<p>My child is interested in applying to the following for combined Music Performance (clarinet) and Math....any that he should add or eliminate? Any advice?</p>
<p>Allegheny College
St. Olaf College
Vanderbilt
Lawrence
College of Wooster (OH)
Hampshire College
Ohio Wesleyan
Bard College
Brandeis
DePauw
Gettysburg
Lehigh
MIT
Oberlin
Vanderbilt
Vassar
IU
NYU</p>
<p>I don't know too much about music programs, but I do know that IU, Oberlin, Lawrence and St. Olaf have very strong programs.</p>
<p>The best will probably be Vassar and Oberlin. Next best will likely be Indiana and Vanderbilt (although not LACs). Then maybe Bard. Apply to these 5 for sure. </p>
<p>I'd eliminate Lehigh (it's a business and engineering focused school; it's not really known for either field you're looking at) and Gettysburg (again, it's not really a math or music school).</p>
<p>I strongly urge you spend some time at CC's Music Major forum,where many of these schools have been discussed. Some of those you list may be strong in the academic disciplines of theory, composition, but do not offer performance degrees, either BM or BA. Some offer BA's only. </p>
<p>Some of the schools in the list, encourage double degrees, some don't.</p>
<p>Knowing a bit more of your student's music ability, years of training, summer program experience and her leanings of one program over another would be helpful as well.</p>
<p>There are many parent posters and students at <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/</a> have strong general knowledge of a wide range of schools and options, both musically and academically; some are currently undergrads and recent grads in performance from some of the top conservatory level programs. </p>
<p>If you have limited knowledge of music school admission requirements or nusic in general, I'd urge you to repost your question in that forum.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Rice</p>
<p>University of Michigan</p>
<p>Yale</p>
<p>Northwestern</p>
<p>And combined programs...</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins/Peabody</p>
<p>Harvard/NEC or Tufts/NEC</p>
<p>Columbia with Juilliard/Manhattan School</p>
<p>Rochester/Eastman</p>
<p>...I don't think MIT offers a music major...</p>
<p>Oberlin, IU, Rice and a few other schools mentioned are extremely competitive with respect to admission for music performance. Also, you should check the threads on double majoring in the music major section of this forum. Many schools strongly discourage a double major, even though the websites might say it is possible. A performance major is very demanding, with ensemble requirements and practice time.</p>
<p>Most music performance degrees in universities with stand-alone schools of Music are B.Mus. degrees, which will require about 90 hours of music coursework and do not allow the possibility of a double major. Vanderbilt and NYU are exceptions; they require a strong core curriculum and are encouraging toward double majors. Furman would be another school - a good LAC - that offers a scaled-down Music Performance B.Mus. with enough elective hours for a double major.</p>
<p>Since your applicant seems to lean toward liberal arts colleges, I'd suggest that s/he take a look at Williams. Excellent music, excellent math, plenty of performance opportunities in an arts focused community, rigorous academics, and double majors are quite common.</p>
<p>Williams</a> College Music
Mathematics</a> at Williams</p>
<p>My S is a future music major (frosh) at Williams. Feel free to PM with any questions you have.</p>
<p>carnegie mellon?</p>
<p>Note that at Carnegie Mellon, admission will be by audition with about 5% accepted, and you'll take one English course, one Math course, and one one-hour computer seminar in four years. The rest will be all pre-professional music coursework. Then to get a degree in Math, you'd need to start all over again after completing the CMU conservatory degree and begin regular college from square one. A bit of an extreme example, but it illustrates the philosophical and practical differences between a B.Mus. degree and a B.A.</p>