<p>U Mich would be very difficult to get in for flute…getting into Amy Porter’s studio is very, very competitive, and I don’t think there is another flute professor there, but I could be wrong. Maybe music ed. majors would study with someone else?</p>
<p>Boston University music department is fine. However BU students DO have to be in the “ballpark” for admittance to the university with regards to grades and standardized test scores. The music department can and does advocate for students who do terrific auditions but are on the cusp for academic admissions. DS (a BU music grad) had a 3.2 unweighted high school GPA and 1320 combined CR/Math SAT scores (his verbal was a 720 and we think that really helped). So…he was certainly in the ballpark for the admittance standards. His was a B + average but with fairly decent SAT scores.</p>
<p>University of Louisiana at Monroe has a fabulous flute teacher!!</p>
<p>I second St. Mary’s of Maryland!</p>
<p>Gotta love it…thread is a year old!!!</p>
<p>I originally posted question about flute and sailing for a friend of mine. Now, a year later, I’m look for sailing and VIOLIN for my own daughter! Who knew she’d want to continue sailing in college. She is an A student and an excellent violinist (first chair in high school’s premier orchestra even though she’s a sophomore) and concertmistress of her regional youth orchestra. She realizes it is very difficult to make money in performance, so she’s probably interested in music ed, but she’d like to keep sailing. We’re in NY. </p>
<p>Anyone know if those schools listed earlier in the thread have great violin departments? I really appreciate the guidance!</p>
<p>A fair number in BassDad’s post #39 are very competitive for violin, among them McGill,
Indiana U, UMichican, Northwestern, Rice, Rochester/Eastman; Brian Lewis at UNT is fantastic. Beyond that, Boston U, UMiami, Vanderbilt. I’m sure I’ve left out some obvious ones that were listed. Most of the state programs will be fine for music ed (Penn State mentioned within another post is very good), but the issue becomes teacher, whether she will enter as a performance, ed, or dual major, will the ed applied instrument and ensemble opportunities be the same as for a straight performance major. How easy to switch between majors is worth investigating if she’s vacillating. </p>
<p>A great school for performance is not necessarily a great school for music ed when it comes down to lesson times, ensemble opportunities, teacher selection/choice. Plenty of music ed threads I can point you to. <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/892168-search-tips-other-insights.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/892168-search-tips-other-insights.html</a></p>
<p>A lot to consider and investigate, and just how much weight the sailing has in the mix needs to be sorted.</p>
<p>If she’s willing to sail in the Pacific - how about Thornton/USC? I’m sure there are terrific sailing opportunities in the LA area. And year round sailing weather, too. Check out Chapman in Southern California, as well. CSU Long Beach has a conservatory. Or, in Florida, Frost at Univ. of Miami? or FSU? Not sure about the music ed part for any of these. Northwestern probably has sailing, although the weather will be a bit nippy…</p>
<p>Chapman has great sailing opportunities and a good music program.
[Chapman</a> University Sailing Team](<a href=“http://www.chapmansailing.com/]Chapman”>http://www.chapmansailing.com/)</p>
<p>Tufts has a dual degree program with NEC- and a championship sailing team.
Boston University has a good conservatory program and sailing as a club sport.</p>
<p>USC has a campus on Catalina Island where the USC Marine Science Center is located. A USC boat goes back and forth to Catalina each day and enrolled students ride free. Scuba gear is available at the center for qualified students to use. There are great places to sail around the island as well as Newport Bay. </p>
<p>The university does offer sailing. The beaches are only a few miles away from campus. Many USC students from the coastal communities in California participate in this outdoor sport. It is available all year.</p>
<p>The Thornton School of Music celebrated 125 years in 2010. Midori Oto is chairman of the strings department. Strings faculty include: Midori, Alice Shoenfeld, Martin Chalifour, Margaret Batjer, Peter Marsh, Suli Xue, Endre Granat and Henry Gronnier. Visiting artist is Kathleen Winkler. Resumes of each faculty member are available on the school’s website: <a href=“http://www”>www</a>. usc.edu/music.</p>
<p>The holder of the new Robert Mann Chair in Violin has not yet been announced.</p>
<p>Faculty names for cello, viola, double bass and harp are also listed on the website.</p>
<p>“the beach is only a few minutes away”</p>
<p>Only LA residents like myself know that a “few minutes away” can mean anything from a half hour to an hour. ;)</p>
<p>Havn’t read the whole thread, but Middle Tennessee State might fit your criteria. It has a wonderful marching band program (its director was in the band with me in college and he is a top director who came there from Nebraska). Good sized school but not Vanderbilt-big. Has a highly regarded muisc ed. program, especially within Tennessee and Kentucky.</p>
<p>For sailing - check out U. of Rhode Island. Don’t know anything about its music program, but a friend’s D is going there to sail and study pre-pharmacy. Family was very impressed with URI’s sailing program and facility.</p>