Artist’s Diploma

The Artist Diploma is a certificate program reserved for exceptional and experienced performers, with an emphasis on repertoire designed to meet the needs of those who are preparing to embark upon professional careers.

Admission Requirements

Application Requirements

Students may pursue an Artist Diploma in performance with the following majors: Guitar, Historical Performance Instruments and Voice, Orchestral Instruments, Organ, Piano, and Voice. There is no major in Composition and a student may only pursue a major in Conducting under the special circumstance of being appointed to a Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Fellowship.

Students applying for the Artist Diploma degree program present transcripts, test scores, and recommendations before playing a live audition in February. Upon the recommendation of the department, the performer(s) will be scheduled for a second audition with a panel of outside judges on the final day of Audition Week. The details of this process may be found at on the Admissions website.

Prospective students may audition a maximum of two times for any given Peabody program. After two unsuccessful auditions, students will no longer be eligible for admittance into the Conservatory. 

Program Requirements

Residency

The normative case is two years of full-time enrollment. Students must complete one year of continuous full-time residency and four total semesters of full-time enrollment.  Scholarship is awarded for a maximum of four semesters, and the program must be completed within five years.

Students enrolled in the program are expected to be active performing members of the Peabody campus community. The Artist Diploma candidate must present four public recitals: two in each academic year in which they are enrolled in lessons. In voice, a major opera role may be considered an appropriate substitute for one or more recitals, subject to approval of the major teacher and the departments involved.

Artist Diploma candidates must complete eight credits of elective coursework. The program also allows for independent study projects in various aspects of career development as appropriate.

Curricula

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Major Area
PY.100.100	Major Lesson 1 HR (Required Each Semester)	16
PY.xxx.721	Recital	2
PY.xxx.722	Recital	2
PY.xxx.723	Recital	2
PY.xxx.724	Recital	2
Electives
Electives (Maximum of 8 elective credits per term)		8
Total Credits		32

Plan of Study Grid

First Year
First Term		Credits
PY.100.100	Major Lesson 1 HR	4
PY.xxx.721	Recital	2
Electives		2
	Credits	8
Second Term
PY.100.100	Major Lesson 1 HR	4
PY.xxx.722	Recital	2
Electives		2
	Credits	8
Second Year
First Term
PY.100.100	Major Lesson 1 HR	4
PY.xxx.723	Recital	2
Electives		2
	Credits	8
Second Term
PY.100.100	Major Lesson 1 HR	4
PY.xxx.724	Recital	2
Electives		2
	Credits	8
	Total Credits	32