10 Days and Counting - Still Undecided

SimpleLife
Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:27:48 +0000

So my son has definitely narrowed his choice to the two schools now - Lawrence and SMU.

Thanks for all your great comments about the classics degree. Classics is a passion of his, and ideally he would like to pursue both. But vocal performance is the priority.

Regarding the vocal performance degree, for undergrad work, considering that both teachers have excellent reputations and that my son has a great rapport with both, is one school a better bet for getting an opera career going after graduation? We are thinking that either school will prepare him well, assuming that his teachers are great. We have been told that talent (auditions) get college kids into great grad schools, period, so the undergrad school name-recognition and teacher connections are not as important. Is this right? If not, will one of these two schools prepare him better than another? And why? (or how?) Thanks!