NYU Steinhardt’s Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions was established in 1925. Today, 1,500 students majoring in renowned music and performing arts programs are guided by 300 faculty. Our degree programs—baccalaureate through doctorate—share the Steinhardt School’s spirit of openness and innovation that encourages the pursuit of high artistic and academic goals. This unique vision takes many forms. In 1968, the Department merged with the New York College of Music. Since that time, Steinhardt Music and Performing Arts Professions has functioned as NYU's "school" of music and developed into a major research and practice center in music technology, music business, music composition, film scoring, music performance practices, performing arts therapies, and the performing arts-in-education (music, dance, and drama). Our rich and varied expertise and interests bring performance majors and composers together with choreographers, directors, actors, dancers, educators, librettists, and filmmakers in collaborative projects often reviewed by the New York media. Faculty sit on leading journal editorial boards and publish some of the most significant performing arts research on the scene today. Coupled with leading faculty and advanced studios in music technology and a nationally recognized program in music business, our Department and the Steinhardt School offer an unparalleled environment for artistic, professional, and scholarly challenge and growth.

Welcome to our Summer Programs. Every summer, high school to graduate school students, and faculty, participate in our varied and exciting programs. Through these programs you can benefit from master classes, private lessons and workshops. You can learn from and play with top performers. We hope you will join us and experience summer in New York City; the music, dance, theatre and arts capital of the world.

Below is a list of all our summer programs. We offer many dynamic programs from workshops in music theatre, string and woodwind, to film scoring, jazz and music business just to name a few. Click on the name of a program to find dates, application deadlines and an online application. Feel free to email a summer program director for more information.