Lessons before applying?

[RussianMom]

@ProudDramaMama, you might want to check out this thread out for 2027/2025 cycle and earlier ones similar to it:

Class of 2027 Undergrad/Class of 2025 Grad: The Tours, the Auditions, the Journey

It’s the end of July and I’m wondering if I’m the only mom peeking around my hands to suss out my daughter’s plans! I thought I’d be that parent to start the infamous journey thread. (See previous journey threads for examples.) My D is a rising senior at Luther College, finishing up a music major with voice and cello as primary interests (yes, both!). She’s had a wonderful environment to make music in, weathered tragedy and the pandemic there and still loves her music profs and conductor. She’ll have the opportunity to do a J-term residency in Vienna this year (they do one once every four years)! She also is finishing a summer fellowship at the Miami Beach Classical Music Festival where she is playing cello for Carmen and (Britten’s) Midsummer Night’s Dream this weekend (you can find them on FB). Having been mostly in Iowa, she’s had a great taste of the musical world outside of it, and enjoyed making many new friends. She’ll return home Monday. She’ll be getting ready to apply to …