BassDad

Another vote for Princeton here (although I must confess to not knowing a whole lot about some of the others.) I sang with the Princeton Early Music Ensemble years ago, not having been a student there but rather as a friend of the director. I have another good friend who was a composition major there. The students, facilities and teachers there are what you would expect of a top Ivy. Add in the proximity to both Philadelphia and New York and you have some fabulous opportunities.

I recall waiting for rehearsal to start one day when our normal room was occupied by a soprano who was warming up. One of our tenors stood listening next to the closed door and said something like, "She's good, but obviously a Kathleen Battle wannabe." Five minutes later, Ms. Battle herself emerges from the room and the look on this guy's face was priceless. She was probably wondering why everyone else started laughing when she walked out of the room.