<p>saywah, go to the music major forum on cc and search for resume, repetoire.</p>
<p>There are a few examples within specific threads there that list the basic format. The music resume (or curriculm vitae, cv for short) has it's own format. A full repetoire list can be tedious, and can be truncated, adapted to specific needs, highlighting specific concentrations (solo, orchestral, chamber) and giving the most detail to the rep geared for a particular type of program.</p>
<p>In your case, it might make sense to highlight solo works, and give a representative sample by composer of orchestral and chamber works, with the "full repetoire list upon request" tag line. Unless you're applying as a BM candidate, you should be fine with just listing representative works.</p>
<p>Edit: DO include educational background, years of study and names of primary instructors. It's a small world musically, and you never know who knows who.</p>
<p>public highschool
I attended eastman concurrently
and no, i'm only planning on doing Ivies and other top schools.. therefore I'm not even sure if I SHOULD send in a musical supplement if I don't plan on majoring in music..</p>
<p>From what I understand, the adcoms are not the ones who review the supplements. Music supplements are evaluated by the music faculty, and sports supplements by the appropriate coaches, which is why the supplements will be under greater scrutiny if you choose to include them. The faculty and coaches in turn inform the adcoms whether the supplements reflect an exceptional experience. I know others say that their children included them despite non-stellar records. That's fine, but I think most faculty/coaches won't comment favorably if they spend time on average supplements. Read the supplements to the letter, and understand what they are asking for. </p>
<p>Clearly, your resume' is impressive. If you have been playing your instrument/s since you were in gradeschool, you should state the number of years total, but you don't need to give your repertoire and awards during those years, unless you were incredibly precocious. Also, I would specify the years in which you performed the pieces/repertoire and the awards that you mention. Faculty like to see an upward trend in musical development. They don't want to see that you got all your awards during freshman and sophomre year, and then stopped playing or receiving awards during Junior year.</p>
<p>Since they do ask for instructors on the form, you should include them and state for how long you had them. The music world is rather small, and even if they've never heard of a particular teacher, they might know someone in your geographical area who would know of him or her. </p>
<p>Also, if you attend any tours, make sure you contact the appropriate faculty in advance for a brief discussion about how you might continue your musical life. Be upfront with them if you don't want to major or minor in music, but still want to be involved in orchestra, chamber group or just private lessons. My son contacted the jazz director of most of the schools we visited because it was important to him to continue with his jazz studies, but he wasn't sure whether he would double major or just minor in music. He was able to mention a wonderful meeting with the college's jazz director in one of his essays when he described why he could see himself at a particular school. The more a specific college knows that your choice of applying to them was well thought out, rather than just rote, the more they will take your application seriously. Meeting with music faculty helped my son go through his own decision-making process about how important music would be to him if he attended a specific college. Remember, it's not just how you want to be perceived, but that you want to explore the "fit" of a college.</p>
<p>yeah, ur resume's very impressive - tho im not sure if it'll bode well with the faculty that you're so committed to music, spend so much time on it, yet have no intention of continuing it in college. if anything it'll affect you negatively cuz teh admission officers of ivy leagues will assume you're better off going to a conservatory.</p>
<p>what i would suggest is what many others have said before me - cut out the majority of the stuff and send in only the most impressive accomplishments. with the amt of time admission officers have they won't be able to sort out the important from the typical, and ur outstanding awards will become buried. that way, music'll be seen as a talent on top of your academic prowess and will help your chances rather than deflect focus from what you truly wish to pursue.</p>
<p>put up a video or something! ultimately its still all about your recording, we'd love to hear it =)</p>
<p>heres my music resume in brief, unformatted and nowhereas impressive as urs, but just a reference. any comments/suggestions would be greatly appreciated =)</p>
<p>Piano (12 years)</p>
<p>-2008 International Liszt Piano Competition Division I 1st place
-2008 The Julia Crane International Piano Competition & Festival 1st place
-2006 International Liszt Piano Competition Division II 2nd place
-2006 SYMF Open Solo 2nd place
-2004 National Yamaha Piano Competition 3rd place
-2004 International Liszt Piano Competition Division III 2nd place
-Certificate of Merit Advanced with honors
-Piano teacher is the former co-director of Shanghai Conservatory of Music and part of the judge panel for Concours International Marguerite Long Piano Competition in France
