<p>I got into Oberlin Cons. and FSU as a BM-performance
These weren't my only acceptances but I cannot make a final decision. Any thoughts either way? I know both teachers are phenomenal and money aside, what is your opinion? Feel free to say where you got in. I'd like to know :)</p>
<p>I must have missed this, but I’ll give you the standard advice. Check the previous horn threads and the prior Master Acceptances/Decision lists <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>Look through the Useful Music Links thread that’s pinned towards the top of the page. I think there’s a couple of horn forum links there where you may get additional input.</p>
<p>I would think very hard about your choice. I have spent the last year (my previous sign on was 7-7-2010) reading, studying, going to auditions with my D, and getting to know the good-bad-and-the-ugly about every professional horn teacher in the US. What I have found is this: you must choose the teacher who best fits your needs - both mechanical, developmental, and personal. Your choice is uniquely personal. Think about all your visits, the other students you met (maybe email some who are in the studio you are considering), think about how the admissions people treated you, did you understand what the teacher asked of you in the audition, did you want to spedn more time with the teacher - or get out as fast as possible? Good luck to you! My D is going to IU/Jacobs for a BM - horn, and we are thrilled with her choice because it is the right place with the right teacher for her.</p>
<p>I would second what cg521 said about the right teacher is everything. When we traveled around doing the teacher lesson/horn audition thing we were surprised to find the horn teachers around the country freely offerring assessments of theirs and other horn studios in other schools. I would suggest that you add one more criteria…is it the right studio? Is the studio so large that it doesn’t afford personal attention? Don’t know FSU, but Oberlin is only undergrads. D didn’t accept Oberlin because she wanted the higher level in studios that grad students bring. But that’s a double edged sword because it also provides more difficult competition for seating!</p>
<p>If you do return to the scene to look again, do it on a day that corresponds with teacher’s studio class. If s gets to attend the studio class (schedule ahead!), in addition to the aforementioned questions, have him consider the comments by the teacher. Are they spot on, musically insightful or trivial? He should also consider the abilities of the upperclassmen that he hears. If he wants to play like them in 4 years-great. If he wants to be better than they are-move on.</p>