<p>Well first of all I gotta plug my program 
I’ll be at College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati next year for percussion. I was looking for the same thing you are- I want to focus mostly on classical, but I want a really well rounded percussion education. Out of all the school I looked at, I think I found it most at Cincinnati, Michigan, and Indiana. All fantastic programs, but I totally fell in love with CCM after seeing Percussion Group CIncinnati at PASIC last year. All 3 members of Percussion Group Cincinnati teach at CCM. Check out their website for more info on them and on the CCM studio. Oh and University of Cincinnati gives great merit scholarships. You’d probably be a candidate for that.</p>
<p>Anyway, marmbamom’s list is great. I’d definitely reinforce Indiana, Oberlin, and Eastman. I hesitate with Michigan because they just lost Michael Udow as head of the percussion dept, so that could mean big changes for the program. However, it looks like Joe Gramley is probably stepping up to that position. If so, he’s a great teacher to work with and a fantastic percussionist. </p>
<p>I would also add Northwestern (She-e Wu is amazing!) and Boston Conservatory (Nancy Zeltsman and Josh Grimes) to the list. And if your GPA is like REALLY good, Yale has an incredible percussion program as well.</p>
<p>Hope this helps! Let me know if you have more questions. I’ve done endless research :)</p>