Klarinet Archive - Posting 000136.txt from 2005/06

From: "David Naden" <dnaden@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] DMA vs. PhD
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 17:54:16 -0400

There is one other distinction between a PhD and a DMA or DMus degree.
The DMA or Dmus is considered a "professional" degree and the PhD an
"academic" degree (well...perhaps research =3Dacademic in the context of
Jim's e-mail).

David=20

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Lytthans [mailto:lytthans@-----.net]=20
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 2:47 PM
To: Klarinet Digest (Mail)
Subject: [kl] DMA vs. PhD

The DMA degree (Doctor of Musical Arts), to a PhD in Music, is like an
MD=20
degree to an PhD in Medicine. One is a research degree, the other is a=20
practicing (pun intended) degree. When people ask me what they can do
for a=20
particular ailment, I tell them to practice two C# scales, very fast, in

three octaves and call me in the morning. As Matthew Lloyd stated, my
DMA=20
required three recitals, comps, orals, a rather extensive research
paper,=20
plus three other craft fields... in my case conducting, Music Ed and
Music=20
History. A whole lot of work. And, yes, it's possible to earn a DMA in

Percussion from many universities. I don't envy percussionists. They
must=20
learn so many more instruments that we mere clarinet players, and they
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to haul all that crap around!

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Jim Lytthans
Anaheim, CA

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