<p>Originally posted by BassDad. [2011</a> University Music Directory](<a href=“http://www.mymusicprogram.com/home/directory]2011”>http://www.mymusicprogram.com/home/directory)</p>
<p>Thank you Violadad. I’ve been a cc member for several years. My older now at MIT and now I’m starting the hunt for my sophomore violinist. I had seen your posts during the past few years and are so grateful that you are still an active contributor to the site. She’s not sure about performance vs. music ed or a double major. I’ve seen your post about the decision process thru Peabody. </p>
<p>This latest post is fabulous. THANK YOU!</p>
<p>You seem to know a lot about music schools, and though these two are not on the same level, I was hoping you could help me.
I am a flute player and have recently been excepted to the University Of Alabama on full tuition for flute, and The Sunderman Conservatory at Gettysburg College on nearly full tuition for the same thing. I am having trouble deciding where to go! While Gettysburg has a conservatory, thier flute studio does not have as many performance majors, which is what I want to do, and doesn’t seem to be as difficult to excell in fast.However, Gettysburg would have more performance oppurtunites for me right away.
Alabama is a big University and though thier flute studio has only 16, there are more serious flute players and it would be more of a challenge. Also harder to get into the orchestra and top band. While I want to be challenged (being a big a fish in a small pond right now at my high school) , I also want to have good performance oppurtunities. Can anyone add any information they may know about these two music programs, and possibly help me with this decision?
THanks!</p>
<p>I agree with zchryevns in regards to Florida State.
I am currently living in Florida and am considering it for music school. Though it is not my top choice, I can say it is the top school in the state for music education, and has a phenominal jazz program as well!</p>
<p>flutechica,</p>
<p>Welcome to CC. I have included your acceptances in the thread <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1045522-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2011-a-8.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1045522-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2011-a-8.html</a> and would be happy to add the scholarships if you care to state the numerical amounts of them.</p>
<p>I am not familiar with the flute programs at the two schools you mention. Have you had sample lessons with the flute faculty at either or both? Your fit with the individual teacher is very important.</p>
<p>I am currently attending Trinity International University located in Deerfield, IL, and I absolutely LOVE the music program (I am a theory/composition major). We have amazing music professors and teachers, as well as outstanding professors in other subjects. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a strong music program as well as other academics.</p>
<p>Hi–forgive me for posting a question that has doubtless been answered many times, but I’m looking for some school suggestions for my junior year son. He’s a talented baritone (just performed in All-State) and also plays clarinet, bari sax (and tenor), and acoustic guitar (and banjo), performing in chamber music, jazz band, stage band, chorus and madrigals. His comp teacher says he has a real gift for composition. This same teacher suggests that a conservatory might be too limiting for him (we are close to Boston) and thinks a 4 yr liberal arts school with a strong affiliation with a conservatory (like Oberlin) would be the way to go. </p>
<p>He’s smart, intense and self-motivated, but not a flat-out genius–and I think that schools in the south are probably not going to appeal to him (too hot). I’ve read many of the pages of this particular thread and there’s so much information!! Any guidance deeply appreciated. Thank you!</p>
<p>Hi,
I have a question, maybe violadad or someone can help me answer! I’ve been accepted to
St Olaf and awarded scholarships and also have been accepted to Brown. I’m interested both in math and music, considering college teaching in either music or math. Does anyone know much about the music program at Brown? Didn’t learn as much as I would like while I was there. Thanks</p>
<p>Claristudent,</p>
<p>were you accepted to either or both as a performance, music education or general music major? If so we would like to include you over at the <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1045522-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2011-a-55.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1045522-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2011-a-55.html</a></p>
<p>Sorry, but I can’t help with your question about Brown.</p>
<p>claristudent, welcome and congrats. There is not much info on music at Brown within this forum. Typically those looking for music within an Ivy league school will lean to Yale, Harvard, Princeton or Columbia. Your screen name suggests clarinet is your instrument, perhaps there is a noted clarinet faculty member at Brown, as Clarimom’s son was accepted there last year as a BA double major candidate (clarinet & computer science). Try a private message to Clarimon, and also to bratsche who is a Brown alum who may be able to answer some questions or redirect you.</p>
<p>These are the titled Brown threads:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/983998-music-major-brown-wesleyan.html?highlight=brown[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/983998-music-major-brown-wesleyan.html?highlight=brown</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/431696-music-brown.html?highlight=brown[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/431696-music-brown.html?highlight=brown</a>
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/145838-music-brown.html?highlight=brown[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/145838-music-brown.html?highlight=brown</a></p>
<p>If you detail your instrument and your degree paths at both schools you’ve been accepted to, we’d be happy to add you to the list here <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1045522-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2011-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1045522-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2011-a.html</a></p>
<p>idk if oberlin has been thrown out there already, but you can do a double degree with the cons. and college (you have to apply and get admitted separately).
