<p>Hi, everyone! I'm new admitted by Fordham School of Business. I love playing piano and want to keep practising while studying in Fordham. Can I take an individual piano class in Fordham? Or is there a piano club on campus? Or at least any places for me to practise piano for free? Thanks for help!</p>
<p>Gabelli is at Rose Hill. The performance majors are at Lincoln Center. A music degree is possible at Rose Hill, but I believe its mostly music theory/history. There are plays performed at Rose Hill and a variety of singing clubs. Thus, to give you a short answer, I believe there is a piano at the Rose Hill campus. Not to be glib or smug with the answer. You have to ask the Music Department. There is also an orchestra and band at Rose Hill. I dont believe there is a piano club however. Starting an informal club can be accomplished and I am sure there are plenty of kids who played piano in high school attending Fordham. (Hint: Jesuit schools are not known for being performing arts/music conservatories).</p>
<p>I don’t know the answer, but I would contact the Music Department at Rose Hill. I’d imagine they can help you arrange for lessons and/or find an outlet for you to continue to play piano.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot! Fordham is my dream university, but knowing I can’t keep learning piano there is also a disaster to me.</p>
<p>If you wish to keep learning Piano, then you should have applied to a School of Music or Conservatory. It is important to research schools completely before you make an application, to find out what they offer, their strengths and weaknesses.</p>
<p>My daughter played in the Fordham Orchestra. In New York, a world center for the arts, there are plenty of places to learn and play piano, and thousands of piano teachers.</p>
<p>I am certain some faculty at Fordham play piano and they may even be willing to mentor you in piano playing as a hobby. But for a performance major you need to look to a conservatory, like Julliard School, which is adjacent to the campus of Fordham Lincoln Center. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>^^^@sovreigndebt - I don’t want to get into it, but I disagree with the above statement. One should only apply to a school of music/conservatory if he/she wants to pursue a career as a professional musician. The people who “make it” in that industry are few and far between and the few people I know who went that route (ex. to Julliard, NYU Steinhardt, Berkeley School of Music) were all supremely talented and absolutely dedicated to their craft. In this case the OP applied to Gabelli and anticipates a career in business. Still, a person can have a creative outlet they wish to pursue while still looking towards a different career. I know a number of Fordham students in any number of majors who spend time in pursuits such as acting, music etc. as a creative outlet. My sister (at another school) is pre-med and very involved in the school orchestra playing the violin and she feels that is a very important part of her overall college experience. That sounds a lot like your D and is likely what the OP wants. </p>
<p>And OP, I do agree with sovreigndebt in that I expect that there are ways you can continue your love of piano at Fordham. It is now up to you to do the research – again, I’d suggest you call the music department to see what is available in terms of lessons, classes, groups to play in etc.</p>
<p>Spirit, I appreciate your comments, but I am well informed about what it takes to be a professional musician, and the difference between music performance majors and those doing it for hobby. My daughter was one of those, an all state orchestra player, award winner. She intentionally picked Fordham for other reasons and did not apply to a school of music (there are three nationally ranked such schools in my state), or conservatory. We are closer to the arts community at professional levels than you can imagine (you just didnt know, thats all). </p>
<p>My point to the OP is that looking for Fordham to provide her piano lessons while she is at Gabelli is not reasonable and Fordham’s music department at Rose Hill is about theory and history of music. There are ensembles one can join for fun, but its not a formal education in music or “piano lessons” per se. </p>
<p>She said Fordham is her dream school. Great. I’m happy for her. But its not a place to look for higher education in instrument performance. Lincoln Center is also mostly for drama, dance, theatre. </p>
<p>Its very common for highly skilled musicians, coming from all state orchestras in high school apply and are admitted at Fordham. But they come for other reasons, not music performance. </p>
<p>My daughter took music history courses at Fordham as part of the core, one from a renowned professor who sadly died. Fabulous course. History of Music, History of Jazz, History of Opera all offered at Fordham. Its a very small department, but not performance oriented. Nor is any Jesuit college to my knowledge, except in New Orleans where Loyola has a music performance program focusing on Jazz. </p>
<p>Again, musicians abound at Fordham…cellists, violinists, bassists, flutists, pianists, on and on. They are just majoring in something else. </p>
<p>For what its worth, my daughter had a significantly tough time adjusting to refocusing her energies…playing in the Orchestra at Fordham…fine…but it was not the same as her high school where it was the number one program in the state, and also on the All State Orchestra where she was First Chair. This is a common experience. She had a close friend who went to college in the South, to a school with a strong music performance program…who learned the hard way its a tough road…her lowest grades…then picked up an accounting degree to be practical. Outcome? She is an accountant for a Big Four firm now in a major city. Thats my point.</p>
<p>Be well.</p>
<p>Sovereigndebt you’re way off the focus of the question asked.
“Hi, everyone! I’m new admitted by Fordham School of Business. I love playing piano and want to keep practising while studying in Fordham. Can I take an individual piano class in Fordham? Or is there a piano club on campus? Or at least any places for me to practise piano for free? Thanks for help!”</p>
<p>No where is there a statement about wanting to pursue a career in music or major in music. You went on and on to make sure that becoming a professional musician is yet another thing that you know everything about, but it has nothing to do with the question. I’m sure that they were hoping that a current or recent student would answer who has had some experience playing piano or another instrument while at Rose Hill. Don’t feel that you need to comment on every thread and have the last word.</p>