DD had her interview yesterday. The interviewer is young and most of the time was reading and taking notes on her computer so DD said she actually drove the show, but the interview went quite well. Before the interview I coached DD to bring up her music activities and show the interviewer her recording from Youtube. The interviewer Wow-ed. Hopefully, the admission officer will actually read interviewer’s report.
Thanks for this thread that leads me to this idea :))
@hooverhoo “DD’s music skill is above Oberlin level”?? Is this actually possible? I’m guessing you mean as a College only student, not Conservatory?
As @hooverhoo said, it is per her DD’s teacher and conductor. When we recorded our pieces at recording studio, the experienced career engineer said they are good enough for any conservatory minus Juilliard. We took it as a big joke. Each person has their own opinion for music performance. My child was also co-concertmaster at school orchestra. The other concertmaster is a freshman at Juilliard now. My child definitely does not play as well as the other concertmaster (far worse) but my child served major leaderships role at orchestra for several years. Remember, orchestra does not count as AP so it cannot be weighted. Several people quit orchestra so they can boost their weighted GPA. We think it is the leadership role in orchestra which matters the most, not just playing instruments.
Last year a North Dakota teen got accepted by all 8 Ivy League schools and had the courage to play a few seconds of his instrument on national TV (he obviously does not show up at Brown). At the fist post of this thread I said music portfolio is the best opportunity to show your true self just like your essay. Obviously his performance is good enough for an applicant from ND at holistic process (an underrepresented state). On the other hand here at CC, last year zeezeebee has the following stellar records – Piano- I am a 5 time American Fine Arts Festival Competition winner and have A+ ratings on level 6 NYSSMA for 6 years. (the person admitted to Brown but goes to Princeton)
Please don’t be discouraged by the stellar performance of others. At holistic process, everything counts. You never know what the outcome will be.
@dramasopranomom DD has been in our local youth orchestra as concert master since junior. In the past few years as I know, a few kids from the orchestra went to conservatories. last year one boy went to oberlin conservatory, another girl took a gap year and is applying for a top 10 conservatory (she joined her sister’s trio tour).
@hooverhoo Oberlin is generally regarded as a world class Conservatory… no doubt your D is extremely talented! I only take issue with saying ANYONE’S musical skill level is too high for ANY world class Conservatory (especially without successfully completing an audition and being offered admission)! To me, this is something like saying someone is too advanced to study at Harvard…without applying and being offered admission. And yes, I do have a D who studies there as a Vocal Performance major ;).
@dramasopranomom, I guessed it, soprano mom :)>-