Piano performance/Collaborative piano

College Majors Music Major
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<p>Hey all
I'm currently an undergraduate studying piano performance, and I'm researching grad schools. I'm looking for a program that allows me to study solo piano works while still getting to study/play a lot of chamber music. Any ideas of schools? Something like a masters degree in piano performance with a collaborative piano fellowship would be perfect, but they are proving to be hard to find. </p>

<p>Any help would be appreciated! </p>

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<p>Most schools with a piano major (grad school) will allow you to do just that. And you can also make good money playing for recitals and performances of the voice students ( I know of a girl who charges $300/recital).</p>

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<p>Get thee to University of Michigan and study with Martin Katz: He is a fantastic teacher and VERY well connected.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.music.umich.edu/faculty_staff/bio.php?u=partner”>http://www.music.umich.edu/faculty_staff/bio.php?u=partner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>As musica said, he is one of the very BEST! But, he travels a lot doing master classes and accompanying so factor that in. Do look at CIM also which has top piano performance and collaborative departments and also CCPA (Roosevelt) where there are plenty of opportunities to accompany, both on assignments from the school and gigs playing for student recitals.</p>

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<p>I know of someone who did both MM in piano performance and MM in collaborative piano at Eastman. It would take an extra year. I would imagine it would be possible at other schools as well. </p>

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<p>Is it possible to take a Doctor in Piano Performance and meanwhile take a degree in collaborative? I want to join as a staff accompanist somewhere but I don’t want to take a doctor in collaborative. I’ve worked a lot as an accompanist although I still think it’s important to study this area </p>

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<p>It depends upon the program and what you want to do with your degree. Some schools are doing away with the DMA dissertation and going to larger recitals but know that they involve a massive amount of preparation. A DMA in piano performance will get you a teaching job at the university level but the DMA in collaborative piano also opening those doors and could take you into vocal coaching as well. The latter degree is more marketable today. Look at the University of Michigan’s program with Martin Katz.</p>