I am going to throw Franklin and Marshall into the mix. My son is about to start his sophmore year there in chemisty/biochemistry and he couldn’t be happier. He is already doing his own research with a professor.(no graduate students to compete with). He has also been playing with the orchestra and a jazz band and this year will do chamber jazz. Because of the small size if you want to play music you can without majoring in it and to my ears they are really excellant. Also, they have the opportunity for credit lessons from professional musicians. For bass, they have someone from the Philadelphia Symphony orchestra. In addition Lancaster is often ranked as one of the top up and coming cities and it has a good music scene