Music Applicants Fall 2025

[DrF8]

Greetings! I'm applying for another round of MM/MFA music programs for Fall 2025, and I wanted to kick off a thread for this year. What programs are you applying to? I'm interested in spatial audio/ambisonics research and using a master's program as a prep for a PhD program (which I have a full list of).

Here's my list for master's:
1. Dartmouth - MFA in Sonic Practice (formerly MA in Digital Musics)
2. NYU - MM in Music Tech
3. Brooklyn College - MFA in Sonic Arts
4. Bard - Music/Sound

I'm more mentally and academically prepared this time around, and my music has progressed significantly. My list was longer, but I've attended a few open houses/info sessions and crossed some programs off my list due to being unable to attend part-time and not being a good research match.

Edited November 23, 2024 by DrF8

[oyster347]

Just wanted to chime in and offer some representation/info for music studies programs! I applied for PhD programs (and a couple masters) in music theory. Heard about interviews for Northwestern and Eastman in the last week or so, and have an unofficial (but still application related?) interview for UMass Amherst coming up, but curious to hear if anyone has heard from other places (even in different fields/depts). Mildly losing it waiting for everything else and just want February to roll around, but I know everyone is in the same boat and am my best trying to exercise patience lol. 

[r123456]

On 1/6/2025 at 8:24 PM, oyster347 said:

Just wanted to chime in and offer some representation/info for music studies programs! I applied for PhD programs (and a couple masters) in music theory. Heard about interviews for Northwestern and Eastman in the last week or so, and have an unofficial (but still application related?) interview for UMass Amherst coming up, but curious to hear if anyone has heard from other places (even in different fields/depts). Mildly losing it waiting for everything else and just want February to roll around, but I know everyone is in the same boat and am my best trying to exercise patience lol. 

I also applied for a few PhD/masters programs in musicology and early music performance, have only heard back from CU Boulder and Eastman so far (interview/audition at boulder, rejected from eastman). still waiting to hear from my other programs that i applied to lol, I am also mildly losing it but we're all in this together 

[oyster347]

Updates anyone? Allegedly supposed to hear from Northwestern today, but not feeling confident they're gonna follow up on that lol