Music at Wesleyan

<p>Hi-</p>

<p>I have less than a week to decide, and right now, one of the main things that bothers me about Wesleyan is its music program (not ethnomusicology--I need info about everything else in the department). I have other options with better music programs, but I really like Wesleyan, the east coast, CSS, the size, etc. Is there anyone here who can comment on Wesleyan's music program, paying special attention to music composition if possible?</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

<p><a href="http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wesleyan.edu/music/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>check out that site, it should give you a bunch of info. wes has a great music department, and my music major friends are extremely satisfied with their professors and opportunities. there's particularly a lot in terms of experimental composition (thanks to alvin lucier), and jazz (anthony braxton, jay hoggard), but classical is here too. </p>

<p>CSS is a really unique thing about wesleyan, and if you're interested, i would say that maybe that's a sign that wesleyan-- as opposed to a school with perhaps a music program more to your liking but less in the way of other academic disciplines-- might be right for you.</p>

<p>^ Thanks - The other two schools I'm deciding between are Berkeley and Vanderbilt.</p>