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So it's time for me to start looking at colleges, and I have, but I was wondering since i want to be a music major, does anyone know of any good music schools?
Thanks,
Jess
Ah, I am pondering the same question. I know the Juliard School has an extremely good music school. It's the best in the country, but it's really really expensive. There's also Cincinnati Conservatory of music, Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Capitol University, Otterbein college, I'll keep looking.
This is a great topic, as I wish to become a flute performance major. What emphasis in music are you planning to study most, just out of curiosity? Where do you live? There may be good music schools in your area.
There's a private school here in my hometown of Appleton Wisconsin called Lawrence University.
Do you know who the flute professor is, just out of curiosity?
My friend went to State University of New York, SUNY. She was a voice major. I believe they teach piano and other music-related courses as well.
I also wanted to let you all know that I got accepted into Wright State university's music program. I also got a scholarship from them for $1,000 a year.
I've heard that Berklee school of music in Boston is good, but as Singingsensation stated Juliard seems to be the cream of the crop, but Curtis institute is very good for singing I have heard.
I was wondering the same thing--although I'm not entirely positive as to whether or not I wanna be a music major, I'm still looking for music schools I would be financially fit for. So Joann, do you have any idea how much at least a semester at Lawrence university would cost?
My info is at best 18 years out of date, but my sister, a performing Classical pianist in Germany, got her doctorate at the University of Texas. I think my brother-in-law, her husband did also. He's with the opera company in Germany, which is why they moved there and have been successful there since the mid 1990s. University of Texas is in Austin, I believe.
I did some work in that city a couple times: week-long road trips of software engineering madness, once in winter and once in late spring. The winters were balmy / the locals thought it was weird I sat outside in short sleeves with a laptop and a cigar, but late spring was hot and wet to epic proportions, and I've lived in Florida.
Austin seemed a happening place, though since I was there to work and not play I didn't really get out and see things as much as I'd have liked.
Anyway good luck ont the music school search.
Yes, U.T. is in Austin; and it's actually where I'm considering going to colledge. Also, I forgot to mention this earlier, but I've heard that the staff at the Armstrong School of Music (which is in Austin as well) give some really good voice lessons, but I honestly don't have any other details to give about that particular school at the moment.
When I went to school the state agencies would not help you unless your degree was seen to be economically viable. That means they didn't support preachers, priests, artists, musicians, or other similar fields. It wasn't an anti-art or anti-religion stance as many claimed it was: just fiscally responsible. Taxpayers were paying for an education that would render you an economic asset to your local area, aka so you could go out and get a job.
I don't know if that's changed in two decades, but were I you I would consider carefully, unless you have other scholarship arrangements.
The UT campus is actually quite nice. That being said, it is big, though because of the 40000 plus student population, you're getting good public transportation and the like. Summers get hot and humid down here, but austin is a really good city.
Also something to note. UT is verry verry verry competitive. As a genral rule, because of all the top 10 percent students trying to get in from texas, they can usually only accomodate freshman who were in the top 7 percent of their class, and thus, many students transfer into UT when they have a solid colege corse reccord. the admissions process is tough, and every little bit helps.
the Manhattan School of Music along with berkley school of Music in Ma are my top two.
No, vocrehab's attitude hasn't changed, but luckly my school is giving me a music scholarship.
Juliard, berklee school of music, University of north Texas just to name a few. I also heard that western Illinois University has a pretty decent music program as well.
burkly is pretty good. A lot of students at my school have gone there in the past. they also co-developped rock band 3.
Juliard may be betterr suited for classical instrumentalists, I'v seen a lot of virtuosic pianists come from there. Berklee is suited a bit more towards Jazz/pop. I went to the Five-week summer program, which gave me a taste of the classes I could take, but being a classical singer for the moment (that's the most solid route for me right now), I don't really know where I'l be musically. I'm also considering colleges, but for all I know, my stylle could drastically change, who knows for goodness sake, my voice hasn't even fully settled.
Where's juliard?