BUTI vs. Interlochen

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<p>Thanks to everyone who was so helpful with their posts! We have decided on Tanglewood based on the fact that it would be good for D to have exposure to the east coast right now. She comes from a very small town and probably needs to experience the real world a little bit before she decides where she will be living for the next 4 years. Everyone says Interlochens Advanced Choral and Operetta would be an amazing program. For our D's needs, Tanglewoods Young Artists vocal program fits the bill. I want to make sure people know that we are making this choice based on individual programs and location and not one camp over another. </p>

<p>Thanks again for your help, This has been a difficult process and it was very helpful to get firsthand information!</p>

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<p>Both summer programs are excellent. But if your daughter is thinking either will be like a camp, she is mistaken. These are very intense and serious summer music programs, not camps.</p>

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<p>I was trying to say that is was the vocal programs my D was accepted to which were different not that one or the other institution was better and I used the word camp so as not to use the word program again and confuse what I was trying to say. Thanks D is very aware that either one would be intense:)</p>

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<p>Oh...and congratulations to her. DS spent two summers at BUTI and loved his time there. She will have a wonderful experience. In the past, Ann Howard Jones has been the conductor of the chorus and she is fabulous. Lenox is a great place to be in the summer. I hope you get the chance to hear the group perform...these students do a wonderful job.</p>

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<p>from first hand experience, i can tell you that dr. jones knows what she's doing for the chorus, but she completely knackered the orchestra last year for no reason. so if you're studying in the orchestra, know your music for the piece we do with the chorus because dr. jones doesn't give much help to the orchestra with her unclear orchestral conducting.</p>

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<p>Thanks, We are planning to attend a concert or two. I hope the best ones are saved for last though, as we would go towards the end of the program.</p>

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<p>Singermom, you might want to make your hotel arrangements soon. It's a very trendy "go to" spot in the summer. Lenox, Lee or Stockbridge are all nice places to stay.</p>

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<p>Congrats on your decision. Now's the time to make plans. Everyone's right, Tanglewood reguires early hotel planning. We didn't get it the first time, and we got stuck anywhere we could find a spot. Accomodations range from the sublime (Wheatleigh) to the simple (Knight's Inn) to lots of B&Bs. You may be astounded at the prices, however. We stay at the condos at Jimminy Peak (a ski resort.) It is about 45 minutes away, but has an outdoor park just steps from the condos (alpine slide, bunjee trampoline, etc) so our youngest has fun too. It's a good deal.</p>

<p>Tanglewood & BUTI chorus is listed beow with their links, Have a look</p>

<p>Chorus Concert
Saturday, August 4th - 2:30 p.m., Ann Howard Jones, conductor
<a href="http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/buti_2007_concert_dates.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/buti_2007_concert_dates.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Tanglewood Concerts <a href="http://gonewengland.about.com/library/bltanglewood2007.htmFriday%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://gonewengland.about.com/library/bltanglewood2007.htmFriday&lt;/a>, August </p>

<p>Friday, Audgust 3,
6 p.m., Ozawa Hall
MEMBERS OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Prelude concert
8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, JAMES LEVINE, conductor
RICHARD GOODE, piano,EDWIN BARKER, double bass
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 8
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat, K.456
HARBISON Concerto for Bass Viol and Orchestra
RAVEL Daphnis et Chlo?, Suite No. 2</p>

<p>Saturday, August 4
10:30 a.m., Shed
Open rehearsal
Sunday program; pre-rehearsal talk at 9:30 a.m.
8:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, EDO DE WAART, conductor
YO-YO MA, cello
ALL-DVOŘ?K PROGRAM
Cello Concerto
Symphony No. 9, From the New World</p>

<p>Sunday, August 5
2:30 p.m., Shed
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, EDO DE WAART, conductor
JANINE JANSEN, violin
DE RAAFF New work (world premiere)
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 3</p>

<p>My S plays his final concert at BUTI on the 28th, but the Saturday night program on your weekend looks AWESOME! If only we could come back! My youngest son (age 7) plays cello and LOVES YoYo Ma! He also played the Dvorak Symphony For the New World (all 4 movements) in his orchestra last fall. He may be one of the only 7 yr olds in the country that knows subtleties of Dvorak's 9th symphony....I can't say he understands them all, but he can play it all. Unfortunately, my D at Brevard has her last 2 concerts that weekend, Puccini's La Boheme (in its entirety with the student opera company) and Mahler's 5th. She might be offended if we chose Dvorak and YoYo Ma over her, although her brother thinks we should!</p>

<p>Also, if you get to the Friday night concert, you may not be familiar with Harbison, but he is likely he may be there. We saw him twice at Tanglewood. I don't know this piece on the program, but everything I've heard of his has been amazing!</p>

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<p>Go see the Harbison. Don't miss it. That concerto was comissioned by about a dozen orchestras across the country and Ed is one of the first (if not the first to play it). Don't miss it - Especially because the rest of the program is so strong. Ed is also an incredible bass player (as is the rest of the BSO bass section), and, of course, the other soloist on that program, Richard Goode, isn't half bad either.</p>

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<p>This is so ironic because I'm making exactly the same decision about the summer! I was accepted into the Interlochen Advanced Choral and Operetta Program, and was waitlisted for the BUTI Young Vocal Artists Program. Supposedly, though, I'm high on the wait list for Tanglewood...</p>

<p>I spoke with Interlochen and they agreed to let me wait on making my deposit before I heard from Tanglewood. I should know in a week or so whether I've made it off the waitlist, however, I assume that I will.</p>

<p>It sounds like Tanglewood would be more appropriate, given my age (I'm 16- a rising junior), however, I'm curious to know what you all think. Is this the right decision? (This is, of course, assuming that I, in fact, have a decision to make!)</p>

<p>I don't intend on attending a music conservatory for college, but I definitely would like to go somewhere with an extremely strong music department. One a side note, would anyone have any suggestions which colleges would fit that bill?</p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>Check out UChicago! Their academics are top-notch and their music department is 2nd in the country.</p>

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<h1>2? I didnt think the University of Chicago even offered a BM in performance.</h1>

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<p>I give up. What's #1?</p>

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<p>The ranking probably refers to the graduate program in musicology. Although these rankings are a little off (Harvard, UC Berkeley, Columbia, Princeton, and Stanford, for example, are all top programs -- and Chicago probably offers the least generous funding for its students and almost no teaching opportunities), they have an excellent musicology department, strong in ethnomusicology and theory as well as music history. They have less than stellar performance opportunities for serious musicians.</p>

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<p>Yeah, sorry for the confusion. Chicago's music department (musicology, music theory, ethnomusicology) is ranked 2nd behind Harvard.</p>