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Study what’s important to you
There’s no one way to be a musician. At Longy, you’ll uncover and explore new ways to make a living in music. Our innovative
Catalyst Curriculum
for graduate studies is customized to focus on the skills, knowledge and experience you’ll need to create change in the world. You choose the training you need for the career paths you want to explore.
With fewer core requirements overall—just 10 of the 36 credits you’ll need to graduate—you’ll have plenty of time for open credits that will let you explore what really interests you.
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Upon graduation you’ll be a professional musician capable of designing experiences, producing projects, and engaging audiences with exceptional, transformative music encounters. You’ll learn... How to make your music matter: Starting with our Artist Statement Workshops and Career Coaching program we will help you articulate a vision for your career. Then we’ll help you identify the skills, training, and classes you’ll need to reach your goals. How to create: In our Custom Commission program, you’ll collaborate in a laboratory setting, where performers join forces with composers to create custom pieces. How to curate: As you program your First Year and Graduate Recitals, you’ll develop programs that display your unique artistic perspective, share meaningful repertoire, and explore the pathways in which you communicate with the audience.
How to engage: In Teaching Artistry, you’ll develop the skills to engage and educate audiences in any setting—essential skills for bringing music to new audiences everywhere. How to make your own work: In Musician’s Portfolio, you’ll build your website and gather the headshot, résumé, video, and audio samples you’ll need to find work. You’ll also learn to design experiences, produce projects and find opportunities for creating your own work. Choose one or more of these options to focus on what you need to learn to get where you want to go. Advanced Teaching Artistry: Apply the audience engagement skills of Teaching Artistry to events and programs at Longy and beyond, working independently or in small groups. Music as a Healing Art: Learn how your music can bring healing to palliative care and health care settings.
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Sistema Side-by-Side: Experience the power of El Sistema in Longy’s music for social change program, as you mentor and perform alongside young musicians. >Watch the Video Music and Civic Engagement: Learn to identify social needs that can be addressed through music.
Building projects from the ground up is an essential skill. Choose one of the following options: Entrepreneurship: Learn practical skills to get any project—or organization—off the ground.
One of many Project-Based
classes: Get hands-on experience designing and producing projects and building audiences.
