| I really, really recommend that you go out and get yourself a copy of the Oct Downbeat magazine, as it covers the entire country, plus Canada and Puerto Rico, etc.
There are other schools in Chicago, California and elsewhere that we're not looking at because of geography. I'm sure other posters are in the same category.
And hate to be a downer, but you can expect your first two years of vocal training to be heavy on classical techniques. University of North Texas, for example, you have to pass the classical audition before you'll even be considered for jazz vocal.
You seem to bounce around a lot in your point of view of what you want to do. I find it hard to believe that Tulane doesn't offer a jazz track -- considering they're in NOLA. Or at least offer extra-curricular jazz performance opportunities. Have you looked into that, before you pull the plug on all the effort that got you there?
You may want to take a step back and consider a program that offers solid, well-rounded vocal training as your degree program ... AND also offers a broad range of ensemble performance opportunities for you to "test out" genres. |