<p>Hy</p>
<p>I'm from Portugal and right now I'm doing a master in piano Performance in USA. Since I have an assistantship. I'm doing a lot of accompaniments. I've doing that for 3 years in my country and I've been playing with every instrument and voice. </p>
<p>I'm receiving good compliments from the faculty I work and also students.</p>
<p>I would like to keep with this activity in my future. I have been receiving posts about pianist accompanist positions in usa universities and i would like to know how is that working. Should I take a doctor degree to apply to those positions? So far i only saw Master degree requerimentos but is it better to do a Doctor?</p>
<p>Others may have a different take, but these days they are degrees in collaborative piano being offered, one of the staff accompanists my S used at his prep program had a Phd in collaborative piano. If that is the path you want to take, a doctoral degree in collaborative piano might help distinguish you from other candidates…outside of that, I am afraid I can’t offer much, hopefully others will chime in.</p>
<p>There are some really good collaborative piano programs to look into and also check out the sites for Young Artist Program for singers- many of them also have positions for pianists and can be for 2-3 years. Send me a PM if you need some recommendations.</p>