Music Ed Major with Electric Bass?

<p>I live in Massachusetts and have started my search for colleges around New England, but I think I'm going to have to look further. </p>

<p>I'm set on being a Music Ed. major (with instrumental emphasis) when I go to college. However, most colleges I have looked like want their students to be a classically trained musician. They require, for bassists, to audition classical pieces on an upright bass while using a bow. </p>

<p>So I'm wondering if anybody knows of any schools in (or at least near) New England that offers an audition process for Music Ed majors to use Electric Bass. (Other than Berklee).</p>

<p>I’ve been playing electric bass for five years now and I’m studying jazz frequently in my playing technique.</p>