Master of Arts in Performing Arts Administration

Build on your performing arts background and prepare for a leadership role in national and international performing arts organizations. Youll combine intensive study with internships at leading New York City organizations. Learn how to imagine creative solutions to emergent problems, think critically, communicate effectively, and manage both human and material resources.
Take advantage of unparalleled training within a university that is acclaimed for its preparation of leaders in business, management, and the arts. Your curriculum can be completed in two years of full-time study and will include course work in management studies either at the Stern School of Business or the Wagner School of Public Service. Youll also study diverse areas of industry-specific interest such as the environment of arts administration and marketing, finance, planning, and governance in the performing arts and choose from electives with advice from the program director, as well as complete internships throughout New York City's performing arts scene.
A major paper, project, or case study is required in the Seminar on Cultural Policy: Issues in Arts Administration. Youll learn to apply fundamental tenets of business and management (marketing, law, audience development, board development and board relations, and fundraising) to the administration of performing arts organizations.
As a student in the Performing Arts Administration master's, you will acquire hands-on experience through interning at leading New York City arts organizations. Students have recently completed internships at organizations including the American Ballet Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club, Metropolitan Opera Association, New York Philharmonic, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York Foundation for the Arts, Paul Taylor Company, and the Atlantic Theater Company, learning skills such as marketing, finance, programming, education, and institutional fundraising.

You must have the equivalent of a regionally accredited four-year US bachelor's degree before beginning your studies at NYU Steinhardt to be considered for admission.
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Upload one official copy of transcripts from every postsecondary school you have attended or are attending. Make sure to request them in advance of the deadline.
R'sum/CV
Statement of Purpose
Letters of Recommendation
GRE Optional
Writing Sample

TOEFL IBT - 100
IELTS - 7.0