<p>Stringfollies, won't Rice allow you to audition for multiple studios ?</p>
<p>It is a violin requirement to choose the studio. Each violin studio lists their own audition requirements. I believe for other programs you choose a preference for studio. If that professor also has you as their choice then you are matched. See the audition info. </p>
<p>Shepherd</a> School of Music - UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES AT THE SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC</p>
<p>For violin, they require you to choose a studio. They videotape the audition so, in theory, if one teacher doesn't take you, you could be accepted by another, but it's pretty unlikely that that would happen as there are other people auditioning live for the other teachers. Very, very competitive. That said, if you can get in, it's a stellar music school in a stellar university. The undergrad is very small (300?) and outweighed, I think, by the grad school, but the level of playing is very high and they place many of their musicians in professional orchestras. It's worth a try if you have the academics. It was really a reach for my son, but I think he might try again for grad school because he was very impressed both with the school and with the violin faculty and the orchestra.</p>
<p>Total enrollment at Shepard is 300. Undergrad enrollment is around 125. That means they enroll around 30 freshman each year across ALL instruments and voice. Those 4 spaces in Winkler's studio likely included grad students as well as undergrad. It is possible that only one or 2 of them were for undergrad.</p>
<p>Check out the FAQ on Shepherd. It talks about how many audition, undergrad to grad numbers and ensembles. </p>
<p>Shennie --</p>
<p>Yes, the four spaces were definitely undergrad and graduate (ie: it was almost impossible to get in!) Had we really realized how competitive it was, we might have skipped going all the way to Houston from the East Coast. Nevertheless, my son was glad to see it as it might interest him later.</p>
<p>Kenny Goldsmith, at Rice, requires a prescreening recording prior to audition. Because Rice is so competitive and you can only audition for one teacher's studio, I think prescreening is the way to go. I would have liked if all the teachers had this requirement. We learned more about the level of competition and the audition process at Rice after the application process. My DD would have probably auditioned at another school. It is a very fine, renowned program and it's on her list for graduate school consideration. If you need to know anything about Vanderbilt feel free to contact me as my DD went through auditions and will be attending this fall (garsh - in only 3 weeks). Vandy has also determined that the students in the class of 2009 will graduate with no debt. I was also surprised to learn that the students are pretty politically diverse (50% learning left, 50% learning right). 10% of the students are Jewish and they have a very popular kosher vegetarian restaurant on campus called Grins (on the meal plan too).</p>
<p>"If you aren't specifically going for Winkler, you could ask the admissions people which violin studio is less competitive (there are 4 altogether) and go for that one. One of the oddities at Rice is that you are forced to pick only one teacher there and you audition for only that teacher."</p>
<p>While this might be true, I don't think Luca nor Jimmy Lin's studios are really any less competitive..</p>
<p>Nobody has mentioned two of the top teachers: Paul Kantor, at CIM (though he may be leaving?); Lipsett at Colburn. Both schools are conservatory only, which may explain the omission -- but CIM and Case Western may allow for academic study at the same time...not true for Colburn.<br>
For Jewish population, Oberlin is about 30% Jewish.</p>
<p>Interesting about the possibility of Kantor leaving CIM--my daughter, a rising hs senior, is interested in studying with him. Wonder if that's true--and where he's going?</p>
<p>You might also take a look at DePaul in Chicago and McGill in Montreal, two schools my D researched last year. Both schools' violin programs were highly praised by her teacher.</p>
<p>Laurie Smuckler teaches at SUNY-Purchase, MSM, and Bard. She's a world-class teacher and person.</p>
<p>I am new to CC. My D auditioned for Rice last spring. The Rice Admissions staff were wonderful and always ready to answer our questions and talk with us. Getting into Rice is a long shot at best for anyone! They really do only admit about 30 undergrads each year. Having said that, my D did audition for Winker’s studio and was accepted. She is now a freshman at the Shepherd school and loves it there! There are 28 freshman music students at Rice this year.</p>
Hi Stringtriomom, my daughter also want to audition for Winkler’s studio. Is it true that Winkler doesn’t allow students do double major?
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