<p>Hi, I was looking into piano performance, and I was wondering between two universities.</p>
<p>Southern Methodist University</p>
<p>Texas Christian University</p>
<p>I know that TCU has close ties with the Van Cliburn foundation, but I was wondering if anyone knew any of the faculty or about the schools of music in general.</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>University of North Texas has an excellent and large music program. I don't know anything about their piano studies, but it's worth a check. Also, have you looked into performance at Rice? SMU has a very nice center for performing arts and a decent music department also.</p>
<p>Rice. The Shepherd school is one of the best in the country.</p>
<p>Hi i was wondering... of these two schools, which has a better piano department?</p>
<p>Southern Methodist University</p>
<p>Texas Christian University</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>check out Rice. I think it is affiliated somehow with Shephard School of Music.</p>
<p>I responded to your other posting of this elsewhere....Check out the Shephard School which IS Rice's music conservatory program. Also, U of North Texas has a great music program...don't know about piano though. SMU is good but probably not as well regarded as the Rice or UNT.</p>
<p>I second U of North Texas. Norah Jones attended UNT for a while.</p>
<p>TCU is not nearly as well known for music in general as SMU, but the piano department is well regarded and I think has connections with the Cliburn Foundation.</p>
<p>I'd have to 3rd the University of North Texas. Simply the best music program in Texas, bar none. Although most famous for its second-to-none Jazz Studies program, it is also top notch in Education and Performance.</p>
<p>I wouldn't put UNT above Rice, but otherwise, agreed.</p>
<p>For most music degrees, yeah, I'd agree that Rice is a little over UNT. UNT being a public school.</p>
<p>In Jazz though, its consistantly rated the best in the nation and possibly the world.</p>