-Solo album to be released this summer, recorded with Yamaha</p>
<p>Chamber Music (4 years)
-2008 VOCE Chamber Music Competition 1st place
-2007 SYMF Chamber Music Festival 1st place</p>
<p>Symphony orchestra (6 years)
-Viola section leader in school orchestra
-Student conductor of First Avenue Middle School orchestra</p>
<p>i'll put up a youtube video next week hopefully.</p>
<p>Saywah?'s accomplishments are very impressive, and I don't doubt that with such a record a student might major or minor in music, even at a very competitive school.</p>
<p>For other readers, though, I want to emphasize that, at least in my experience through my kids' applications to small LAC's, it is not necessary to have such a prestigious resume in order to benefit from submitting the supplement, especially if you do NOT plan on majoring in the arts. Some comments here would frighten applicants away from doing so, I think.</p>
<p>We live in a rural, poor area where there are few (no) opportunities to study with accomplished music teachers. My kids were very involved in vocal music at the local level and their greatest achievement was just to go to All-State for a couple years each. But the supplements showed their interest, dedication and raw talent and it did help them, even if they were "average."</p>
<p>They both go (or will go) to top 20 LAC's and their muscial abilities were noted by the schools they ultimately chose to attend.</p>
<p>My point is if you are not going to major in music, are applying to a smaller school, and you have a talent and interest in it even if you are not nationally recognized, by all means submit a supplement.</p>
<p>Findrewind:
I've done the Liszt as well! it was a while back though.
You sound beastly at piano. But I'm not the one to give you suggestions on your resume! haha
I'll work on shortening mine. I'll repost it some time this week. I'd love to see a video of you! I'm meeting my new violin teacher tonight.. she's from the Shanghai Conservatory as well. </p>
<p>DadofBG: What is your take on applying to a big school? Like Harvard/yale/princeton? Is it worth it to submit a supplement?</p>
<p>Another way to find it, aside from the blue link above, is to go from clicking on "Discussion Home" (top left on this page) then scroll down far to a special section on various majors, click Music Major. Many threads are there. You could try the search word "supplement" or "application" or "resume" within that thread.</p>
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<p>saywah?, I'll give you my take on this one. At most of the Ivys, you will find a number of students who not only are stellar academically, but have a wealth of artistic, musical, and creative talents. It is not unusual to find a number of conservatory level players (and vocalists) at any one of these institutions, some of them currently enjoying concurrent performance careers as undergrad students. Many are not pursuing music at an undergrad level; some will pursue a Masters in a music discipline upon completing an academic undergrad degree.</p>
<p>The level of performance talent at Yale and Princeton is exceptional. It varies among the rest of the Ivys but in any given year, the assembled talent will rival the performing organizations fielded by the nation's top conservatory programs. </p>
<p>My son, a professional performing musician, has played with a number of Yale, Cornell and Columbia undergrads across numerous instruments during his hs and undergrad years. Without exception, they were conservatory level talents, and many were at the same festival/fellowship programs he was attending. The competition for those full scholarship spots is all audition based, and extremely competitive.</p>
<p>Your resume is impressive, and will raise some interest at any number of fine institutions. At Yale, and the other Ivys, you are just one of many with similar skills and experiences. It will have less impact, but it may be worth a shot if you feel you are competitive within that particular talent pool.</p>
<p>Violadad: Thank you. I've decided that I'm going to reformat my resume, as well as reconsider which institutions to apply to. Your son sounds like he really enjoys what he does. </p>
<p>I've heard that Princeton has recently gotten interested in the whole "artsy-musician-y" craze, and finds interest in artists and musicians. Is that true?</p>
<p>For the last admission cycle, Princeton also had one of the strictest piano music supplement requirements (for non-music majors) to back their "artsy-musician-y" craze. They required what loosely amounted to a competition level program, requiring pieces from baroque, classical, and romantic (maybe even modern? I don't remember) periods.</p>
<p>Oh boy.
I was thinking more... "oh! la renaissance! ah! baroque! pointilism! You know what a chord is! come to princeton, we like musicy artsy people!"</p>
<p>but gosh. did they really require that much? I don't think I have time to prepare stuff like that. Especially with school and APs and sports and whatnot.</p>
<p>Looking at it now, it's a pretty good filter for those who play well enough for any sort of competition level. Bach preludes and fugues, a classical sonata, and a romantic - modern piece are pretty standard fare for even the smallest local competition.</p>
<p>Still, I've never seen requirements like those for non-major supplements. What if your best performance was a concerto (which is listed as not accepted)?</p>