得GPC的批准。DMA通常需要3.5年的全日制学习才能完成。
The DMA degree is awarded for high attainments in the practice of music, with emphasis on the arts of performing and teaching. A candidate for this degree must be a capable artist who demonstrates intellectual attributes of the highest order.<br>Studies in composition and music education may be undertaken within the division of graduate professional studies (the DMA as described here) or within the division of graduate research studies. The respective programs have differences in emphasis and course content. In terms of applying, the Doctor of Musical Arts program requires an audition on an applied instrument or voice, the Doctor of Philosophy program does not require an audition for admission. Emphasis is on practical applied music in varying degrees in each of the DMA majors, and constitutes a distinctive feature of the division. Thus the composition and music education majors contain a strong performance component in the DMA degree program, and have a distinctly different emphasis in the PhD degree program.The training of pianists as artistic collaborators is the goal of the graduate programs in piano accompanying. Collaborative pianists must have the same technical skills as soloists, plus knowledge of languages, diction, sonata and duo repertory, vocal repertory, and chamber music. The lively performance scene at Eastman creates a willing body of collaborators and many performance opportunities for accompanying majors.<br> The program of study constitutes the formal requirements that must be met by the student before completion of work for the DMA degree. The program normally will comprise at least 60 credits beyond the master's degree, and must be approved by the Graduate Professional Committee (GPC). Programs of study are developed by the student in close consultation with his or her program adviser, and are normally submitted to the GPC for approval by the third semester (or after 20 credit hours). Individual programs may vary considerably, depending upon the needs of the student (as revealed in the placement tests in theory and music history), general educational background, and career goals. The program of study must be approved by the GPC at least four months before the doctoral qualifying exam is taken. The DMA typically takes 3.5 years of full-time study to complete.