<p>Can anyone help me out here? I'm a good student and musician looking for colleges where I could double major/ dual degree in Music (Voice-Opera) and Business or Economics. I'd like to do this at a college strong in both disciplines... My own search has turned up Rice, Northwestern, UMichigan, and BostonU. Any other ideas?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>My daughter was a vocal performance major at Rice ('07) and loved it. You might also want to look at Oberlin. These schools require auditions for the music programs, though, and it can be very competitive. Double majoring is also very challenging and most students wind up not doing it.</p>
<p>Thank you for the advice, MomofWildChild. I did look at Oberlin some, but it didn’t seem to be a good fit for me… I don’t mind having to audition for a school though, so options of that nature wouldn’t bother me</p>
<p>I opened to suggest my alma mater, Northwestern, but that cat’s out of the bag.</p>
<p>What about Lawrence?</p>
<p>CuriousJane, I had the opportunity to visit Northwestern just the other week and really liked it! I must say, I haven’t really gotten to look at Lawrence. Thanks for the suggestion!</p>
<p>any other criteria that could help narrow it down? Are you primarily interested in small LAC’s?</p>
<p>here are a few excellent mid-sized universities to consider:</p>
<p>U. of Rochester, check out their Eastman School of Music: [Eastman</a> School of Music](<a href=“http://www.esm.rochester.edu/]Eastman”>http://www.esm.rochester.edu/)</p>
<p>Tufts has a 5-year dual degree program with New England Conservatory of Music. [Home</a> - Department of Music - Tufts University](<a href=“http://as.tufts.edu/music/default.aspx]Home”>http://as.tufts.edu/music/default.aspx)</p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon</p>
<p>I’m not opposed to a small LAC, but I do not think I’d want a conservatory program like the Tufts/ NEC deal. Rochester seems like a pretty good idea to me. Thanks for the input!</p>
<p>University of Rochester definitely. Really awesome school and top 5 music school associated with it.</p>
<p>jhs, Williams has excellent academics, excellent economics and excellent music – though I’m not so sure about voice. If you are female, Smith is another one to look at.</p>
<p>Rochester seems like a good idea. Shaq395, do you know if they are big on merit-based financial aid? Momrath, I am a male, but thanks for your suggestion!</p>
<p>Rochester gives a ton of $10,000-$20,000 scholarships (and I mean a ton). Then they offer about 20 half-tuition scholarships and then about 10 full-rides but those are extremely, extremely difficult to get. And although it’s not really that well known, U of R is really awesome.</p>
<p>That sounds like a pretty good deal! Thanks Shaq395</p>
<p>What wasn’t you didn’t like about Oberlin? If it wasn’t the location, Baldwin-Wallace College has good academics and excellent music programs, and it is also a small LAC.</p>
<p>When I say “audition”- I’m talking some of these programs might only take 3 freshman vocalists a year. The schools mentioned (Rochester, NEC, Oberlin, Rice) are EXTREMELY difficult to get into as a performance major.</p>
<p>jhs, do you REQUIRE merit based financial aid or just want it? If you must have it, you’ll want to tailor your list accordingly. Many academically rigorous colleges offer generous need based aid, but not so much (or any) merit.</p>
<p>DavidSSabb94, location was one of the things I didn’t like about Oberlin. Thank you for your suggestion though. MomofWildChild, that is a good point about the selectivity of those schools. Could you possible recommend some that would be less selective? And momrath, merit-based aid is not mecessarily a demand; but the more I could get, the better. I would be willing to look into less rigorous academic schools in order to get a more substantial merit award</p>
<p>Perhaps U Cincinnati? I don’t know how easy it would be to major at UC and CCM.</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins–you could get a dual degree in voice/opera at Peabody Conservatory and a BA in economics at the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences. You would get an excellent education but the dual degree is not for the feint of heart (i.e., it is quite challenging).</p>
<p>Thank you to everyone for their responses so far. The input is helpful. If anyone else has any other suggestions, please mention them!</p>
<p>University of Southern California
University of Texas
University of Miami</p>