Disagree @DrPrimo-- S22 took AP Music theory online through Eastman junior year. He has been taking theory steadily from age 6 through the children’s chorus he was in and had completed the highest level offered. The AP Music theory course helped him continue to sharpen his skills that he needs as an incoming voice major, and he placed out of the basic level thus saving a semester of Music Theory and giving him the ability to pick up an extra elective during the course of his undergrad years. While you are correct that nobody escapes taking Music Theory and Aural Skills, the semester saved is of value to him. Honestly, even if he hadn’t placed higher (and it’s still a basic level that first years take), it gave him the confidence that he is at the level he needs to be as a first year music major.
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