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The MM program is 39 points. To the right, there is our official curriculum page on the NYU site. Below, we added the same information in a graphical manner.
Program of Study at a glance
Program of Study at a glance
39 points
Required Courses
Required Courses
3 x Private Composition Lessons (3p, total of 9p)
Contemporary Scoring (3p)
Screen Music: History, Analysis, and Aesthetics (2p)
NEW Graduate Scoring Foundations: Harmony, Narrative, and Film Language (3p)
One Scoring Techniques course: Film and Animation (2p), Video Games (2p)
Music Editing for Screen Music (3p)
Seminar in Composition: Adv Scoring Toolkit (2p)
Composers Forum (2 semesters for 1p)
Music Notation (1p)
Colloquy in Music (2p)
Orchestration
Orchestration
By placement, one course (3p each): Orchestration I, Orchestration II, or Adv. Orchestration: Screen Scoring
Electives
Electives
from a wide variety of courses
Orchestration II 3
Adv. Orchestration: Screen Scoring 3
Adv. Orchestration: Concert Music 3
Composers Forum 0-1
Scoring Techniques: Videogames 3
Scoring Techniques: Film and Animation 2
Conducting: Foundations 1
Conducting: Intermediate 2
Conducting: Advanced Instrumental 3
Conducting: Advanced Musical Theater 3
Songwriting History and Criticism I 3
Songwriting History and Criticism II 3
African-American Music: Its Origins and Influence 3
Songwriters Forum 3
Rights, Revenue, and Relationships 3
Mixing in the Digital Audio Workstation 3
Advanced Computer Music 3
Game Audio 3
Audio for Games and Immersive Environments 3
Ear Training for Audio Engineers 3
Audio for Video 2-3
Advanced Audio Production 3
Advanced Topics in Music Technology: Production for Songwriters 3
Seminar in Composition 3
Psychology of Music 3
Your First Semester
Your First Semester
You will have a lot of flexibility in your studies. Nevertheless, this is the most typical first semester for our students.
Full time is 9 points, but you could to take up to 12 points on a semester.
3p Private Lessons
3p Contemporary Scoring
0-1p Composers Forum: Fridays@1
one course from
2p Screen Music: History, Analysis, and Aesthetics
3p Orchestration II (depending on placement)
3p Music Editing (depending on previous experience)
optionally
1-3p Conducting
Conducting Foundations (1p) offered Fall and Spring
Conducting Intermediate (2p) offered Spring (requires foundations or one semester of conducting in your UG)
Conducting Advances (3p) offered in the fall (requires intermediate or 2 semesters of experience in conducting)
What are these courses about?
What are these courses about?
Private Composition Lessons
One hour per week of individualized instruction with one of our faculty.
You will work on your composing skills, writing for the screen, technological skills, how to prepare for the recording sessions …
Contemporary Scoring
How to create music using digital tools
Learn how to use Logic, Protools, sample libraries, synths, and sound FX
Spectral Ear training and Mixing
Aesthetics and techniques beyond the live orchestra: hyperorchestra
Composers Forum: Fridays@1
This is our weekly series of masterclasses. You need to take the class at least once for 1 point. You can take the class for 0 points for the rest of the semester if you would like to.
Screen Music: History, Analysis, and Aesthetics
Overview of the history of music for cinema
How to analyze and describe the music for a scene, and how to analyze music for a movie. Transcribe.
Aesthetic trends throughout the history
Music Editing
Become proficient at ProTools in preparing sessions for recording studios.
Learn how to produce a session an take notes
Create Temp tracks and conform music to picture
Music Notation
Advanced techniques in Finale, Sibelius, and Dorico
How to notate music efficiently
How to prepare for performances and recording sessions
Conducting
A hands-on class with ensembles or piano
In foundations, there are 4 weeks to practice conducting with a click. Intermediate is more advanced, and Advanced, even more.
What About Orchestration?
What About Orchestration?
We do have one of the strongest Orchestration sequences in the country which, and this is rather unique, have a strong focus on film music from the very beginning. You will be placed in one of the orchestration courses. You are only required to take one, but you can take more as elective credits.
These are also great courses for you to learn and analyze seminal orchestral film scores.
Orchestration I
Foundations of orchestration, with a special focus on string writing, chord balance, and woodwinds. There is an introduction to texture as well.
Every week, there will be a performer coming to class to demonstrate techniques for each instrument, in addition to ensembles for your assignments.
Examples are taken from concert music, film music (Bernard Herrmann, John Williams, Mica Levi), and song arrangements.
Orchestration II
This class continues the foundations of Orchestration by covering all the brass instruments, the auxiliary wind instruments, and some extended techniques.
The is a strong focus on texture and orchestral balance with full sections.
Every week, there will be a performer coming to class to demonstrate techniques for each instrument, in addition to ensembles for your assignments.
Examples are taken 50% / 50% in orchestral film music and concert music, with an emphasis on bigger orchestral pieces.
Advanced Orchestration: Screen Scoring
This course goes over specific orchestrational techniques for screen music. It also covers more advanced topics in orchestration.
There are 4 recording sessions for which you will write original music.
Examples are taken mainly from film music, with additional examples from concert music when appropriate.
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