Senior Year Course Load?
D2 will be a senior next year and is currently finalizing her next-year's course schedule. She has a rather hefty load planned right now ... but the more she's talking to other music majors (some are...
View ArticleLACs and Top Universities with Strong Music Deparments
Hey all, I'm a freshman music performance major at a high level program, but have recently become disillusioned with the BM, and am looking to transfer to a school with strong academics and musical...
View ArticleSuggestions of Colleges with Music Majors
Which schools have good music departments (including any top ranked) along with good academics (so basically, not solely a fine arts school). I heard that St. Olaf is good.
View ArticleCurtis Summerfest? Or Brevard?
Brass player has been to Tanglewood past two summers. Waitlisted this year. Do you think Curtis Summerfest or Brevard would be more beneficial this summer?
View ArticleSummer HS music composition camp: UNCSA, Berklee/Boston Conservatory...
Hello, I'm researching the high school composition summer camps at UNCSA (Composition/Music Technology https://www.uncsa.edu/summer/music-summer-intensives/composition-music-technology/index.aspx) and...
View ArticleCello Student
Hello everybody! I just created an account here on CC and have been scouring the forums and threads looking at information on music majors, summer programs, etc. Anyways, I am an 8th grader who played...
View ArticleMusic Majors
Hi there! Anyone out there apply or attend The Hartt School or Unconn’s music school? Any audition results or reviews if you attend?
View ArticleVocal Jazz programs
Hi, My D is considering applying as a vocal performer for Jazz programs. Do any of the UC's have that option? Any other's that you want to recommend would be greatly appreciated. She does not want to...
View ArticleSummer Percussion Programs
Looking for any information or opinions about summer intensives for classical percussion. Would particularly appreciate any feedback about the Julliard Summer Percussion Seminar or BUTI. D was just...
View ArticleThe acceptance rate of taking live audition in conservatory
I just finished my audition tour days ago.And I really want to know how many possibilities for me to get admitted if I took the audition stuff？ I applied the Music Ed major（master program），and my NO.1...
View ArticleOpinion on these Michigan schools
hi all, I am a student from michigan looking to study music in some capacity. Please give me your pros and cons of these colleges. My top program is Piano Performance but I would be willing to make a...
View ArticleIndiana/Jacobs prescreen system
Does anyone have any insight into when the replacement for Jacobs' Decision Desk will be up to do prescreening material uploads? My son emailed them to ask and got a very vague response. Materials are...
View ArticleBerklee
I've heard a lot of mixed opinions about Berklee. Is it a top tier music school, and how competitive are admissions for performance majors?
View ArticleMusic schools
Anyone apply or attend The Hartt School or the UConn Music School? Results or reviews?
View ArticleSan Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) and San Francisco State University...
My first post on here. I found out I didn't get into SFCM and I'm heartbroken because that was my dream. I applied for Viola Bachelor of Music. (Could anyone offer me some consolation on how...
View ArticleGoForth Journal
S, HS junior, continues his jazz bass musician path. We have experienced sort of a transition of focus. Efforts in the past have pertained to the capabilities of S himself. Discovering the ways to...
View Article"Process/Journey" vs. "Endeavor/Project"
Today's navel-gazing topic, to fill the time for the denizens of Installment 9, a little interesting nugget I stored away that I've been meaning to share. Last year the admissions director of Lehigh...
View ArticleInteresting news at CIM
I attended an Orchestra concert at CIM yesterday and the President addressed the audience prior to the performance. They are lowering tuition next year by 15% and plan to eventually decrease it by 30%...
View ArticleEastman
Hey everyone! I applied to Eastman and I have been nervously waiting to hear back from them. On their website it says I I could find out anytime between March 15th and April 15, has anyone heard back...
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