Music schools in the south

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<p>What music schools are known in the south. In the top tier league (equivalent to NEC, Curtis, Eastman, Indiana, Julliard)
I know there's Rice and others but are there any hidden gems that I don't know about.</p>

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<p>The short answer is no.
Indiana, Rice, CCM and Peabody are the top-tier schools nearest to the Southeast.
NC School for the Arts, Vanderbilt, Louisville, Lynn, Columbus State (GA), LSU, and FSU are your best bets in the South, in approximately descending order. My opinion only, of course, about the ranking, but I don't think there's any disputing that there are no truly top music schools in the Southeast at this time.</p>

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<p>The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami is quite good, especially in jazz and studio music.</p>

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<p>I agree that there are not a lot of choices in the south, and none that compare to the top conservatories of the northeast.</p>

<p>In Georgia, I would put several other schools ahead of Columbus. Guess it depends on what instrument. UGA has a respectable violin program, and an excellent music education program as well. Emory and Georgia State have some quality, too. Most of the ASO performers who also teach college level are adjuncts at one of these schools. (As always, teachers matter!)</p>

<p>A friend of son's went to U. N. Texas for horn and has been very happy there. (Somehow, I don't think of Texas when I'm thinking "south" but if you count Rice, then there are probably others that direction.)</p>

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<p>Last year, my son received a lot of mail and several phone calls from Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University. I personally don't know anything about their music program, other than they appeared to be actively recruiting top musicians. Maybe MomOfWildChild or other Texans could give you more info.</p>

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<p>LSU in Baton Rouge has an excellent, quite large music school. Their scholarships and service awards are generous. Admission is very competitive. Faculty is excellent. Graduates are performing in major opera houses and in major symphonies. Facilities are good and continually improving. Louisiana generally has a bad rap for education, but its music program at LSU is one of its programs of excellence, it is well supported, and the standards are high.</p>

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<p>SMU, UT/Austin, UNT, and Baylor are all worth a look.</p>

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<p>What is your instrument?</p>

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<p>mine? Voice</p>

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<p>Binx, I guess it's really a question of teachers, but Columbus State is strong in strings right now. Their generous scholarship program (I hear good things, anyway) also gives it an edge over some others in the region.
For string players, the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in Macon, GA will establish a new, highly competitive BM program next year. Could be interesting.</p>

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<p>Binx, I guess it's really a question of teachers, but Columbus State is strong in strings right now. Their generous scholarship program (I hear good things, anyway) also gives it an edge over some others in the region.
For string players, the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in Macon, GA will establish a new, highly competitive BM program next year. Could be interesting.</p>

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<p>Baylor- uh uh. Not the place for a voice student.</p>

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<p>Nick - check out UNT's voice faculty.</p>

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<p>For voice, Oklahoma City University is terrific for vocal performance and musical theater. </p>

<p>You might also check into the University of Mary Hardin Baylor in Belton, Texas. A lot of very talented singers from my area are or have been students there, and one of the voice professors used to live in my town and is incredibly talented. Belton is between Austin and Waco on Interstate 35.</p>

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<p>Nick Da Man, jazz? opera?</p>

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<p>if possible both</p>

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<p>Indiana, then! For both jazz and opera, it's fantastic, and it's one of the southernmost major music schools.</p>

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<p>Fiddlefrog - Nice to know about the strings at Columbus. My S has a friend - horn player a year or two ahead of him - who got a full ride there, plus spending money. And she wasn't that good. So I based my judgement on that. But we had a visit there a few years ago (for a music event) and were blown away by the lovely music facilities - including the dorms.</p>

<p>Also have a friend who majored in organ at Mercer - quite a good experience.</p>

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<p>Nick,
You should check out Loyola University New Orleans College of Music. They have a state of the art music facility. Look at the info regarding six alums with the Metropolitan Opera and two with NYC Opera.</p>

<p>Ellis Marsalis is on the faculty in their jazz studies program; my son's combo teacher last semester was Delfeayo Marsalis. Stanton Moore, drummer with Galactic, is a recent grad. In addition, the jazz ensemble plays annually at the New Orleans Jazzfest.</p>

<p>They offer programs in:
Jazz Studies
Music Industry Studies
Music Education
Music Therapy
Performance—Instrumental
Performance—Vocal</p>

<p><a href="http://music.loyno.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://music.loyno.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Maybe I should have just said classical.
For me it would be classical(or opera) I just wanted to have the jazz to listen to</p>