<p>Welcome to the music world CollegeX5,
First, congrats on d1. Emory is a great place, I loved it so much, I came for a BS, and stayed for a PhD!</p>
<p>There are many at CC, some of which have responded to you, with greater depth of knowledge, wisdom and longevity of experience than I, and there is a wealth of different experiences in this group to learn from, but as one who was thrown into this world suddenly as I see you have been, I think I can help by giving you some very general advice. Let me begin by telling you that although parallel in many ways to the academic preparation for college that you went through with your previous child, everything is very, very different. I, too, have a successful college musician that had her epiphany late, albeit during sophomore year of HS- that she wanted to enter what we found to be a highly focused and sometimes competitive world of musicians. It's definitely not too late, but you need to learn quickly and use your time wisely to help your child through this world.</p>
<p>Preparation usually begins in HS, like a SAT prep class or a GHP program, but with summer music institutes, all-state and Youth Symphonies (often all three!) Depending on the level of your child's talent and commitment it can grow to a national level, similar to a National Merit Scholar, with NFAA, and other select nationwide programs & scholarships. And what your child has accomplished by mid-senior year along that rubrick usually is some sort of indication as to where they can study music in college. Of course, exceptions abound, but that is generally how it works.</p>
<p>Now think about how much effort you put into organizing the academic college prep calendar for your college child's last 2 years of hs school, beginning with PSATs and ending with graduation. I'm sure it was extensive and timed as best as you could to accomodate it all. The same applies to the music. Now is the time to start putting together a calendar that schedules what needs to be done-and when.</p>
<p>Parallel, but completely different. For double degree majors, it simply means you follow both paths at the same time. As the parent of a musician in college, studying music at a highly academic school, and a HS Jr heading along the double degree path, I would suggest you take a look at the online article <a href="http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/doubledegree%5B/url%5D">http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/doubledegree</a>. Although written for Peabody conservatory, it really discusses the possible permutations of double degrees for instrumental musicians at all US schools within the context of what kind of student/musician your child is. Although not completely accurate for every school, it really wraps its arms around the concept in general and helps parents & kids to see the parameters and possibilities.</p>
<p>In order to move down both paths, it is a lot of work for both you and your child. My opinion is that it is not worth worth pursuing if your kid doesn't really love what they are doing. But if they do, the extra effort is so worthwhile!</p>
<p>Oh, by the way, it's time to start reading about the specific audition requirements for those summer program auditions and picking out & learning the pieces that will be needed. You record those auditions in Dec/Jan for submission in January/February. Live auditions are also around the same time. It came so quickly during my d's sophmore year of HS, we missed the boat. It's like forgetting to sign up for a required course - you can take it the next year, but you've lost a whole year that the knowledge would have helped.</p>
<p>Well, that's my general advice. You can start to fill in the details accordingly.
Good luck and have fun!</p>