AICE Music 1 Senior Year?

compmom
Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:03:05 +0000

That music class IS an academic class. Music history, ethnomusicology, musicology and composition are all academic ways to study music and the performance in this class is also geared to academic learning. This class sounds very much like (an academic) college class for music majors.

Colleges and conservatories will love that she is focusing on music at this point in her high school career, and that she is working with a composition teacher, doing online orchestration and so on. She probably has some theory under her belt as well- a good idea.

The only caveat would be if she has other interests she wants to explore. Conservatory will have liberal arts classes but only about 1/4-1/3 of her classes will be outside music so if she wants to do another subject in high school, that is also fine. But no problem in doing the music at all in the eyes of schools she might apply to.

Some conservatory students have gone to schools like Walnut Hill where the focus during high school is very much on music. They do very well in admissions.