Doctor of Musical Arts in Collaborative Piano

University of Houston

The DMA in collaborative piano degree plan provides skilled pianists advanced training and performance experience as collaborators with vocalists and instrumentalists, and prepares students for teaching collaboration at the collegiate level. The program offers a broad spectrum of opportunities and allows for specialization in vocal collaboration, instrumental collaboration, or chamber music. Our Doctor of Musical Arts program is suited for advanced pianists interested in studying solo piano performance or keyboard collaborative arts at the highest academic and performance levels. Our students’ pianistic roots are cultivated through nurturing yet rigorous training and exceptional artistic teaching. Solo piano students and alumni go on to distinguish themselves in national and international competitions and establish major careers as teachers and performers across the globe. Keyboard collaborative arts students are required to perform solo literature, enabling them to unify solo and collaborative performance and change the perception that a pianist is simply either a soloist or an accompanist. As an extremely fertile city for the arts, Houston affords our students, who plant themselves here, the added boon of developing lucrative local careers as performers and educators.