<p>I have a daughter who plays trombone. We are looking for schools in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast with good music programs and that have majors in performance music. We want somewhere that has a good marching band beacuse that is one of her passions! Looking for suggestions.</p>
<p>Great marching band programs often correlate to successful football programs so that leads to big state universities. Great music performance programs can be a list of conservatories - who don’t have football or maybe they do, but the person in a chicken suit is the drum major (Oberlin). Finding the middle group where you have both will be the difficult part! For the marching band part, you can refer to this list for links to college marching programs [BYU</a> Bands — College Marching Band Links](<a href=“http://bands.byu.edu/college_marching_bands.html]BYU”>http://bands.byu.edu/college_marching_bands.html) , youtube is great for cking out what they look like, size, etc. Rutgers, U-Maryland, UVA, UNC, U-Miami (jazz especially!)</p>
<p>Oberlin? James Madison University has a good marching band program too but not in location…</p>
<p>Clemson or Wake Forest come to mind.</p>
<p>not exactly mid atlantic or SE–but Indiana U in Bloomington has one of the top music programs in the country, and the full range of sports/bands…
University of Cincinnati also has a very good music school, and a great marching band.</p>
<p>Really? No one has mentioned FSU yet?</p>
<p>Also, does your daughter play classical or jazz?</p>
<p>For the intersection of good music performance and marching bands, JMU and Florida State are good recommendations. Also check out Miami (FL), Furman, Western Carolina, Vanderbilt, UMass, and Syracuse. Many of the flagship state universities in the region will have Music Performance degree as well. Oberlin, Cincinnati, and Indiana are among the top conservatories in the country - you’d better be world-class if you’re considering them (kind of like telling someone who likes basketball “Well, I hear Duke and Kentucky are pretty good in basketball”). No marching band at Oberlin (OK, technically there is but it only has a dozen members) and no Music Performance at Wake Forest.</p>
<p>definitely look at Cincinnati or Indiana. I wouldn’t look at Clemson if I were you.</p>
<p>As was mentioned, your daughter will have to audition to get into many of these programs and the competition is very intense at places like Indiana, Cincy and Oberlin. To be a music performance major she will also need to have somewhat of a music theory background. The theory classes in college can be quite difficult. Being a performance major involves a lot more than just playing your instrument.</p>
<p>There is no music performance major at Clemson.</p>
<p>check out East Carolina University</p>
<p>It also typically involves just about all your available hours except for core classes - and at some places, it’s vert few core classes. Vandy and Furman are two that have a philosophical commitment to allowing room for other electives, if that’s important to her.</p>
<p>Definitely check out the music major thread in the CC discussion home. You can search for trombone comments and other suggestions—lots of great information there.</p>
<p>Southern University and A & M College, Baton Rouge
now THAT is a marching band!</p>