<p>andover, it’s a good thing you’re looking into this now. You’ll have to look at each school individually to see what it has to offer. </p>
<p>My D was interested in bio and cello performance. Here are some of the schools we looked at and some comments:</p>
<p>Case Western: very good science and music is conservatory level via Cleveland Institute of Music partnership. They talked up double majors a lot.</p>
<p>University of Rochester: Ditto, partnership with Eastman.</p>
<p>Oberlin: good science but not in D’s area of interest. Our tour guide said it was like going to college with a sound track constantly running! I believe it.</p>
<p>One school would not allow double major with performance major (Temple U). Arizona State made it impossible to do an audition without our flying the cello out both ways. No go on that! Rutgers wouldn’t accept a taped audition. Ruled that out as they were lower on the overall list. </p>
<p>Our state university worked out best, especially money-wise. They are very large and flexible with double majors. </p>
<p>The thing to keep in mind is that it does take a lot of time to prepare taped auditions, required for the more serious schools, as well as drive and fly around doing live auditions. It really adds a lot of pressure to the admissions process, so look carefully, well in advance, and consider the audition requirements and timelines.</p>
<p>Small liberal arts colleges generally will not require an audition. Whether a non-major can play in the college orchestra depends on the music program. There is lots of variety, no 2 programs are the same, so research really is the answer.</p>