Program Curriculum

The Performing Arts Management program’s vision is to educate a student to assume leadership positions in the nations most prestigious arts institutions. The program is committed to developing leaders who are forward-thinkers and respectful of the needs of both the art and business of music.
Broad-based in outlook and curriculum, the program strives to achieve a balance of artistic and business concerns, both in theory and practice. Individual attention by faculty who are arts professionals, association to the business world, access to other departments’ campus wide and excellent placement record are all trademark of the program.

The Performing Arts Management Program is a two-year, multidisciplinary course of study leading to a Master of Music degree. The student spends three semesters on campus and a final semester off campus in a full-time internship capacity. Course work in arts management, music production, producing, business and administration is supplemented by electives, which may be chosen in consultation with the program director.

Program Curriculum
The philosophy of the Performing Arts Management Graduate program is one of theoretical knowledge acquired applied to practical use within the performing arts industry. The curriculum is carefully structured to provide academic theoretical courses with practical production courses in order to provide a well-rounded academic base for the future leaders, managers, and producers within the performing arts profession.

Fall Semester I
MUM 5715 Performing Arts Management
MUM 5725 Live Music Operations
MUM 5999 Concert Lighting
MUS 5655 Expanding Artistic Expression
MUM 5795 Music Production Lab I
MUM 4302 Business of Music

Spring Semester I
MUM 5991 Arts, Entertainment and Media Industries
MUS 5 Grant Writing for the Arts
MUM 5 Sound Reinforcement
MUM 5 Music Production Seminar
Elective

Fall Semester II
Legal and Business Issues in the Arts * (proposed course and title)
MUM 5990 Arts Management Seminar
Music Bibliography
Thesis
Elective

Spring Semester II
Internship
Thesis (if applicable)

Course Descriptions

Performing Arts Production I (2 credits)
Course focuses on the various aspects of performing arts production. Throughout the semester the student will attend several performances of every possible genre of performing arts and critique the production and the venue. Course prepares student for a successful performing arts management career.

Live Music Operations I (2 credits)
How promoters and producers project a profit margin and the ability to oversee a profit; considering overhead, scheduling, accommodations, concessions, sound and light. Covers various aspects of promoting, supporting and managing live performance venues.

Sound Reinforcement (2 credits)
Exploration of live music on location, dealing with commonly encountered acoustical problems and how to overcome them. Course delves into the needs of various ensembles in actual practice and exposes the student to state of the art sound equipment and how to use it.

Expanding Artistic Expression (2 credits)
Focuses on expanding the horizons of the artistic vision of the student. Accomplished through a series of projects.

Music Production Lab I (1 credit)
Student is assigned to work in the production of a series of individual concert productions. The productions are varied and provide students the opportunity to put in practice work learned in the classroom.

Music Production Seminar (3 credits)
This course will provide hands-on practical knowledge of several different venues in the Miami area. The students will visit each venue and meet with production managers and arts administrators and discuss current productions.

Live Music Operations II (3 credits)
Continuation of Live Music Operations I. Emphasis on promoters, producers and managers ability to project a profit margin including overhead, scheduling, accommodations, concessions, sound and light. An on campus production is required as the final project.

Performance Lighting (2 credits)
An introduction to lighting for entertainment arts performances such as those presented at theme parks, concerts and outdoor performances.

Grant Writing for the Arts (2 credits)
This course is designed to educate students to the strategies and applications used in grant writing. Students will learn how to research grants, arts funding, philanthropic funding, and executing successful grant applications.

Music Production Lab II (1 credit)
A continuation of Music Production Lab I.

Advanced Business of Music (3 credits)
Topics include strategic planning, employee development, and decision making. Also includes a study of publishing, collection agencies, creative unions, contracts with composers and producers.
Arts, Entertainment and Media Industries ( 3 credits)
The performing arts industry is combing more and more interdisciplinary aspects into performances. The student will understand the applications needed in order to produce a production, show or concert involving several different performing arts mediums.

Music Production Lab III (1 credit)
A continuation of Music Production Lab II.

Thesis (6 credits)
The final requirement for graduation. An analytical/research paper is based on this final project.