<p>I wanted to ask how important the interview is to get into a music education program. I just auditioned at UMCP and I thought the audition went well, but I don't know about the interview. What exactly are they looking for in the interview?</p>
<p>Don’t let the title fool you. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/846409-interview-composition-major-ccm.html?highlight=interview[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/846409-interview-composition-major-ccm.html?highlight=interview</a></p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>starlessyoru, hope the interview went well. It would help others if you detailed some of the questions that were asked in the interview, as it would serve to help others down the road.</p>
<p>It was a group interview. There were about 7 other freshmen and 1 graduate student. Basically, we did two activities. In the first one, we worked in pairs, one person had a picture and the same person had to explain it to the other and that other person had to draw it even though she/he had never seen the picture. After that, they asked us what we thought about the activity. The next activity was a group activity. We had to compose a small song to go with a video clip that had no sound. They asked us again what we thought about the activity. Then they let us ask questions about the school of music.</p>
<p>I thought it was going to be an individual interview and that the questions were going to be like why I wanted to go into music education or what inspired me to do music.</p>
<p>Starlessyoru - wow, that sounds like a psych interview! I’m sure you did fine as long as you were yourself!</p>
<p>Westminster’s Music Ed interviews were more traditional, but very relaxed. The interviewers just tried to get the students to talk - questions about what they were doing (musically) in school and then why they wanted to go into education, etc. "All they want to know is why you want to do music education. They want your true feelings. Be honest. " from my daughter.</p>
<p>Reply – my daughter went through the Maryland University College Park music education group interview last year and thought it was weird. Based on what she told me, I thought it was strange, particularly for people who travelled long distances. It seemed very impersonal. As a matter of fact, the entire UMCP experience was extremely impersonal which was one of the major reasons our daughter decided not to attend.</p>
<p>Yes, that is what I thought, too! It was strange! What else made it seem impersonal?</p>
<p>Starlessyoru: There were many things that made UMCP seem impersonal – particularly in comparison with the many other music schools our daughter visited and auditioned at. For example at UNT, attendees were treated to a light breakfast and a program set up like a little fair with booths – each one focusing on a different aspect of the music school. This gave prospective students the opportunity to walk around and talk to other students, and faculty about different aspects of the music school, its social life, and environment. At UMCP, there was no one to talk with; there was no real program at all; she wasn’t even directed to a practice room. There was no program for parents. As a matter of fact – there wasn’t even a chair to sit down on. Our perception of the school began in our daughter’s junior year, when she was discouraged from visiting; none of the music education teachers answered her emails; and she was refused the opportunity to schedule a practice lesson with any of the voice professors. She was treated like this even though she was a finalist in the state’s talent in the arts program (voice) and had been admitted into the university’s honors program. In addition, and this could be simply a matter of taste, the Clarice E Smith building as new and beautiful as it might be, just doesn’t seem conducive to warm, interpersonal interactions. Three students from my daughter’s high school were accepted to UMCP (including my daughter) and none of them chose to go there for many of the same reasons.</p>