<p>Can someone tell me how the Music dept . is at UPenn ??? Is it in the classical as well as the jazz vein ?? Ensembles ??? </p>
<p>Does the Music Dept. have a separate open house date ???</p>
<p>There's a good article on the Penn Music Department at this web site:
<a href="http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0705/feature01.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.upenn.edu/gazette/0705/feature01.html</a></p>
<p>No separate open house date that I know of. There is no performance major at Penn although you can get credt for performing in ensembles and for taking lessons (and subsidized lessons if you are at intermediate level and higher)</p>
<p>any information on this from a source OTHER than penn? every college tells me their music program is wonderful...</p>
<p>My D is a freshman music major at Penn and she has found it to be fine not to mention the added benefit of student rush tickets to the Philadelphia Orchestra for $6.</p>
<p>I know a few musicians who have graduated from Penn (although not as performance majors) and they are all pretty good. Penn has some decent offerings in early music. I do not think they have a very large jazz program. </p>
<p>If you are looking for performance programs in Philly check out Curtis (but don't expect to get in), Temple (excellent programs in both classical and jazz) and University of the Arts.</p>