<p>Hi everyone! </p>
<p>I'm in search of any school with a serious music program for an aspiring professional clarinetist, as well as a formidable creative writing program (even if it is a denomination of the English major). But I also want these schools to excel in many other fields, to accommodate someone else who is less sure about a major. An urban atmosphere is important to me!</p>
<p>Any ideas?</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>[USC</a> Thornton School of Music : Academic Programs: Winds and Percussion<a href=“Yehuda%20Gilad,%20David%20Howard,%20Michele%20Zukovsky”>/url</a></p>
<p>[url=<a href=“http://college.usc.edu/engl/programs/undergraduate_tra.cfm]USC”>http://college.usc.edu/engl/programs/undergraduate_tra.cfm]USC</a> College Department of English](<a href=“http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/programs/winds/]USC”>http://www.usc.edu/schools/music/programs/winds/)</p>
<p>A serious music program for an aspiring professional instrumentalist would be a Bachelor of Music degree, and that would fill all your available coursework outside of your required core courses. Creative writing or another major would take a fifth and maybe sixth year. You can double major with a B.A. in Music or just take lessons from faculty, but serious aspiring musicians are getting B.Mus. degrees, many at music conservatories.</p>
<p>University of Rochester (NY) Eastman School of Music </p>
<p>[Arts</a> :: University of Rochester](<a href=“http://www.rochester.edu/arts/]Arts”>Arts - University of Rochester)</p>
<p>CHECK the Music Majors thread. This sort of double major is discussed frequently.</p>
<p>For strong doable 5 year double degree programs: Check out Peabody/Johns Hopkins - very strong in creative writing - & Northwestern. </p>
<p>If you’re willing to go smaller town - Michigan and Iowa (famous grad program in Creative Writing.)</p>
<p>And if you’re willing to go rural, Bard (great writing program) & Oberlin.</p>