My daughter is a music major at CWRU. She started as an engineering major, had a plan to do both degrees in four years, and enjoyed her engineering classes and did well in them. However, Along the way she realized she loved her music classes more, combined with a love of service at the CWRU CCEL, lead her to drop her engineering degree, and she now plans to do a 3-1 program to get her masters in nonprofit management (MNO) at the same time she gets her BA in music. All still in four years total time. (Then either work for a nonprofit or law school in the area of social
Justice issues.)
The music department is top notch. The opportunities are extremely numerous. She also had research opportunities during her first year in engineering at a lab,which helped her recognize that her passion for service. The students are very talented, and the faculty are excellent, and ver accessible. They often offer special opportunities to the students.
The arts community in Cleveland is thriving. See this recent article for examples: there are events nearby all the time.
https://m.clevescene.com/cleveland/university-circle/Content?oid=16008343
While she’s not doing music education, her friends speak highly of those courses too.
Honestly, when she was looking at colleges, I wondered if she would end up really wanting a science degree, so we looked pretty extensively at the arts and social sciences at CWRU before she enrolled. And they are very very strong at CWRU. I know CWRU is known as a great place for engineering, but its arts programs, with its partnerships with CIM and CIA are great. And the 3-1 MA program she plans to enroll in, is in the Mandel School of social work, recently named a top 10 program in the country.
The area around CWRU. I would encourage you to visit if you have not, and contact the music department and meet with them. They were great when we were still in the investigation stage. I wish you good luck in your search.