<p>Berklee College of Music.</p>
<p>^^ Please do not just throw around names unless you have an idea of what the nature and requirements of a specific institution, department, or school mandates.</p>
<p>Berklee is NOT a casual, non-major “participatory” experience. It is an audition based admission, extremely competitive conservatory program (with a non classical focus) akin to the “typical” conservatories like NEC, Curtis, Juilliard, Colburn, MSM et al. Academics (other than the music academic disciplines of theory, music history and musicology,) are limited, there are few academic requirements. It is a professional program designed to prepare a candidate for a career as a professional musician.</p>
<p>zekem, for the most part you have been given a range of options that are good starting points and may or may not fit. You WILL have to do specific research into what is and is not available within the list that’s been assembled here. There is no general policy. Some of the links I posted earlier may help.</p>
<p>Another vote for St. Olaf. All ensembles are open to everyone, music major or not. Two wind ensembles and several jazz ensembles. Bands tour annually, usually in the United States but sometimes abroad (band will tour Japan this January). Auditions take place in the fall.</p>
<p>violadad - I know what Berklee is. And it is a small school strong in music. That’s what the title said.</p>
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<p>And that’s per the OP. </p>
<p>I’ll give you two out of three. :)</p>