Course variations

Course summary

This program is a specialized advanced degree designed for professional caliber performers who wish to combine the performance of specific repertories with research, teaching, and writing about those repertories. This community of practicing musicians and scholars, working closely with musicologists, composers and fellow students to combine skills gained from lessons, practicing, and performing with knowledge and insights gathered from library research and seminar work.

Entry requirement for international students

The minimum admission requirements are: A one- or two-page statement stating the reasons for undertaking graduate work, as well as an explanation of student’s academic interests, including their relation to their undergraduate study and professional goals. Student must submit official, complete transcripts from each college or university previously attended to the field to which they are applying. All transcripts or academic records must be official documents provided in the original language. If that language is not English, they must be accompanied by certified translations into English. If not issued by the college or university as original documents, they should be notarized, full-sized photocopies. They should include grades received in each subject each year, and the number of weeks and hours per week that each subject was studied. Two or three letters of recommendation (depending on the field) must be submitted from faculty members acquainted with their work. Application for merit-based aid-fellowships, assistantships, and tuition awards is part of the application for admission; no additional form is needed. All applicants are eligible to be considered for merit-based aid. All awards are made by the field. GRE requirements vary by field. Applicants whose native language is not English must take the TOEFL and have the official score reported to Cornell from the Educational Testing Service (ETS). Only students who have studied full-time for two or more years at a college or university where English is the language of instruction located in a country where English is the native language are exempt from the TOEFL.

Qualification

Doctoral

Awarding body

Cornell University

Department name

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music