Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Performance - Woodwind Studies

Receive professional performance training while completing academic studies in music and the liberal arts. Our outstanding woodwind faculty are international soloists, chamber artists, and orchestra players, and you'll work closely with them in weekly private lessons and repertoire classes, sharing performances and insights in a master class setting. Receive a full liberal arts education in a conservatory setting. Throughout your degree program, you will complete a range of liberal arts core courses, including introductory study of the humanities, social sciences, science, and quantitative reasoning, as well as complete core music classes, including music history, music theory, aural comprehension, and keyboard harmony and improvisation. You may also tailor your degree through electives and internships in music business, music technology, jazz studies, and music education, among other areas.

The Bachelor of Music degree program in Instrumental Performance provides students with the opportunity for intensive study with internationally acclaimed performers and teachers. Private instruction is combined with studies in music theory and history, chamber music, and performance practices. Students participate in myriad performance opportunities, including solo repertoire study and intensive training in chamber, new music, and orchestral repertoire. Students may perform in symphony and repertory orchestras, fully staged music theatre and opera productions, string and wind chamber groups, percussion ensembles, contemporary music ensembles, and jazz ensembles. In addition, master classes with renowned faculty and visiting artists provide opportunities for performance, interaction, and learning. Students may also take music business courses that enable them to obtain internships in the music industry, a music technology sequence, an introduction to music therapy, and other options.

If you will have completed your country's pre-university education (equivalent to U.S. 12th Grade) before arriving to NYU, or if any of the following apply to you, you are eligible to apply to NYU as a first-year applicant:

You are completing an internationally-recognized equivalent, such as the IB Diploma, or
You are applying from countries with school leaving qualifications based on the British educational model, and will have completed the A-level equivalent (neither O-levels nor (I)GCSE results will be sufficient for admission), or
You are currently enrolled in a foundation year program outside of the United States and have completed secondary school graduation requirements from your country as outlined in the International Qualifications Tool, or
Your highest degree earned by the time you plan to enroll at NYU is either a certificate or diploma.
IELTS Academic - 7.5 and above
TOEFL iBT - 100 and above