My daughter is going to graduate from a Univ of Calif music program with a BM in Violin Performance in June. She will also graduate with a BS degree in Math. She is not prepared for prescreens because she's going to graduate with these double degrees before she's 21 years old, and hasn't has time to prepare specific pieces. She wants to go to one of the best music schools, and she could be competitive with her auditions because she has a month off in winter, but she won't get the auditions because of the prescreens. So we are looking at a gap year between her BM & her MM. She's looking at Northwestern, Indiana, USC, and a few more. So my question is, is a gap horrible, and what should she do while she's not in a music program. What do you think? Are there any specific short term programs or festivals that would look good? She could continue into an MM where she is, but there is only 1 violin professor, and she's done 4 years with him already.
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