| Our son is a college junior, also tuba.
I second the idea of determining whether top schools are even looking for tubas the year your son applies. Private teachers can usually find this info. This is something we DIDN'T do and should have. Some top schools will indeed hear applicants even with no openings in their programs, just 'in case'. As a HS senior, our son was granted auditions at two 'big' schools in NYC but was rejected from both. Two years later, older and maybe muscially wiser, he reapplied to one and was admitted with a 25% tuition award.
Still too steep for our family. He is a junior at Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University here in NJ. He enjoys the proximity to NYC if he can't be IN the city!
The Hartt School in connecticut is generous with merit $$$. Son was offered a 50% award out of high school but decided against it. Might be a good choice for your son to investigate??
Best of luck to you! |