<p>My son is considering Rice University because it has the Shepherd School. He doesn't want to go to the conservatory, but he thought it might be like Oberlin. Wondering if people could comment on a few things, whether or not there are good practice rooms for the piano available for non-Shepherd students, and whether there is any opportunity for instruction. Also the general sense of the musical environment. It didn't appear that Rice had a music major. There are no joint degree opportunities either like there are at Oberlin.</p>
<p>I would suggest that you contact Shepherd School for answers. I definitely know that there are opportunities for instruction for non-majors. I believe that there would be rooms available as well. There are pianos (not necessarily in tune) in the various colleges as well that are “free for all”. </p>
<p>Rice definitely has a music major, but it is within Shepherd School. I do not know about double majoring when one is music.</p>
<p>Just found this: <a href=“http://music.rice.edu/undergraduate/nonmajor.shtml”>http://music.rice.edu/undergraduate/nonmajor.shtml</a> There are lots of links for your perusal on the side.</p>
<p>I looked into this recently, as Rice is on my D’s list. She plays two instruments seriously, but does not want to go to go to a conservatory. However, she would like to have music as a significant extracurricular (EC) in college.</p>
<p>Here is a good blog post from a few years ago, written by a student for the admissions blog:
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<p>There are various threads on college confidential that cover different aspects of this topic, but from what I understand there is no music minor at Rice. Non-music majors can take a variety of classes designed for non-music majors through the Shepard School. Also, for an additional fee, non-music majors can continue take lessons for their instrument of choice and get course credit.</p>
<p>There seem to be numerous musical opportunities at Rice for non-Shepard School students - various orchestras, bands, and ensembles. There are even smaller ensembles through the residential colleges (presumably if there is a critical mass of students who want to make music together and take the initiative to organize something). There are several musicals a year that need musicians to perform the music, and I also read that there are music clubs that help put together ensembles of interested students and even serve as a clearinghouse for musical job opportunities on campus (playing for events and receptions and such). I could not locate the thread that contains this info, but I remember reading it.</p>
<p>I found this thread to be interesting, from 2011 - <a href=“Music for non-majors - Rice University - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/rice-university/1113481-music-for-non-majors.html</a></p>
<p>I think most schools of Rice’s caliber will have a significant student population that focused on music as their main EC in high school, and want to continue to perform at a high standard even if they are not majoring in music. </p>
<p>There are professional musicians who were not even music majors at Rice, but did take advantage of the Shepherd school classes while getting their Science or Engineering degree - for example, the talented Jazz keyboardist Ed Roth: <a href=“SLOT GACOR: Daftar Situs Slot Online Gacor Gampang Menang 2022”>SLOT GACOR: Daftar Situs Slot Online Gacor Gampang Menang 2022; </p>