The Department of Music currently offers the Ph.D. in Music in two areas of study: Musicology & Ethnomusicology and Music & Multimedia Composition. The long-standing doctoral program in Ethnomusicology, established in 1968, is one of the first in the country. It was combined with the study of Musicology in 2018. The Composition doctoral program had previously been known as Computer Music & Multimedia (or MEME) since it became a fully-fledged Ph.D. in 2004. The small size of both programs  allows for significant cross-talk between the students.

For more information on admission and program requirements, please visit the following website:

https://www.brown.edu/academics/gradschool/programs/music-and-multimedia-composition

https://www.brown.edu/academics/gradschool/programs/musicology-and-ethnomusicology