<p>List the top music school in each state!!!</p>
<p>In what discipline? Instrumental or vocal? Woodwinds or strings? For grad or undergrad? Performance disciplines or academic music pursuits? Amount of merit aid offered? With or without NASM accreditation? </p>
<p>I’m confused, as the list would be subject to constant interpretation and debate. </p>
<p>Perhaps an alphabetical listing of all institutions within a state’s borders offering a music degree would be more useful. But that already can be generated by a number of internet search engines. </p>
<p>And that may be more useful, as no one program is right for all.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>List the top ones in whatever area…just say what you’re listing them for!</p>
<p>I honestly have no desire to participate in an exercise in futility. I much prefer the more detailed and finely tuned approach this forum’s posters typically display in qualifying and recommending program options. </p>
<p>But that’s just me.</p>
<p>iluvpiano,</p>
<p>Your question is way too vague and for anyone to try to answer your question would take a tremendous amount of time. There are books available that list music schools and other college programs in the performing arts. I am sure there are web sites also. I noticed in another post you made this evening, that you wanted to know what undergraduate program a music major should go to in order to be most likely to get accepted into a top graduate school. This is another example of a very vague question. First, there is no one correct answer to that question (there would be many different opinions), but also, the answer would depend on the area of music one majors in (e.g., performance, music education, music academic studies), the instrument played, etc. For graduate programs in performance, the audition may be more important than the undergraduate school one attended in many cases. </p>
<p>There are a lot of knowledgable and generous people who answer questions on the CC Music Majors discussion board, and you will be more likely to get some useful information if you are more specific and do not expect someone here to do all your research for you.</p>
<p>iluvpiano may not realize that this forum is heavily populated with parents and professionals assisting serious student applicants. The little listing and “best” games that are played on some of the student forums just do not interest anyone here. </p>
<p>iluvpiano there are many valuable resources on the forum. When you have had a chance to begin your research as recommended on a different thread and hone in on specific questions you will get a better response.</p>
<p>Go and buy Peterson’s Guide to Performing Arts (or something like that)…it’s a college guide to schools for performing arts…drama, music, dance, etc. You can look in the index by state.</p>
<p>There are 50 states…and “best” is in the eye of the beholder as this can vary by music discipline or criteria of the student (e.g. rural vs. suburban vs. urban). Sorry…but what I think is “best” for trumpet could be very different than what Violadad thinks is best for viola or what someone else thinks is best for another instrument.</p>
<p>May I suggest that the OP head down and look at some of the student forums, but I doubt that much factual info will be forthcoming there.
What’s the moon phase? This sort of post and others asking how good one has to be to get into music school and then lists of the very best top-tier schools thought to be “sure bets”! It has to be the moon, I find I can blame a lot on that hunk of rock!</p>
<p>I just checked out some of the OP’s other threads and many are similar to this. May I suggest to the young person that she/he make time to consult with their piano teacher to discuss these questions. If the student is serious about attending college to study music, there is nothing to be gained by “list” type posts; Peterson’s Guide is a good place to start.</p>
<p>This either is someone who is just ■■■■■■■■ for fun, who is looking for ammunition in posts on some other forum (“these are the best schools in X states”)or is someone so totally clueless that they could ask a question like this. At the very least,people looking for answers usually mention nice little things like what their speciality is, their background and so forth. Not to mention the fact that the person doesn’t ask questions, but demands answers.</p>
<p>The question is like walking into the library of congress and asking for a list of ‘the best books’ in the collection, or walking into whole foods and asking for the best stuff in each department…</p>