<p>Violadad, thanks for the information - so in other words Fredonia or Ithaca would be a better choice than UCONN, although still waiting for aid pkg from Ithaca ( they say it will be around April 1st) before they will send out and keeping fingers crossed about Hartt But D did not get a good feel at Hartt - Dorms and facilities i think she like Ithaca overall more but if we don’t get a gvood pkg may decide to go to Fredonia. Financial reasons and may go to a more prestigious school for Masters. Interested in dual degree performance and Music Ed I believe. UConn is ofcourse our instate school. She did say she had good vibes but now is leaning away from both UCONN and UMass (Amherst) Hartt still is iffy as aid is yet to come officially. Any other insight would be helpful and thanks for all the people who answered the query. Any other member ready to enlighten us with information on ITHACA or FREDONIA - the pros and cons or why one would be better than the other - fredonia is the more economical one but what about opportunities in the long run - Will ITHACA be more advantageous professionally and for placement or will it be same This is for strings - viola Let me know</p>
<p>Stradmom, Thanks for the information. Just waiting to hear about scholarships,etc…</p>
<p>Musician1: In Eastern Upstate NY, Ithaca has a better rep than Fredonia for music ed (90% of my son’s music teachers went to the Crane School) and I am certain that it is just a regional bias. But, I know that Fredonia, Ithaca and Hartt have all had Bass grads all be accepted to Yale for performance in recent years (information from son’s teacher an amazing young teacher who graduated from Ithaca and went on to Yale). So, any of the programs seems to turn out great performers if they have the right combination of talent and perseverence.</p>
<p>D3 (viola) auditioned at Ithaca last year and liked the vibe of the viola studio, but felt that the focus was (for her) too strong on music education and not enough on performance. At the info session, the viola teacher mentioned that although she was supposed to give music ed majors only a half hour lesson, they get a full hour just like the performance majors - her feeling being that it’s just as important for the ed majors to have technical skills on the instrument. She reported good results for graduates for both education job placements and grad school acceptances.</p>
<p>No knowledge of the program at Fredonia, sorry.</p>
<p>Ithaca’s Music Education program is much more prestigous. The music school is known more for its Music Ed Program than anything else. It’s faculty for ed and the department overall have had more experiance and are more distinguished in the field. The Masters program offers permanent NYS certification, and 100% of music ed majors (undergrad and grad) have had success in job placement. Ithaca is surely a better music school, and better program for Music Ed.</p>
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Well I doubt there is any real evidence to support this other than opinion. To me the biggest difference between Ithaca and Fredonia is that COA at Ithaca is $50K. Fredonia COA $19K.</p>
<p>Are there any schools that offer music ed degrees that don’t claim to place 100 % of their grads ?</p>
<p>Sagiter, so true. However, at all 6 schools we visited this year they admitted that maybe 2 or 3 “fussy” recent grads did not get a job but are actively substituting. All the schools promised that there are still good music ed jobs if you are willing to relocate to the south or rocky mountain states…</p>
<p>Hi again. My daughter just got word that she is a recipient of a music scholarship at Fredonia. This is in addition to the academic scholarship she received upon her acceptance to the music school. She could go to Fredonia for half the cost of Ithaca and Indiana although we haven’t been notified of any music scholarships from these schools yet.
The two I schools are more prestigious but for the money, would it make sense for her to get her BM at Fredonia and a masters elsewhere? I hate to pass up a bargain but also want the best education for her.</p>
<p>I’m going to assume you’ve already made your decision but anyway, I’m a violinist at Fredonia (music ed major) and I study with David Rose because I think he’s an amazing teacher! I don’t know the viola prof. at Ithaca but David is great, he teaches in a way that just inspires everyone. I don’t know anyone whose had a single bad thing to say about him. I hope wherever you choose though, that you love it :)</p>
<p>I am biased, but my son’s high school band director got his master’s at Ithaca and he is phenomenal. One of our seniors last year is at Ithaca now in music ed. and she is extremely happy. Our director had the Ithaca Wind Ensemble perform at our high school this spring and they were incredible.</p>