Training
•Bullet: Doctor of Arts model pairs podium study with preparation for college teaching — deliberately distinct from a DMA — through an 18-credit primary area plus a student-chosen secondary area
•Bullet: Choose a choral, orchestral or wind focus and study with UNC's ensemble directors: Jill Burleson Burgett (Director of Choral Studies), Andrés Felipe Jaime (orchestra) and Wesley Broadnax (bands)
Performance & Productions
•Bullet: Doctoral conductors rehearse and conduct UNC's own ensembles — Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra and the choirs — within a school that stages 275+ performances a year
Value
•Bullet: Part of the WICHE Western Regional Graduate Program, so most students from member states pay Colorado resident tuition; 65+ graduate assistantship positions support School of Music students
