Introduction

Each Longy degree and diploma program offers rigorous yet flexible training that develops not only musicians’ technical and expressive skills but also their identity as articulate advocates for art music. All programs are characterized by high standards of excellence, while their differences reflect the varied levels of experience and goals found among talented and motivated student musicians. The Undergraduate Diploma (which may be expanded to a Bachelor of Music through Longy’s joint program with Emerson College) includes a particularly strong emphasis on musicianship, while the highly selective, graduate-level Artist Diploma consists almost entirely of performance work. The school’s central Master of Music programs include departmental requirements, schoolwide requirements, distribution requirements, and electives, balancing performance, interpretation, and musicianship thoroughly and imaginatively. The Graduate Performance Diploma, on the same musical level as the Master of Music program, assumes strong general musicianship and allows exclusive focus on performance and interpretation. Longy is also a center for the study of Dalcroze Eurhythmics and offers the Dalcroze Certificate and License.

Special Features of the Curriculum

Master of Music Degree
Graduate Performance Diploma
Artist Diploma
Dalcroze Certificate + License
Undergraduate Diploma
Bachelor of Music Degree

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