<p>Clarinetmom,</p>
<p>I can highly recommend the BUTI program, which was probably the single largest experience that convinced my daughter that she had to be a performance major. Eight of the ten students in her section the year she attended wound up going on to top programs like Curtis, Juilliard, Rice, Oberlin and so forth, so the level of playing and the competition for spots is at a fairly high level. Now is indeed a little early to work on next summer’s application, but they open up the audition signups and post the applicable excerpts pretty early in the fall. You can find more information about them at [Boston</a> University College of Fine Arts](<a href=“http://www.bu.edu/cfa/music/tanglewood/]Boston”>Boston University Tanglewood Institute | College of Fine Arts)</p>