Didn't pass prescreens: was I being unrealistic?
I'm a flutist and piccoloist from Long Island. I've made NY all state piccolo twice, I'm headed to all eastern in the spring, and I 've been principal of both my youth orchestras for several years....
View ArticleNational Endowment for the Arts at Risk
If you care about the arts than PLEASE contact your legislators and plead with them to stop this....
View ArticleEastern Music Festival vs. Brevard Music Center
Hi everyone, I have to choose a scholarship to one of these camps by tomorrow because of a competition I placed in (cello), so could you guys please give me your opinions of both summer camps? What is...
View ArticleMajoring in Music with no high school interest
I wish to major in music (piano performance) but had a question as to how much weight is placed on high school classes that were musically related (in my case pretty much none). So do colleges care...
View ArticleLooking for a degree in some form of music....
I have been wondering what would be the best college for music. Specifically, I'm looking to be a band director, and then maybe be part of a Drum and Bugle Corps staff. I'd also want to look into...
View ArticleACCEPTANCES FOR UNDERGRAD CLASS OF '21, GRAD CLASS OF '19 thread
I will be listing all of the acceptances here, so just as you did with the prescreens, please PM them to me with: the school and your instrument or voice type or if you are a comp major, etc. When you...
View ArticleMusic Festival Master List
Hey guys, Feel free to add to this list -- For future reference: Aspen Music Festival Location: Aspen, CO Open to: All instruments, all voice types, piano, composition, conducting Website: Tanglewood...
View ArticleCurtis, New England Conservatory and Juilliard
Does anybody know roughly what percentage of applicants are invited to audition and what percentage of those who audition ultimately get admitted? Cheers
View ArticleAcceptance Rate after Audition
I am wondering if there is a general sense of how getting an audition translates into acceptance? Do music schools plan to accept most applicants they allow to audition (for ones that select students...
View ArticleDreams of Piano, Where to even start?!
I am the parent of a passionate young pianist. My daughter is a sophomore in high school. She attends a public high school that, while it has a decent music program, is more interested in churning out...
View ArticleYale grad solo piano audition
Hey guys- so, I got my prescreen results from Yale a while ago, and I'm having an audition (for solo piano). I was wondering if anyone has experience/information on what the audition is like-- I hear...
View ArticleAUDITION HORROR STORY... Can I still get accepted?
So yesterday I had my audition for my top choice and the audition went... horrid. During the day everything went fine, I did my theory test and aural test and they both went pretty well. Plus I was...
View ArticleWhat to Bring to Music Composition Audition
Looking for advice on what to bring to the audition for Music Composition? The schools have the portfolios, should my D bring duplicates with her? Also, any other advice going in? Thanks!
View ArticleWestminster Choir College
Could someone tell me what's wrong with Westminster. I keep hearing how terrible it is, but I never actually hear why. I mean, there's a facebook group and everything!
View ArticleJazz scholarships--Nevada-Reno, Berklee, USC-Thornton, Northwestern?
Hi, new poster here (longtime visitor). S is senior @ a Colorado HS. Excellent jazz trumpeter (all-state, etc). He's going to apply to CU (which has the great Brad Goode teaching here) but also...
View ArticleTanglewood v. Walden
My son is a pianist who has become interested in composition. He has been taking composition lessons for several years and his teacher says he is pretty good. He will be applying to colleges next year...
View ArticleDisappointing experience with Northwestern Bienen School of Music
I have to relate a really disappointing experience with Northwestern's Bienen School of Music. S, a jazz trumpet applicant, put together and recorded the required pre-screening songs; and spent several...
View ArticleA question or two for composers and parents
My D is a full-time staff accompanist in the music school of a state university. She also does recitals with soloists throughout the country. She is going the have a recital with a soloist in less than...
View ArticleMusic Industry
I have been interested in a music industry major.. So far I've found schools offering this program are USC, UMiami, Drexel, and NYU. At USC, you can either choose BM and BS, with BM requiring an...
View ArticleUSC-thornton school of music for voice
Does anyone have any information on the voice program at USC? I've heard about their popular music program but I'm going for classical voice with some musical theater, and USC has a musical theater...
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