Degree and Diploma Programs

The Curtis Post-Baccalaureate Diploma offers highly gifted musicians the opportunity to pursue focused studies in their major field while offering the opportunity to continue building the skills necessary for careers as performing artists on the highest professional level.

An undergraduate degree or equivalent is required for admission.

Post-baccalaureate diploma students receive complete and diversified musical training with a performance curriculum mirroring that of the undergraduate programs. Students study with distinguished artist-teachers in private lessons, repertoire classes, and chamber music coachings. These experiences are augmented by elective offerings in career studies and musical studies, as well as uncommonly frequent performance opportunities.

The post-baccalaureate diploma requires a minimum of 32 semester hours (s.h.). The program normally takes two years to complete, but a student may stay an optional third year at the discretion of the dean of faculty and students and the president.

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