producing music

College Majors Music Major
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<p>hi, i am looking to go into school for music, but im not sure if i want something as intensive as a conservatory, in terms of what you can study. Im not sure if the best decision for me would be to get a BA of arts or something else. also i dont know what i should major in if ultimately i want to produce music. </p>

<p>my gpa is 3.3 as of sophmore year. once my junior year grades are calculated in, im sure i will get an 89 MAYBE 90. i got a 1750 on my psat, and im planning in taking both the act and sat and am studying hard for both, and am planning to get over a 2000 on the sat. (on the act not sure) i have a lot of music ec's of which include taking private lessons for the viola for 8 years, playing in my local youth orchestra as of sixth grade, making all county, area all state, and making backup for all state. (this is new york btw). my junior year i enrolled in msm prep (manhattan school of music prep) and am doing that, but am not planning on doing it next year. i have been playing ultimate frisbee for all of my high school career, and our team is first in the state, so we take it pretty seriously. i also went to a few music camps.</p>

<p>i am am also confused how much schools such as u rochester and ithica look at grades vs actual musical ability. i know if i were to apply to a conservatory (which is not out of the question) how well i play would be much more important than my grades, but what about big liberal arts universitys?</p>

<p>im just hoping yall can give me some schools that fit my criteria, and give me a better idea of what to do next </p>

<p>-thanks</p>

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<p>Depending on what you mean by “ultimately producing music” you might want to look into some of the programs out there designed for those who want to produce music. I just posted them in another thread, but go google: NYU Clive Davis Department Recording Arts (for producers and performers); Indiana Jacobs SOM Recording Arts program; USC Thorton, Miami Frost, University of Michigan SOM Performing Arts Technology, Berklee, Belmont, etc.</p>

<p>If you really kick up your grades a notch, it will help for many of those schools, many of which like to see a stronger GPA – but if you’re certain on moving up from a 3.3 to more like a 3.6 or 3.7 and you develop a strong portfolio over the next two years, there’d be no reason not to try for those programs. They’re mostly very tough admits, so start researching now to see which ones might be a fit.</p>

<p>My son attends the University of Michigan School of Music. UMich is a pretty rigorous academic admit, as is Northwestern (and Rice and USC) for example. But the portfolio is the most important (in production, but you need VERY strong MATH SAT or ACT scores to be accepted to the music engineering stream). How most universities do it is they’ll have the top talent selected, then where it’s tough to decide between the most talented, the academic achievement level will come into play. So you do want the strongest marks you are able to achieve to be competitive in the pool.
Hope that helps get you started.</p>

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<p>bump!!!</p>