<p>How are you?
I'm going to apply this year to some usa universities to take a master degree in piano performance. I did a lot of research and I talked with some teachers but I still have doubts about my choices. </p>
<p>I want to have the best of every aspect of music life. Good teacher, scholarships or working as a pianist accompanist, a lot of chances to perform and facilites to practice. These are the schools that I have in mind</p>
<p>I already did my application to
University of Michigan
University of Illinois
Northwestern university
UNT </p>
<p>I'm having doubts about
Mannes
Boston Conservatory
Crane
other suggestions?</p>
<p>What are your doubts about Mannes? My son did an MM in cello performance there and he tells me that Mannes is exceptionally strong in graduate piano.</p>
<p>I don’t think you can afford to overlook CIM for Piano Performance or Collaborative Piano. Daniil Trifanov placed 3rd in the Chopin Competition and then won the Rubenstein and the Tchaikovsky Competitions last year and studies at CIM with Serge Babayan. The performance majors get a lot of accompanying experience with the voice students and for concerto competitions. Mixon Hall is only a few years old and is considered to be one of the loveliest performance venues at any school and has amazing acoustics.</p>
<p>Actually, that is not strictly true. Yale does accept a few undergrads, but for its 3-year certificate program with an optional 4th year of academics that would lead to a BA (I think BA, maybe BM.) Or, at least, that was the case a few years ago. But it’s not a program that many undergrads pursue. (But I think the OP was asking about Masters programs.)</p>