<p>Are there any top colleges that reside in a city that has a big music scene such as Chicago? I know Vanderbilt also has one, but are there any others?</p>
<p>Schools in Milwaukee, home of the largest music festival in the world, Summerfest, are good ones. Marquette and Wisconsin-Milwaukee are both there. I can't really think of any others right now, though.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt is your best bet...if you really want to go to a college with a big music scene I strongly suggest Vanderbilt...</p>
<p>Texas Austin. UW Seattle</p>
<p>You can't get any bigger than NYU..between the myriad of music programs (dealing with performance, theory, education, business and technology) and other famous city music conservatories like Julliard close by and the world class New York City music scene in general (tons of live music venues)...it's just about heaven for any serious music major...It's hard for anywhere else to come close in my opinion.</p>
<p>NYU</a> Steinhardt's Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
Undergraduate</a> Program - NYU Music Department</p>
<p>Carnegie</a> Hall
New</a> York Philharmonic
{</a> Jazz at Lincoln Center :: Jazz Music in New York}
Live</a> From Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Gala with Joshua Bell | PBS</p>
<p>but from what I've heard, NYU doesn't have a campus. I prefer colleges with an actual campus so I can get the whole college experience.</p>
<p>I've heard that Amherst and the other 4 colleges around it are in a really arty, quirky area with a good music scene.</p>
<p>Well..now your talking about something different..what's important to you? Being a serious music student, experiencing the REAL music world and immersing yourself in the most dynamic and diverse musical scene on the planet or just taking some music classes, going to a few festivals and hanging around a "real" campus to party.</p>
<p>You have to remember, even though there is not an "enclosed" campus...all the NYU buildings are arranged in a central area, next to one another...the school buildings are not disjointly spaced all over the city... also, there are dorms... residence halls where students are housed in the same building just like traditional campuses... </p>
<p>You are making a pretty good tradeoff in my opinion, giving up a "traditional" campus for being in one of the centers of the "creative" world..Greenwhich Village, New York City... believe me, its' not like the lack of a traditional campus means you won't have anything to do,lol...You'll be in downtown NYC, currently the safest big city in America..filled with such a diversity of students, interests and things to do/places to go... you would have to be a deaf-mute not to find plenty of friends you get along with and party with...</p>
<p>You should definitely check it out and talk with actual music students there before making a decision just based on the fact that it lacks a "campus".</p>
<p>It all depends on how you define "music scene". Are you looking for entertainment, performance opportunities, or college level instruction in music? Within what I've listed, the subcategories are endless. Beyond NYC, there's of course, Boston, LA, San Fransisco, Philly, Cincinnatti, Cleveland, Nashville, and as mentioned, Austin. Might as well throw in New Orleans as well. </p>
<p>A tighter definition would help in narrowing responses.</p>
<p>I'm not a music major but I'm looking for entertainment such as concerts and musical performances. Sorry for being ambiguous!</p>
<p>Another vote for UT Austin.</p>
<p>Northwestern University seems like its the absolute obvious choice there. We have a top notch school of music and we're minutes outside the exact city you suggested.</p>
<p>Oh..she's not a music major so a school with a top music school doesn't really matter..she's just looking for entertainment which means she has a choice of dozens of schools in major cities...</p>
<p>If you are looking for a LAC with a fantastic music scene (classical, jazz, rock) you should investigate Oberlin.</p>
<p>Minneapolis has the 2nd most theater seats per capita in the US (second to New York) you would have your choice of the University of Minnesota along with several great private schools.</p>
<p>As others have suggested, Vanderbilt is perhaps the premier college choice for music as it is located in Nashville aka Music City, USA and I have read that more than 20,000 musical performances take place each year in that city. However, I am not as convinced as others about the breadth of their musical offerings as country dominates the local scene. Still, the Vanderbilt “Rites of Spring,” a well-known college music event, attracts many popular and prominent music acts, nearly all of which are not country. I think Nashville is probably a lot more country than Vanderbilt. But my impression is that that city’s arts scene is pretty underrated and unknown on the national scene and their recently built symphony hall is an architectural gem. </p>
<p>As for big cities, all of the usual suspects have been mentioned and are pretty obvious. I could comment about major cities with top colleges like Chicago, New York, LA, Washington, Boston, etc., but everything I could contribute would be pretty clich</p>
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<p>yeah idk much about this but when you say that Nashville is a music capital does that imply alt/indie rock too? or mostly country?</p>
<p>NYU doesn't have a campus. Seriously.</p>
<p>You could also consider University of San Francisco or any of the colleges in San Fran. Big music scene in that city.</p>
<p>I would also like to know, like alamode, if Nashville's music scene consists of only country or other alt/rock also?</p>