Rock Vocals
I'm developing a list of colleges and universities with music majors that offer a focus on rock and pop music vocals. Virtually all voice programs are classical/opera only or might also offer jazz...
View ArticleNational Youth Orchestra of the United States (NYO-USA) 2016
Figured I would start out a thread... any fellow musicians applied this year?
View ArticleUniversity or Conservatory for Jazz ? Rank Best with reasons
Personally, I am looking forward to studying jazz (performance, business and therapy) at a university, but many of my friends may to prefer studying at a conservatory. To me, the best jazz schools in...
View ArticleGraduate Music Programs
My S is graduating from South Carolina in May and has applied to Yale, CIM, Maryland, UGA, Rice and UT-Austin. So far he's received audition invites to all but UT (believe it was an application issue...
View ArticleBerklee College of Music Performance vs Education
What is a wiser choice majoring in performance or music education?
View ArticleFreshmen (woodwind) studio assignments at Berklee
My son is seriously considering Berklee for jazz saxophone and getting somewhat conflicting (or "misleading", I can't really tell) information about who his private saxophone teacher may or may not be...
View ArticleBM Degree, Double Degree or Double Major?
Thanks to some of the forum members, I read the following Peabody article entitled "The Double Degree Dilemma," with a great deal of interest:...
View ArticleStruggling with the decision
I see the final decisions thread growing and growing. We, however, are at a standstill over here. Frankly, all college talk has ceased to exist and my D squirms when anybody (which is everybody) brings...
View ArticleYale School of Music 2016
Starting a thread for this year as the only other one I could find had posts from 2009. Open to anything related to the Grafuate School of Music at Yale, My S (music performance, U of South Carolina)...
View ArticleAffording Berklee
I have a student who was accepted to Berklee with no merit award and REALLY wants to be in Boston and be part of the Berklee community. Can anyone tell me if they had any success appealing an award...
View ArticleCCM vs. Indiana/Jacobs
Can anyone speak about CCM's or Indiana's piano program and teachers? I have narrowed my choices down to these two now. As far as cost, CCM is more affordable than Indiana by about 10K. Just not sure...
View ArticleAre we having fun yet? :)
This forum has been pretty quiet. Does that mean everyone is too busy practicing, too stressed out over auditions, too busy trying to complete financial aid forms, or just too busy shoveling snow? My...
View ArticleQuestion about music schools and merit aid
As I help my child gather information about various schools, I am trying to understand how merit aid is handled for music students. The language various programs use has me confused. E.g., Juilliard...
View Articlereality tv competition for composers: April Fools!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2X0d9IDwZE&feature=youtu.be
View ArticlePublished Works
I am not sure if I am using the right words, but I am sure many preparing-to-be music majors have made up their own songs/tunes/compositions while in high school. For example, S has been coming up with...
View ArticleMajoring in music and...
I've been studying the piano for 12 years, and I consider myself a strong musician. I compete frequently, play violin in an orchestra, sing in choir, and actively involve myself in all the...
View ArticleSummer music programs between high school and college?
Any thoughts about summer music programs (i.e. camps, festivals, workshops, etc.) the summer after senior year? Did your kids do them, or are they planning to do one? Son has been to Interlochen the...
View ArticleParental Panic
Am the only one who has thoughts/fears about their kid might not be good enough. This all started today when I met our son and he spoke about how next year when he is at the Global Jazz Institute it is...
View Articlecan music students get disability insurance like medical students who get...
can music students get disability insurance like medical students who get $4000/month for 7 to 10 years? For an average music major student, he/she would have spent tens of thousands of dollars by...
View ArticleVP: Trying to make a decision.
My D has narrowed her wonderful acceptances down to 3 schools. CMU, Oberlin and Rice. I'm trying to help her make the best informed choice possible. I know there are others here doing the same in the...
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