Music studies

Prague is a small city that is bursting with culture. Music plays a central role in this country, where Dvorak was born, Mozart composed Don Giovanni, and the Rolling Stones paid for the lighting systém in Prague Castle’s Spanish Hall as a gift to their friend President Vaclav Havel. At NYU in Prague's music program, students get individual instruction from leading European artists, work as interns in world famous concert venues and cutting-edge experimental theatres, and live in a city where many of Europe's finest performers and composers are trained.

Launched in the fall of 2005, Prague, along with Florence (launched Spring 2008), is currently one of two NYU global program sites where music majors can move through their programs of study as if they were at their own school. The music program encompasses a wide range of music history, theory and applied music classes. Internships are available for 1-3 credits at concert halls, record companies, recording studios, television and radio stations, theatres, and management companies. Theatre, business, and liberal arts courses and languages are available to supplement students' music studies.

Students are housed in a newly-renovated 19th century building equipped with practice rooms, pianos, drum sets, and classrooms for individual instruction.

The music sequence is only offered in the Fall semester. There is complete flexibility in how many music courses students take (although students may only take ONE lesson in private instruction), but decisions must be made in consultation with the student's faculty adviser during pre-registration period. Internship site assignments are administered by NYU Prague staff.

Click here  to see the list of classes offered by NYU in Prague and faculty.

Attached is a list of internships for the students of music business, technology and education. There will be a meeting during orientation to discuss placements. If you have any questions, please contact Marta Fleischhansová. You can also learn more about Steinhardt's Music Study program in Prague and Florence here.