Hi everyone, I've perused these forums for a while now but never actually posted. I'm currently a percussion performance major who's going to enter his senior year in just a short couple of months. I've been researching grad schools for a while now but I still kind of feel like I have no idea what to do so I thought I would get your perspectives on it. I'd like to apply for an MM in percussion performance. I've been studying composition (I've taken most of the same classes as composition majors and taken part in the same activites) at my school for the last three years so I'd also like to go somewhere that has a prominent composition program that I could remain involved in.
So far I've been conducting my research based on location, faculty/studio atmosphere, and financial aid. I'm hoping to go to a city somewhere (I'd really like to live in New York). I'm not really looking to launch myself a whole lot further into debt. For this reason I need to find places that are good with financial aid. It's also very important to me that the faculty is good and the studio is dedicated/wants to make high quality music.
Some of the schools I'm thinking about are NYU, UNT, University of Michigan, Rice University, James Madison University, Hartt, and Indiana. Does anybody have experience with these schools or have suggestions for other schools? Most of these are pretty tough to get into from what I hear so I'm open to less competitive schools as well.
Like I said before, even after doing a fair amount of research, I feel like I still don't really know what to do. There are many variables that I won't know about until next year and the uncertainty is killing me. If any of you have been through this process and have some good advice on what I should be considering while doing research, please let me know.
Sorry for the novel and thanks in advance!
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