Musical Theater and Opera Major?

College Majors Music Major
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<p>Hi! I'm a senior in High School and I am trying to figure out where to apply to college. </p>

<p>I am a classically trained dramatic mezzo, and I have been doing a lot of opera in the past few years, yet I also have been doing a lot of musical theater and have been taking acting classes. </p>

<p>I am trying to figure out which schools to apply to where I can study both. I know about Oklahoma City, and I know about Northwestern and the musical theater certificate (that's my first choice). I've taken NYU Steinhart off the list, since I know they offer no financial aid.</p>

<p>Does anyone have any other suggestions? Thank you so much.</p>

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<p>For a while, my S was looking at BM in Musical Theater. He liked Oklahoma City U, Baldwin-Wallace, and Catholic University. All of them seem to give solid classical training as well as MT. </p>

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<p>ASU has a voice with concentration in mt program. </p>

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<p>JMU has a BM MT option through the School Of Music.</p>

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<p>Chicago College of Performing Arts (Roosevelt) has both.</p>

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<p>You can not study both at CCPA. The classes for MT are on the 7th floor while VP are on the 9th and they never, ever meet up. There really is not much cross-over within departments anywhere now since the MT field has exploded. Where they used to need to tap into the VP kids for some roles, the explosion in the numbers of MT kids has filled that gap.
Unless you’re Stephanie Blythe, please don’t market yourself as “dramatic mezzo” who has done “a lot of opera”. You’re not old enough to sing the roles in either opera or MT that would be suitable, so you’re going to be spending a lot of time on art song in undergrad and developing breath support and technique. You may well have a big voice, but take the time to get what you need, training-wise, so that your voice will be healthy when you need it later on!</p>

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<p>I didn’t mean to imply you could do both.</p>

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<p>Opera in high school? How fun! Wishing you luck on your journey. </p>

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<p>Look for musical theatre programs that use the same voice teachers as the vocal performance majors. CMU does. Not CCM they use the master and DMA students to teach voice to the musical theater majors. Point park does. Check the websites and see if the faculty overlaps. Good luck to you. Exciting time!</p>

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<p>@MusicalMezzo‌ Depending on your grades and test scores I wouldn’t write off Steinhardt. A friend of D’s is a freshman and has practically a full ride between academic and talent </p>