Douglass campus: 85 George Street, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA

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Undergraduate programs

Bachelor of Arts in Music. Four years. Studies in performance, music history, theory. Bachelor of Music. Four years. Studies in performance (classical, jazz), composition, jazz studies, theory, aural skills, music education (with choral and instrumental conducting).

Graduate programs

Master of Arts. In computer composition, musicology, ethnomusicology, theory, music technology. Master of Music. In performance, choral, band and orchestral conducting, jazz studies, music education. Doctor of Musical Arts. Doctor of Philosophy.

Diploma program

Artist Diploma in Performance. A graduate program of advanced performance.

A state-supported university. Rutgers, with its three campuses – at Camden, New Brunswick and Newark, - was chartered in 1766. Its main campus is in New Brunswick. The Mason Gross School of the Arts, chartered in 1976, comprises divisions of dance, music, theater arts and visual arts, and has access to a number of fine performing spaces. Facilities include two well-equipped audio recording, sound generation, design and post-production studios. The Alexander Library’s special collections include manuscript copies of anthems and secular vocal works by Handel and early editions of most of his other compositions, a number of early American hymnals, a large collection of sheet music of American vocal pieces published up to the end of the Civil War and a twelfth century manuscript of medieval Christian liturgical chant. An exchange program exists with the Musikhochschule Köln (Germany). Rutgers Community Arts offers programs to interested members of the local community in the areas of art & design, dance, filmmaking, music, and musical theater. Member of the National Association of Schools of Music. An associate member of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen.

November 2022