<p>Schools I got into
- University of Puget Sound
- Baylor
- Southern Methodist University
- U of Oregon</p>
<p>What do you think about these programs/grad school chances down the line? Any recommendations would be appreciated!</p>
<p>Scottayk, I do not know most of those schools well enough to help you decide among them, but I would like to include your acceptances at <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1045522-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2011-a-25.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/1045522-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2011-a-25.html</a></p>
<p>I am going to assume that all of these are BM programs unless I hear otherwise or see that the schools only offer something else.</p>
<p>Congratulations on all your acceptances and good luck with your choice.</p>
<p>Which teachers would you work with at each school?
These are all basically of comparable caliber as music schools, with perhaps the greatest strength at SMU and the least at UPS. The teacher issue is the main one. Probably the most widely respected teacher among the faculties listed is Emmanuel Borok at SMU (no offense to their own Chee Yun, but she remains principally a performer).
Kathryn Lucktenberg and Bruce Berg both have good records of placing students in far stronger schools than their own for graduate study. But Borok and Chee Yun have the advantage of sufficient international recognition to draw in excellent graduate students from other places. That really changes the game at SMU. If you’re not studying with either of them, however, the benefits of their presence will be marginal.
UPS is in a beautiful place, and Maria Sampen is a very promising young teacher, but unless you really click with her, I wouldn’t recommend going there over the other programs, which are all a little better established.</p>
<p>Hi - I sent you a p.m. with a few thoughts.</p>