| Just an added thing...any undergrad applying to music programs needs to ask about undergrad vs. grad opportunities. At some places, the grads get priority, leaving some undergrads very frustrated.
Lorelei is certainly more knowledgeable about vocal programs...but one thing I think I know is that the voice may not be mature or developed enough in undergrads to really be in contention for opera roles (which require a more mature and trained voice). Could this be the reason that some of the faculty puts their efforts more into grad students? Knowing what undergrad opportunities for performance are available is important (and this applies for students on instruments other than voice as well).
I know, for example, that the opera institute at Boston University is a POST graduate school program. Most of the students accepted into it are students who are beyond their formal college training and now are in their opera training program. HOWEVER, for undergrads in voice, there are other performance opportunities at BU...just not opera. |