NYU vs. USC Music

<p>Anyone know if NYU Music Technology or USC Music Industry is better?</p>

<p>If I were you I would go to USC because of the campus issue and also USC has a whole music department, while NYU has only three majors that are music-related (one of which doesn’t really count since it’s music business). As for the major itself I’m not sure but I haven’t heard much about the Music Technology program at NYU… so still I would choose USC… bare in mind that this is coming from the person that just chose USC music industry over NYU Recorded Music so I don’t know how much I would trust myself for a USC vs NYU problem</p>

<p>Sorry, but here is an example of why it is important to research things yourself and not go blindly by what people tell you on these forums.</p>

<p>I know nothing about USC’s music department. But I can tell you that the above poster knows nothing about NYU’s. Only 3 music majors?</p>

<p><a href=“http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/[/url]”>http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I don’t know what the heck poncem is talking about. Steinhardt alone has EIGHTEEN SEPARATE MUSIC MAJORS within the Department of Music.</p>

<p>I’m sorry about that part of the post, I actually haven’t research Steinhardt so I didn’t really know about that, but I actually warned him not to trust me in his decision making :P</p>

<p>I still think Thornton as a whole has a better music program than NYU’s, but once again I might be wrong.</p>

<p>If I were you, I would not have continued on with recommendation at this time but would have done do some research.</p>

<p>I don’t know much about that part of Steinhardt, but there’s also something to be said about being into music and living in NYC. However, there’s a huge music scene in CA as well, so, yeah.</p>

<p>@elan_xu I have actually researched the schools, but not Steinhardt since it wasn’t my department of choice, but yea my mistake for giving advice on the department I hadn’t research.</p>

<p>My son is torn between going to usc or nyu. his dilema is that while he was admitted to both for fine arts he has since decided he’d rather pursue his music and some drama. the plus to usc is that he can do a BA in fine arts leaving more time for his other interests (they also seem to be very open to double majors). vs the fact that he loves and feels so comfortable in nyc (he spent his early years there), but he’s having a difficult time figuring out if at nyu when he would be able to transfer out of the fine art BFA and if he has to stick with it the first year what are his options for music and drama classes. i know they offer some through the “open arts curriculum” and understand he wouldn’t be in with those dept. majors (or that he even neccesarilly would want to be). He also feels that perhaps just doing his own thing (putting a band together…) would be easier in ny. any thoughts, information would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>Both music and drama are audition programs…music through Steinhardt for a BM degree (same school as Fine Arts) and Drama is at Tisch for a BFA. I assume that is what you mean when you say he wants to “do some” music or drama. It would be impossible to do both as a double major, though.</p>

<p>So if he wanted to change to either of these performance majors, he would have to audition to be admitted into either program. That, of course, holds the risk of not being admitted.</p>

<p>The Open Arts program is through Tisch and allows students to take some performance and related-area courses in drama and film. It does not replace a major, but would be done as additional coursework. I doubt these classes would meet many of the requirements needed for the BFA in drama, but it is something to look into, as he would be ble to take these classes as a freshman before he officially changes majors.</p>

<p>If your son would apply to become a music major and pursue the BM degree at Steinhardt, perhaps he can register with permission for some of the required classes for majors, but I am not sure if they will allow it. There is no real music minor available to other steinhardt students.</p>

<p>My oldest D dropped art in senior year and decided to pursue music (vocal performance --musical theatre). My younger D will probably do the opposite and will apply to the NYU fine arts major.</p>

<p>But I undertand how hard it is to give up one talent in favor of another.</p>