@DramaMama603 Thank you so much for starting this! I’ve only been on the 2023 journey thread (and on CC) since early March, but I have learned SO much! The main lesson: that this is a fantastic and really supportive community. So glad to be part of it and appreciate all the folks who are still part of it after their fledglings have left the nest!
Mom of a 2024 prospective VP here! D is a soprano who’s been taking private voice lessons for just over two years and singing with a well-respected children’s choir for 8 years. (She’s also played horn for five years but voice is her true love). Interested in many types of music but her voice seems best suited to classical. Definitely interested in a BM and would prefer a conservatory or program with fewer gen ed requirements. Lots of schools on the table from a no-name regional in-state university with a great – but not especially well known – music program (still an audition-only program but with a low barrier to entry for the university itself), to a long list of others that still needs narrowing down but includes some mid-range and some top schools, mostly in the midwest and northeast. (Visiting a couple of them as we speak, during spring break!) D is attending Tanglewood & the Oberlin vocal program this summer and maybe will cross paths there with some of your kids!