<p>Am I posting in the wrong place?</p>
<p>I'd appreciate it if someone could list or post a link for every single music program in the bay area. Community College's are fine as well! Please make sure it has a string department (specifically violin) and make sure the list is accurate! The more the better thanks</p>
<p>And you can’t do this yourself because …</p>
<p>Lily, this forum is for people to offer their past experience or knowledge to assist prospective music students and families with their questions, not to conduct research per se for people. If you’d like to know of a good strings program in the bay area, please post that question, as I know we have someone who’s a regular poster that lives in that area who would likely be delighted to post had you instead told us what you’re looking for, your level of experience, or otherwise asked for help in a more specific way.</p>
<p>[Let</a> me google that for you](<a href=“LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You”>LMGTFY - Let Me Google That For You)</p>
<p>I don’t think there is anything wrong with my post except that it is written in a way that isn’t suitable for softies. What’s the big deal? I am not telling anyone to do my research and was just trying to send a message to people who already know the answer to how many programs there are. If more information is needed it could have been asked for. I was hoping to see people just replying based on what they already know, I am not impressing anything on anyone. I have already researched the topic, sometimes doing things online is a bit messy. I have a general idea of what there is and would like confirmation from someone who knows for sure.</p>
<p>Why I am asking. Because I am looking for the best Violin teacher possible and thought college programs would be a good place to start because there tend to be connections with them.</p>
<p>Lily-
Your original post and your last one quite frankly come off as rude and insulting to those on here, you basically came on here and demanded that someone do the legwork for you. Saying “could someone please suggest music schools with strong string programs in the bay area” or “could people recommend teachers in the bay area who would be good for a serious violin teacher” you would have done a lot better. The people here are not employees of CC, we are all music parents or students who try and help one another…none of us are ‘softies’, we simply don’t take well to arrogant people coming in and in effect demanding things. Among other things, a lot of those links would likely do you not much good, because quite frankly simply because someone teaches at a music school doesn’t mean they are necessarily a good teacher, or more importantly, even if good for some students, not for you.</p>
<p>If you are thinking of heading into music and possibly going to music school a good teacher, one that will get you forward, is critical. As far as going to a teacher because they are associated with a school and with the implication that would get you in, that is the wrong way to do it, it is better to find a teacher who has the skills to push you forward, that you can work with. Unless you are talking about a school where the teacher you are working with is the only string teacher, admissions is by audition in front of a panel and basically what matters is how you play. A high level teacher who teaches at a good program will know what it is you need to do on an audition, so that is valuable, but other then that counting on connections to get you in is prob the wrong way to go.</p>
<p>One place is obvious, the SF conservatory, they are a respected music program and are probably the top music program in the area (at least by reputation) and may be a good starting point. I don’t know how old you are, but you also may want to look into their pre college prep program, some really strong violin students I have seen have come out of there, and programs like that are valuable, you gain experience auditioning, and also you learn about things like music theory, solfege, orchestra and chamber ensemble work as well.</p>
<p>One thing about music to keep in mind is that it is a small world and attitude means a lot, if you are thinking of going into music the ability to get along with people is important, I have seen more then a few high level students come out of music school with an attitude, they won a couple of competitions, played this concerto with this orchestra, and then found out that people weren’t beating a path to their door to ask them to play, other musicians didn’t want to work with them because of their attitude and word gets around. No, a post on CC isn’t going to hurt you, but believe me, IRL attitude is important to a working musician or music student for that matter, even if you think you are going to be the next Joshua Bell or Sarah Chang, keep in mind that most musicians work based on networking and the like.</p>
<p>Lily-networking is important for every field, including accounting. You might want to reconsider the attitude you project. Your responses here are giving the impression that you have no clue how you come across. Fixing this problem is more important than violin lessons. Were you thinking that having an important teacher’s name listed with your EC’s would tip the scale for your UC applications?</p>