Ok so I am a Tenor 1 in my choir and other outside prestigious choirs … All State , All county , ACDA, etc. I know that Tenor 1’s are of high demand in many choirs, and I was wondering if this would help me in the college process? IF anybody has any info pls comment down below.
Are you looking to major in music or hoping for a choir scholarship?
Do you have ACT or SAT scores yet?
I’m not really sure. My parents want me to Double Major in Music and Molecular Biology…I have a 28 ACT – im taking it 2 more times. I have a Weighted GPA of 100.5. I have a 4.0 Unweighted. Involved in Many EC’s and 3 leadership positions.
@“Snowball City” ^^^^^
Where I live the dedicated choir people look at Concordia College (Moorehead) https://www.concordiacollege.edu/music/ensembles/choirs/the-concordia-choir/ and St Olaf College http://wp.stolaf.edu/music/choirs/. St Olaf is strong in the sciences https://wp.stolaf.edu/biology/.
A smaller college where you could get a good scholarship is Simpson College http://simpson.edu/music/vocal-music/. If you like opera they stage 2 per year http://simpson.edu/music/opera/.
Your ACT score and gpa gives you a scholarship of $22,000 per year.http://simpson.edu/first-year-students-scholarships-grants/
This pretty much exhausts what I know. I recommend heading to the Music sub forum. There are very knowledgable parents there who would be happy to advise you.
I second the recommendation of looking at the Music Major forum here at CC - especially the essay pinned at the top called the Double Degree Dilemma, which talks about the different ways to study music (by itself or in combination with other subjects) in college. Here is a link to that: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1948726-double-degree-dilemma-essay-written-by-david-lane.html
Be aware that “double majoring” in music plus something else is often actually a double degree because, depending on the university, the two majors are often in two different schools within the university and you have to fulfill all the requirements of each school. So you might be earning both a BM (bachelor of music) in the School of Music and a BA or BS in the College of Arts & Sciences, for example, and a double degree like that usually takes 5 years. There is also a B.A. in music (generally more of an academic music degree vs. a performance degree) that is usually easier to combine with another liberal arts subject within the same school.
Read the essay linked above and see if it clarifies your goals a bit. See which of the example students you identify with the most. Whether the essay helps or not, consider posting any questions to the Music Major forum. Applying to and auditioning at music schools is a different and more complicated process, and the parents and students in that forum are happy to help.
Some people who aren’t sure exactly what they want to do (or who want to keep all their options open) apply to some music schools for a BM program and go through the audition process, but also apply to schools that do not offer a performance-based music degree but where they could combine some sort of music study, lessons and ensemble work with a different major.
The other factor is that rehearsal times and lab times may conflict or eat up mol bio homework time.
Yes that’s true @“Snowball City” - one reason why 5 years is usually required. And at some schools, the music school is on a different campus (Peabody/JHU, Eastman/U of Rochester, for example, which can make scheduling even more of a challenge and travel time eats into both homework and practice time.
For choir and science, it’s hard to beat Saint Olaf. You’d need to audition by Dec 1 for music scholarships but even if you don’t get a scholarship, auditions to have a shot at men’s choir are during orientation.
Concordia Moorhead and Luther are other top colleges for choir singers.
University of Puget Sound is strong in music and science, and it has merit scholarships to apply to in December.
Bucknell, DePauw, I’d you don’t mind a heavily Greek/drinking scene (or don’t mind substance-free housing).
Doane and Pacific Lutheran for safeties
If you could get into St. Olaf, I would be very impressed. A friend who was invited to audition at Julliard didn’t make it into St. Olaf’s choir program until sophomore year.