Suggestions of Colleges with Music Majors

College Majors Music Major
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<p>Which universities/colleges have a great music program, specifically music education in vocal ( choir ), that still maintains its reputation as a school with an exceptional to excellent academic curriculum?
Schools I have recently pondered on..
University of Michigan
Northwestern</p>

<p>I have checked out a few ivy league programs such as Cornell, Darthmouth, Duke, but it does not seem to have a great education to offer in music. Other Ivys such as Harvard, Yale does have an excellent music program but manifestly, my academic achievements does not reach the standard of these top top upper-tier schools =). Friends and teachers say schools such as Nyu, Boston college are institutions where the standards in academics are up to my standards.
As you can see I am about to be a senior and I only have two schools on my list. It is very sad haha. It would be considered an awesome amicable action if fellow CC-ers could recommend other schools? Thanks guys!</p>

<p>-Dave</p>

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<p>Indiana Bloomington</p>

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<p>Johns Hopkins Peabody..</p>

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<p>Eastman School of Music at University of Rochester</p>

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<p>Well you're on the right track with University of Michigan, I would also check University of Rochester:</p>

<p>Eastmon School of Music at U of Rochester
Carnegie Mellon's College of the Arts (great 5 year music ed program)
School of Music at DePaul University (another excellent program)
Oberlin College (world-class conservatory joined with a great school)</p>

<p>Others:</p>

<p>Boston College
NYU
Northwestern
Lawrence
Ithaca College</p>

<p>There's also Stanford and Yale...but again, if you're not up to those standard, NYU's hard enough to get in</p>

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<p>icic..does nyu have a good music program?</p>

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<p>Yes, yes indeed, any of those schools would be great for you, you just have to see which you like.</p>

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<p>Surprisingly, LSU has excellent opera, choral direction, and music education programs. Might be worth checking out.</p>

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<p>For vocal, check out Westminster Choir College at Rider or Rowan (I will never, ever remember which one).</p>

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<p>i see guys. any other schools. i have asked afew adults but they have no sense of knowledge in music at all. any other schools and advice.?</p>

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<p>I just wanted to point out that your post made Duke sound like an ivy, which i'm pretty sure you know it isn't. Sorry i can't contribute to your list of schools.</p>

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<p>I am an adult with a lot of knowledge of music programs but less on music education. St. Olaf's is a strong choral school. Check it out.</p>

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<p>Don't forget Cincinnati Conservatory,which is part of the University of Cincinnati.</p>

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<p>yea sorry. DUKE is not an ivy</p>

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<p>Duke is not an ivy, but is on many ways equal to if not better than most of the schools in the league. It just doesn't have the pretentious title and generally pretentious air to the extent that many see in the ivy league.</p>

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<p>i had a question. What is the exact different between the music program between CAS and Steindhaart in the NYU school?</p>

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<p>Look around, see where other choral directors went. Just skimming through a few threads on the Amer. Choral Directors Association forum, people have mentioned lots of schools as being good places to study choral direction:</p>

<p>Michigan State
Illinois
LSU
Yale
Michigan
Indiana
Cincinnati CCM
Boston University
USC
Cal State Long Beach
UCLA
...</p>

<p>Just keep looking around. =)</p>

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<p>(sorry for triple posting, but i think everyone who can offer good advice seem to be on this thread~)</p>

<p>so hi, i have seen quite a few threads but because there are so many options available i was wondering if people could respond to this particular situation and suggest some suitable programs~</p>

<p>we're looking for</p>

<p>1.music composition major combined with more 'practical' stuff like NYU's "music management"....etc.
2.a liberal arts school
3.opportunities for joint-degrees and stuff like that, (Columbia-Juilliard)</p>

<p>And most importantly, we're not looking for one that is only focused on music, and NOT one that combines academics (sciences and math etc.) with music. Preferably one in between like music composition with music management, humanties, arts, literature and stuff like that.</p>

<p>And also to clarify, we aren't really looking for a performance major.</p>

<p>So far we are looking at Bard, Peabody, NYU, Columbia...are there other programs you can suggest for us? Thanks very much in advance!</p>

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<p>Do a search on these forums. Much has been written on this topic. What follows is just off the top of my head so to speak....</p>

<p>LAC /smaller schools and Composition and other things
Williams
Bard
Lawrence
Oberlin
Redlands
etc.</p>

<p>Bigger Schools for Composition and other things
U of Oregon
USC
Indiana</p>

<p>Music Business: U of Denver</p>

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<p>As far as I know,Music composition is the equivalent of a "performance" major,requiring an audition process..something along the lines of a CD of recordings of the compositions..I would check some websites.Not sure what "minoring" in Composition would entail.
I would think a good general all around U with a strong Music School would work well for this type of major.If you're willing to leave the NY area,how about a place like Indiana U or U of Miami,or far afield of the east coast,my D's alma mater..Arizona State?
Peabody has been discussed on these boards before..the music school is freestanding in a different locale than Johns Hopkins and it can be difficult to coordinate academic/music schedules.Peabody alone would not give a kid access to enough humanities/liberal arts on site to do anything but fufill the requirements for the BMus degree (for example,1 Eng course offered each semester).</p>