best schools for vocal major

mumkee
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 18:43:41 +0000

My daughter (currently a HS juniors’) main passion is singing. pop, jazz, blues… she did an intensive at Berklee last summer and enjoyed it. She’s quite gifted vocally but not so gifted in academics. She struggles through and does fine with mostly B average. My question is there a school in NYC where she could conceivably get in to study voice, possibly some acting and fine arts with a so so academic history (she doesn’t test well so i’m not counting on her ACT or SAT scores to put her over the top as well). Truthfully we’re looking for a school where she can focus on her artistic interests and not have to be bogged down with academics such as math and science. I think CalArts and Berklee are possibilities but I’d love to know other peoples ideas and recommendations!