<p>Hello,
I am planning on applying to Stanford, Columbia, Yale, JHU, Northwestern,WU in St.Louis, Brown, Cornell, Rice, and Vanderbilt for their engineering school. However, I am also really interested in voice performance. Can anyone one from these schools let me know if I have access to taking private lessons with voice faculties as a music minor/ non- music major? (I dont mind paying extra fees) Thanks!!!!</p>
<p>At Rice you can take lessons with the non-studio faculty and grad students… The studio faculty listed for voice are only available to voice majors, unless you want to pay for out of school voice lessons on your and their own time. Most will maintain a private studio outside the university. You would contact the studio professor directly to arrange for that. </p>
<p>Boy, that’s quite a list of top tier schools. Good luck to you. At Yale, undergraduates may take voice lessons with a graduate student. You mentioned on the other thread that you want to minor in vocal performance–Yale does not offer minors, nor do they have a performance degree for undergraduates. Yale School of Music is a graduate program. Professors there might occasionally take on an undergraduate student, but not very often.</p>
<p>I should also have mentioned that Rice does not have a music minor. A nonmajor can take the classes listed in the catalog for nonmajors but there is no minor. </p>
<p>@Clarimom I thought Yale have a music department for performance majors?</p>
<p>Yale has a Department of Music and a music major–but it is not a performance major. It is more theory and history based. There are certainly plenty of performance opportunities–but they are extracurricular for the most part.</p>
<p>Yale has auditions for lessons at the beginning of the fall semester. Undergrads can be accepted for lessons for credit with a faculty member . There are theory pre requisites or co requisites for this option. Lessons for credit are 1/2 credit per semester. If not accepted for lessons for credit there are non credit lessons. These are generally with a grad student and there is a charge. </p>
<p>prefect, the lessons for credit are usually with graduate students also. The website states “Most students will receive instruction from graduate students enrolled in the School of Music, and some will study with members of the School of Music faculty.” It depends upon the instrument–many professors do not take undergraduates as students.</p>