| Make certain that you don't want to play in ensembles while you are at a regular university, because the level will be very disappointing. As long as it is only solo lessons that a student is seeking, the undergraduate university experience isn't surpassed by the conservatory one. However, for collaborative or ensemble work, it is simply not true that all those high level musicians are playing together in any meaningful way at Harvard, etc. They aren't. Kids who want decent collaborative experiences have to travel to NEC, because they won't get that at Harvard.
That's why there is no "one size fits all". I hope Viex finds what he is looking for at Princeton.
Last edited by -Allmusic-; 03-21-2008 at 04:25 PM.
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