FSU is one of the best music schools in the country and it also has commendable academics
Northwestern has great academics and has a great music program
USC has great academics and music program as well (Thorton School of Music) these are just a few</p>
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<p>If anyone is interested in the music scene at Penn (UPENN, which is part of the Ivy League, not Penn State), feel free to PM me. I am pretty familiar with the department and extracurricular music life.</p>
<p>Hi all. I am new to this forum but I’d like to put in my bit about my D’s experience with auditions this year. She was accepted as BM Performance (voice) to Eastman, CCM, and Juilliard. She really liked all of these schools but was not blown away by the faculty, students, or the program overall.</p>
<p>When she had her audition at Curtis and Rice she was blown away by the quality of students that she got to hear sing. Both of these schools are unbelievably selective and unfortunately she was denied from both. She is very disappointed and (as of now) is hoping to improve and then transfer to Rice if she gets the chance.</p>
<p>Rice is an extremely high level program and, from what we have heard, is fast rising and gaining a reputation as one of the very best music schools (Shepherd School of Music) in the world. The professors are wonderful and the feel at the school is fantastic. Unfortunately, they only took 3-4 undergrads for voice this year so she knows it was a long shot to begin with but is still very disappointed. </p>
<p>However, if you are looking for a top notch music program, all of the schools she applied to are wonderful but (as I am sure you have all heard before) you have to make sure there is a professor you connect with at your school of choice.</p>
<p>My failure to include UPenn was a direct function of having a free week of MLB network. I can only multi task so much before the brain starts to misfire.</p>
<p>Mea culpa.</p>
<p>Hi, I’ve been reading through this thread in a desperate attempt to have my decision made for me. I’m trying to decide between schools, I auditioned all over the place but it looks like when it comes down to it I’ve been accepted to BU and CMU for cello. I haven’t heard back from IU yet but my expectations aren’t high so I’m going to proceed as if that’s not an option. I’m pretty happy with this, I didn’t have high expectations going in and they were exceeded so… cool.
BUT, now that the stressful audition process is over, the equally stressful decision process is in full swing. A lot of the feedback I’ve been getting has been towards BU but I’ve gotten enough in the other direction and as soon as I feel like I’m about to decide it all falls apart again. I know these schools have both been discussed already but not in relation to each other as far as I know and I really don’t have a very good idea of where they stand in the whole hierarchy. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>@barimom,</p>
<p>Assuming he is interested in classical voice, here are a few suggestions: Michigan State, BU, UConn, NYU/Steinhardt, IU/Jacobs, JHU/Peabody, CMU and UMass Amherst. At some schools the conservatory campus is separate from the main campus including Oberlin and Peabody. The conventional wisdom is to go on a few sample lessons to get a feel for the right school environment.</p>
<p>Since you are in the Boston area, are you aware that there is a great conservatory prep program offered at the New England Conservatory on Saturdays? You can do either cleassical or jazz voice there.</p>
<p>Actually, the Oberlin Conservatory building is on one edge of the Oberlin College campus. You can walk to most College classroom buildings from the Conservatory in under five minutes and get anywhere on campus in ten. See <a href=“http://new.oberlin.edu/dotAsset/2749058.pdf[/url]”>http://new.oberlin.edu/dotAsset/2749058.pdf</a></p>
<p>Thanks for keeping me honest, BassDad!</p>
<p>@barimom</p>
<p>If your S wants to get out of Boston and go to a full service university, you might want to check out Temple U. as well. Very good voice program, plus it has musical theater and opera, and composition. Also has a good jazz program. Generally, students must audition separately for comp. but I have talked to students there who say it is possible to switch into comp. later and even to do a double major in comp. and performance. Temple is also pretty affordable, and its academic standards are good but not ridiculously high. It offers up to $10k in merit scholarships for out of state students as well as music scholarships. PM me if you want to know more, my S has been accepted there but we have not decided yet.</p>
<p>Posted this in response to another thread but thought it fit here as well.</p>
<p>**My daughter is just finishing up her freshman year at Thornton (USC) and it has been an amazing experience. USC has a large number of highly ranked ‘creative’ type programs such as film, video game design, etc which gives the campus a great vibe and creates a large friendship pool for music majors - inside as well as outside the conservatory.</p>
<p>I know that USC is considered a big football/frat school but my daughter is not into that scene and is very happy -but her freshman roomate is in a sorority and is equally happy.</p>
<p>Overall, Thornton has a lot to offer to future musicians. **</p>