<p>I’m a music ed major with a flute concentration myself, I’m a freshman. I understand what most of the posters are saying, that a higher playing ability is expected of performance majors, but be warned that that is not necessarily true of all schools, some want all of their students to play at an equal level regardless of major your applying for. Also, please don’t get the impression that being a music ed student is somehow easier as far as course work (I’m sure thats not what anyone intended =) ). At the moment, I am taking at least twice the amount of classes that my performance friends are taking, the course work and requirements are tremendous, before you go the music ed route, make sure its what you really want to do. Both music ed and performance majors have their own struggles to deal with and are very different. Don’t apply music ed. just because you think it will be easier to be accepted (not that I believe that is your intention, but I’ve seen people do it, then hate it and drop out, and then all of their time and money was wasted). I auditioned at 6 schools, so if you have any specfic flute questions about auditioning, feel free to PM me, good luck!! =)</p>