DMA Internships

Students enrolled in the Doctor of Musical Arts in Contemporary Music degree at Bowling Green State University are required to fulfill an internship in a non‐academic setting. Examples might include work in foundations, orchestral management, museums, and the entertainment industry. Students will earn 4 hours of credit and should be onsite for approximately 160 hours. The student will work under the guidance of a supervisor at the internship site and a coordinator at Bowling Green State University.

The internship is an important part of the education of the students in the DMA in Contemporary Music program. The internship usually takes place after the second or third year of study and may be paid or unpaid.

Internship Placements

2008
Toledo Museum of Art (OH)
Toledo Symphony (OH)
Meet the Composer (NYC)
International Contemporary Ensemble (NYC)

2009
Aspen Music Festival (CO)
Alarm Will Sound (Chicago/NYC)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (MI)

2010
Eastern Music Festival (NC)
WGTE Public Media (Toledo, OH)
American Composers Orchestra (NYC)

2011
Bang on a Can (NYC)
Ohio Light Opera (Wooster, OH)
Dal Niente (Chicago)
Encore Wind Symphony (Traverse City, MI)
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts (Omaha, NE)
Mark Morris Dance Group (NYC)
Toledo Symphony Orchestra (OH)

2012
New Adventures in Sound Art (Toronto)
Kerrytown Concert House (Ann Arbor)
Black Swamp Percussion (Holland, MI)
Boston New Music Initiative (MA)

2013
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (MI)

2014
Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice (Boston, MA)
Soundscape Composition and Performance Exchange (Italy)
DANSR, Inc. (Chicago)
Conservatorio Brasileiro de Musica Centro Universitario (Rio de Janeiro)

2015
IKAD Productions (NYC)
Nief-Norf Festival (TN)
Thompson Street Opera (KY)
Toledo Symphony Orchestra (OH)

2016
Toledo Museum of Art (OH)
Birch Creek Music Performance Center (WI)
Soundscape (Italy/US)
Wild Space Dance Company (WI)

2017
Bowling Green Arts Council (OH)

2018
Third Coast Percussion (IL, IN)
WGTE Public Media (OH)

2019
New Music on the Point (NH)
J. L. Smith and Company (NC)
The Carolina Opry Theater (SC)
Snow Pond Music Festival (ME)
Pedal Note Media (VA - distance)

2020
American Composers Alliance (NYC - distance)
Young Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra (Jerusalem, Israel)
Bowling Green Arts Council (OH - hybrid)
Institute for Composer Diversity (NY - distance)

2021
WGTE Public Media (OH - remote)
Institute for Composer Diversity (NY - remote)

2022
Festival of the South (MS)
Snow Pond Music Festival (ME)
Bowling Green Arts Council (OH)
Great Lakes Performing Artist Associates (MI)

2023
Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition (OH - distance)
Festival Internacional de Flautistas en el Centro del Mundo—31st Edition (Ecuador - hybrid)
CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (NY) Frances Clark Center for Keyboard Pedagogy (IL - hybrid)
Lakeside Chautauqua (OH)
Maxwell’s Restorations LLC (Cleveland, OH)
Opera Baltimore (MD – distance)
Snow Pond Music Festival (ME)

2024
WGTE Public Media (OH)
Bowling Green Arts Council (OH)
ChamberQUEER (NY - remote)

2025
Anzû Quartet (NY - remote)
Thin Edge New Music Collective (Toronto - remote)

Updated: 08/09/2025 07:51PM