gjwhddn

yea sorry. DUKE is not an ivy

DRab

Duke is not an ivy, but is on many ways equal to if not better than most of the schools in the league. It just doesn't have the pretentious title and generally pretentious air to the extent that many see in the ivy league.

gjwhddn

i had a question. What is the exact different between the music program between CAS and Steindhaart in the NYU school?

aibarr

Look around, see where other choral directors went. Just skimming through a few threads on the Amer. Choral Directors Association forum, people have mentioned lots of schools as being good places to study choral direction:

Michigan State
Illinois
LSU
Yale
Michigan
Indiana
Cincinnati CCM
Boston University
USC
Cal State Long Beach
UCLA
...

Just keep looking around. =)

overseas

I'm catching up...now back home. Interesting thread. Son's IB music prof was graduate of RCM....some of musicians here in state orchestra are graduates from there. Also Guildhall. The British sound is different across the board. Spent some minutes at final State orchestra in June talking to some of the musicians about places to study different instruments: strings...Russia. Oboe...France. And then according to my son, there is Germany...his heart is set on studying there in a few years.

He loved playing with the Med Youth Orchestra this summer. He represented Cyprus complements of France and Cyprus. A great opportunity. He said he was the youngest player at 19. Learned a lot.

binx

Congrats, Overseas, on your S's accomplishments. You may have said once, but what instrument does he play?

We took a short trip to Leipzig last week. I think I probably should have taken some of the water back with me - there must be something in it! Bach spent his most productive years there. Wagner was born there. Handel was born not too far away. Mendelssohn, Schumann, Grieg, etc. all lived there at some point. (As did Nietzche and Goethe.) There is a music conservatory there, too. Kurt Masur (conductor) was conductor of the Leipzig Opera at the time of the fall of the Iron Curtain.

(Side note - no pun intended - Leipzig will be a great place to visit in, say, 10 years. Right now it is one huge construction zone! As apparently most of East Germany is -- still recovering from Communism. We drove around for an hour trying to follow Umleitung signs - detours - and ended up back at our hotel, where we had started!)

overseas

Son plays oboe and will work on degree in composition at Lawrence. I will pass the word on to him on Leipzig...he will begin German studies at the end of the year...first 2 parts will be total theory etc. All music.

hermione4586

I am a junior music major at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam. I'm studying violin and one day hoping to be a string orchestra teacher

binx

Hermione -- I am curious at what level you play the violin. My D is a violinist, but not interested at this point in pursuing it for a degree of any kind. She is 16, and has played since she was 6. She is quite good, but not at the virtuoso or prodigy level. I am wondering how good she will have to be to attract any attention (or money) from a non-conservatory school, as a non-major. (Recent pieces have been Polish Dance by Severn, and Beriot Concerto in A minor, if that helps.)

harrypotter4573

I really want to major in music composition in college. However, as arts careers are notoriously low-paying, is there any college or conservatory with some sort of music major (preferably with a composition concentration) that allows you to double major in some other area (possibly advertising)? Thank you!

overseas

Lawrence University offers a 5 year double degree program ending with a BM and a BA. Lawrence is a small LAC with a conservatory and has a well integrated program. Bard has a new program with a double degree and Oberlin has a double degree program that I have heard is more difficult to follow through with. There are many other schools which offer double degrees in music and another field.

ocuMTinfo

Oklahoma City University is one of the leading schools of music in the US. Not only is there a strong, classically based voice program that has produced Tony winners and opera stars, but a large award winning instrumental department as well.

In January, OCU will open its brand new, $38 million Bass School of Music, making it the most up-to-date music school in the United States. From instrumental labs to concerts halls to 60 private student practice rooms, Oklahoma City University will prepare musicans and performers for 21st century.

The first audition round is Nov 18th and 19th. You can be notified of acceptance in December. You can get information here: http://www.okcu.edu/music/index.asp

Also, vocal performance students should check out the popular musical theater thread for details on the VP degree.

sweetmusic06

Northwestern, Oberlin, Barnard, University of Michigan are all schools that have exceptional music programs and are also top tier schools. I'm applying to all of them, planning to double major in voice performance (I've also been playing violin since age 5, so theory shouldn't be a problem) and political science.

bneg

(sorry for triple posting, but i think everyone who can offer good advice seem to be on this thread~)

so hi, i have seen quite a few threads but because there are so many options available i was wondering if people could respond to this particular situation and suggest some suitable programs~

we're looking for

1.music composition major combined with more 'practical' stuff like NYU's "music management"....etc.
2.a liberal arts school
3.opportunities for joint-degrees and stuff like that, (Columbia-Juilliard)

And most importantly, we're not looking for one that is only focused on music, and NOT one that combines academics (sciences and math etc.) with music. Preferably one in between like music composition with music management, humanties, arts, literature and stuff like that.

And also to clarify, we aren't really looking for a performance major.

So far we are looking at Bard, Peabody, NYU, Columbia...are there other programs you can suggest for us? Thanks very much in advance!

overseas

Do a search on these forums. Much has been written on this topic. What follows is just off the top of my head so to speak....

LAC /smaller schools and Composition and other things
Williams
Bard
Lawrence
Oberlin
Redlands
etc.

Bigger Schools for Composition and other things
U of Oregon
USC
Indiana

Music Business: U of Denver