<p>I will be honest, this kind of post is frustrating because it is so broad as to be impossible ?to answer the way the OP wants. Here are some questions to ask yourself to make answering this easier for everyone:</p>
<p>-What is it you want to do in college? Are you looking at vocal performance in classical music combined with music ed? As someone else pointed out, the answer makes a difference in where you apply, since not all the programs have joint programs in vocal performance and music ed…are you interested in ‘contemporary’ singing, if so then a Juilliard or other traditional conservatory might not make sense (likewise, if interested in classical singing, then Berklee or something like 5 towns are not going to be where you would want to apply, since I know Berklee is contemporary and 5 Towns I believe is towards commercial/contemporary as well, least from the radio ads I have heard here in the NYC area (5 towns is a local Long Island school in the NYC metro area)</p>
<p>-Actually, the real question is what do you want to do with your degree. When you mention teaching, do you mean in public schools, or do you mean privately or at the college level? If so then dual majoring in music ed may not make much sense, since that is geared towards teaching in public schools (not saying it isn’t a worthwhile degree). You could potentially as has been mentioned on other threads on here before (and i recommend using the search to find threads on here, search for threads with title of vocal music for example) major in vocal performance through masters level and then perform and teach, you could do performance as UG and gets a masters in music ed or teaching if you wanted to head that way. </p>
<p>-What level are you at? What is your background? Have you sung in high school chorus and feel you want to sing as a career? Have you been taking private lessons all along? Have you been evaluated by a teacher? I don’t want to sound negative, but from your initial post it is hard to tell anything about you. The problem is the schools you have listed range from what I know to being you pretty much get in there if you apply to schools like Juilliard, Cincinati, NEC, etc, where it is extremely difficult to get in. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that for musical performance it is very different often than ‘regular’ college, you don’t apply with your grades and SAT scores and AP’s and so forth and then you major in music performance like you would history or accounting (or even music as a B.A, like music history). When you go into music performance it generally is auditioned (some programs are non auditioned) and pretty much the whole shebang is based on the audition (note, I am not that famliar with vocal music admissions, but I am pretty certain the audition is the big factor, if not the total one). You may already know this and I apologize if it is trivial, but from the broad nature of your post I was afraid you weren’t as familiar as some posters were…it is really important you understand the process to help in finding appropriate schools for you. Again, vocal music is a bit different then instrumental, vocal performance majors mature later then instrumentalists, there is a different track there,but I can tell you that for top programs like NEC, Juilliard, Cincy and so forth, to get in means you already need to be pretty accompliished.For those who really know to answer you they need more information about what you are thinking of heading into, your background and so forth, to help…there are a lot of students who post on here, who come in not knowing, who find an interest in music, dream about it, but don’t realize the reality, that it is quite different then going to college to study other things.</p>