10 Days and Counting - Still Undecided

musicprnt
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:13:58 +0000

Just thought I would chime in on this. From the sounds of the various offers, my gut feeling seems to say that if I was making the choice, SMU might be the best place given that the teachers seemed good, the COA was there and so forth. Quite honestly, I suspect your son will do well anywhere he goes, he seems to have a really good vision of what he wants to do. I think it is awesome that he wants to head to opera and thought about what would make that work better i.e getting familiar with the basic languages of Opera and the culture as well since that plays a large role in how these operas were created, where the stories came from and such. One other factor, sort of inspired by what another poster wrote, and that is if your son is going to go into opera he would be well served by a place with a lot of diversity. Classical music and opera share something in common, they both are worlds that are as diverse as anything you can imagine, people coming from all over the world,differing backgrounds, cultures and yes, lifestyles, and if your son wants to enter that world it is a good thing to get used to what one friend of mine calls a rather vivid tapestry:)

One last thought, trust your gut feelings on which road to take, it often knows a lot more wisdom then 100 years of thought.