<p>Do you know anyone who got in by playing horn or bassoon at a national level?</p>
<p>Nope, but I'm pretty sure if there's an instrument Harvard would like to see more of, it would be the bassoon :)</p>
<p>My daughter got in, and one of her ECs was playing bassoon at the state/regional level. Her alumni interviewer was also a bassoonist, and they spent a lot of the interview talking bassoon. I think it helped some, because she did end up getting recruited by some of the H orchestras once she got on campus. The directors seemed to have read some sort of report or heard something from the interviewer. She now plays in two different H orchestras.</p>
<p>My daughter had strong stats, so I don't believe the bassoon was the sole or even major reason she got in, but perhaps it was a small tipping factor in her favor.</p>
<p>woo. I am a bassoonist looking at harvard EA, but I haven't had much opportunity to join orchestras and stuff because concert band hasn't fit into my schedule since freshman year because of all of my h/ap courses and the only decent bassoon teacher in my state left. :(</p>
<p>I am doing an independent study of sorts right now.</p>
<p>I played horn (not at a nat'l level, but still decent) and didn't get in.</p>
<p>Chris did you send in a sample of your playing?</p>
<p>i don't play either instrument - i play violin and piano. i'm not amazing on either, but i still sent a cd - be sure to use a sound engineer for the recording or the sound will come out pretty crappy</p>
<p>what do you mean by a sound engineer? do i need some special recording equipment or hire a specialist to help me record the cd?
Is it fine if I send in a recording by myself by simply recording on it on a cd?</p>
<p>I didn't send in a sample. I doubt it would have done much either way.</p>
<p>well i guess if you have the equipment you can do it yourself, but if not, the sound engineer has better recording equipment, and can splice things</p>
<p>Music at Harvard is really competitive, but if you're amazing send something in. "National level" is really vague--people have differnt impressions of "national level."</p>