Performing Arts Administration Description

The New York University Performing Arts Administration Program began in 1971 as a 36-point program and expanded to a 54-point program in 1976. It is a cooperative program of the School of Education and the Leonard N. Stern School of Business. The program requires a commitment of two academic years. Its mission is to educate arts administrators of the highest caliber to lead performing arts institutions by serving in the areas of general management, marketing, development, programming, long-range planning, board and volunteer development and organizational goal formation. The program’s faculty members counsel and advise students closely in their academic and internship experiences to help them make a smooth transition from the University to the service of the arts.

Major Paper Requirement
A major paper, project, or case study is required in the Seminar on Cultural Policy: Issues in Arts Administration.

Internship
Students are required to take six credits of internship. These may be fulfilled in the form of two 20-hours-per-week internships for three credits each or one 35-40-hours-per-week internship for a semester’s credit of six points.

In addition, the program offers a study abroad program in the late spring/early summer, which provides study in comparative issues and practice in arts administration in the United States of America and Europe.

Examples of Positions Held by Some Graduates of the Program

The McCarter Theater	Director of Development
Lincoln Center Theatre	Associate Director of Development
Lincoln Center	Associate Fiscal Director
Metropolitan Opera Association	Director of Marketing
Orange County Arts Center	Director of Marketing
Philadelphia Orchestra	President
Cunningham Dance Foundation	Chief Financial Officer
Danspace	Business Manager
Joyce Mertz Gilmore Foundation	Program Officer
SoHo Rep	Executive Director
Orchestra of St. Luke’s	Director of Development
U.C.L.A. Department of Music	Administrator
Drexel University	Director of Arts Administration Program

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