<p>I live in New Orleans and I'm looking to major in Popular Music Performance and Music Management. I don't mean I want to major in music as in classical violinists or opera singer, I want to get my education of creating the next hit on the radio and performing in sold out tours. If that doesn't work out (which is likely) I also want to study management. The only issue is all the schools I am currently looking at are either near NY or LA. The only really great school for what I want in the South (that I can find) is Loyola. Are there any other out there that can give me what I want? I'm asking because I'm currently far away from home doing a college summer program and I'm not sure if I can shake my homesickness. </p>
<p>Have you tried the SuperMatch in the column on the left of this page?</p>
<p>It’s funny, because the first school that came to my mind was Loyola-NOLA. Why don’t you want to go there?</p>
<p>@woogzmama it’s not that I don’t want to go there, I was just seeing if that really is the only option </p>
<p>@jkeil911 yeah I did, but sadly none had exactly what I was looking for. but thank you for replying! </p>
<p>Perhaps look at Belmont in Nashville. A number of kids from our high school have gone there for music business/management programs, as well as performance. Great music scene there as well! </p>
<p>Does Miami have a program like that?</p>
<p>Florida State is a possibility: <a href=“Commercial Music Studio Recital - Students of Brian Gaber - Florida State University College of Music”>http://www.music.fsu.edu/Areas-of-Study/Commercial-Music</a></p>
<p>As saintfan above mentioned, I would encourage you to look into Miami. The music scene in Miami is vibrant and the Frost School of Music has many strong connections in the LA/NY/Miami, etc. music industry. Frost Dean Shelly Berg arranged and co-produced Gloria Estefan’s (UM trustee and alumna) latest album.</p>
<p>Both FSU and Miami are great music programs - and since you’re OOS, you’ll need to either have awesome grades in high-level classes and outstanding test scores, or be highly musically talented (made all-state in HS etc). Without those, hopefully your family can afford OOS tuition of $25K - $40K (Miami is private) per year plus room & board…best of luck!</p>
<p>What about Middle Tennessee State University? </p>
<p>Ummmm…who?</p>
<p>And that’s why Google was created:
<a href=“http://www.mtsu.edu/”>http://www.mtsu.edu/</a></p>
<p>I was <em>wondering</em> why Google was created. </p>
<p>I second the vote for MTSU. Music Industry major or if you can get accepted into the recording industry program. Both are top notch.</p>