how many MM and DMA degrees in string performance do the top 10 U.S. music schools award each year?

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<p>how many MM and DMA degrees in string performance do the top 10 U.S. music schools award each year?</p>

<p>I know it’s very difficult to get an actual number, so I’m just looking for a ballpark number. However, I guess an exact can be easily obtained by calling/emailing each of those 10 school to see how many MM and DMA diplomas they printed last year? :slight_smile: </p>

<p>“MM” = Master of Music
“DMA” = Doctor of Musical Arts
“degrees” = actual diplomas being handed out to students, not number of students in the program
“strings” = viola, violin, cello
“top 10” = whatever is generally recognized as the “top 10” in this forum :)</p>

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<p>Go luck first coming to an agreement as to what the top 10 grad schools are for string performance.</p>

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<p>just to makes things simple… </p>

<p>how about just the “top 10” most talked-about grad music schools for string performance in this forum?</p>

<p>time to round up the usual suspect, eh?</p>

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<p>@DutchPenguin I am wondering if this is something ASTA might have numbers on- just a thought?</p>

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<p>So sad that String performance isn’t considered to include the double or string bass…</p>

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<p>Yes, last I checked they have the biggest strings of all!</p>

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<p>please accept my apologies for not including bass… due to my own ignorance, I was not aware that they offered MM or DMA degrees in bass?</p>

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<p>@DutchPenguin- Well, I know that CIM offers advanced degrees in Double Bass performance AND they pre-screen, so there must be sufficient numbers of applicants…</p>

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<p>My daughter is a violinist but it seems like her best friends are all bass players. They are definitely going for MM degrees. </p>

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<p>Anyway, none of this answers your question. Someone would need to pick up the phone and call the programs in question to get this information. I’d suggest the top-15 or even top-20 just to keep the fur from flying.</p>

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<p>I happened across this the other day on the Yale School of Music website. It lists all the degrees conferred last spring and all the current students, along with their previous degree and where they’re from. I imagine with a little digging you could find similar documents at other schools. But why? Are you trying to prove that there are more graduates than orchestral positions?<a href=“Welcome | Office of the University Printer”>Welcome | Office of the University Printer;

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<p>I too am curious as to why you’re seeking this data.</p>

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<p>If this data is to prove that there are more graduates than there are open positions, I’d hazard a guess that would be true. But, then again, it’s probably the case with a lot of fields these days. I know a lot of unemployed/underemployed STEM majors too!
My D certainly has expensive tastes but she’d rather chance a career that she loves and is passionate about than sit in a cubicle or lab all day doing something that makes her miserable. There are close family members who don’t understand that and who tried to impress their will upon her- those relationships suffered irreparable harm as a result. She knows the odds and has charted her course accordingly.
I am NOT implying that this has anything to do with DutchPenguin’s original question- just adding to the discussion.</p>

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<p>I’d be interested in knowing this data. Of course, the numbers will vary according to the number of graduates per year, which varies in these small departments. It would be important to collect several years of data. </p>