<p>To all of the music connoisseurs (wow this is prob the only word i don't know how spell...)</p>
<p>Can anybody tell me anything about Tulane University's voice program? I am going to be attending this fall BUT i am kind of doubtful of their voice program because unlike other institutions we don't start on day one. We can only take a limited amount of music courses the first 2 years, so, I'm not sure what to think. Is it reputable by any means? I mean, i love tulane and i fell in love when i visited, but i don't know if it'll prepare me for graduate school musically (i know it academically would.)</p>
<p>Jeremy, we responded to you when you were torn about your decision vis-a-vis Miami, and you never answered our questions about what you had done or found out....you need to follow through on those issues.</p>
<p>Hi Jeremy, I don't have any direct experience with the Tulane Music Dept. but I can tell you that it is very reputable for sending students to graduate school in musicology. </p>
<p>Did you talk with anyone about the voice program when you visited? Did you attend any recitals? Have you visited their website? </p>
<p>I just looked at the website to try to answer your questions. It seems that Rita Lovett is the head of voice. You might send her an email and ask her how many vocal performance students there are, how you get matched with a voice teacher, what you should be prepared to do when you arrive on campus, etc. As far as I can tell, there are two other voice teachers, Jane Guild, who is listed as "Professor of the Practice" which means she is full-time but probably not on the tenure track, and Richard Hutton, whose title is "Tutor in Voice" meaning most likely a part-time adjunct person. Any or all of them could be first-rate voice teachers. It seems from the voice teachers' resumes that there may be at least some emphasis on musical theatre. It's hard to tell from the website how sophisticated the choral program is. If you visit the concert calendar website, you'll see that there are some excellent visiting performers but not a large number of concerts given by music students or faculty. You could clarify this in a conversation with one of the music professors.</p>
<p>So now to answer your question. Could you go from Tulane to a graduate school in vocal performance? Yes. If you do the music major at Tulane, either the B.A. or the B.F.A., you will be "qualified". That is, you will have the right core courses to be able to begin a graduate program in most areas of music. However, an acceptance specifically to a grad program in performance has mostly to do with your audition. So if you take full advantage of the voice offerings at Tulane, have a lot of talent, and work your butt off, you have a chance to get into grad school as a voice student. Will you have as good a chance as someone coming from an undergraduate conservatory program? Not likely, but you never know. On the other hand, you will have a liberal arts education from a fine school and will have many options for your future.</p>
<p>I'd suggest you be as pro-active as possible to get the information you need from Tulane and to make contact with people in the Music Department. They will surely welcome you warmly into the program.</p>
<p>thank you so much for your thoroughness! I did in fact even VISIT rita haha, that was a lot of fun. I actually wouldn't mind if they p[ut emphasis on musical theater b/c i might go into that as well or instad of music. hard decision</p>