<p>Hello,
I am a senior in high school, ready to start applying. I was wondering what schools in the east coast areas offer minors in music without audition. No Ivy League please.</p>
<p>My intended major would be Business/Economics.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how far south you’re willing to go but Georgetown has a great B-school and a music minor with no audition.</p>
<p>I think that normally music minors do not audition (someone please correct me quickly if I am wrong). However, at some schools only music majors can take private lessons for credit, or if minors can take lessons for credit, sometimes they must pay extra. Usually minors have full access to the academic music courses (e.g. music theory, music history, aural musicianship, conducting, music pedagogy, etc.) and often they have as much access to ensemble participation (and of course, at many universities, many if not all ensembles are open to all students with neither a major nor minor in music).</p>
<p>The Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina is fairly highly regarded. Their International Business major is generally ranked #1 in the world, and all the other business majors get to ride that coattail.</p>
<p>Anyhow, I don’t think that the music minor at South Carolina requires an audition. They also give instate tuition to every student who does marching band.</p>
<p>In agreement with everyone else, I don’t think you’ll need to audition for a music minor. Check out schools like UNH, UMass Amherst, U Southern Maine, UConn. You can also look at LACs like Brandeis & Williams.</p>
<p>James Madison University – strong Business School and non-auditioned music minor. However, minors usually cannot take private lessons for credit.</p>
<p>Check out Susquehanna University. It is a nice small LAC in central Pennsylvania with both a good business school and a good music department. You can minor in music performance, music technology or music theory/literature without having to audition. I believe that performance minors can take private lessons for credit, but you should check on this yourself. As a music minor, you may be eligible for a small ($1000 - $2000) talent scholarship. The scholarship does require an audition, but it is not as involved as the one the performance majors go through.</p>
<p>You said “no Ivys.” Are tough academic admission requirements ok as long as the school is not an Ivy?</p>
<p>Yea, that’s fine.</p>