<p>Twas the least I could do.</p>
<p>N8Ma - for the record, that’s my favorite joke.</p>
<p>I have two sons. I’m used to ignoring the noisy boys.</p>
<p>Yes, I really like that one too. Because no major composer before Beethoven had previously used voices in an orchestral symphony, the audience must have found it hilarious at the first performance when the baritone soloist came in out of nowhere, started reproving the orchestra for making such a cacaphony at the start of the fourth movement and demanding that they play something better. One of the classic uses of self-deprecating humor in all of music history.</p>
<p>Or did you mean that other joke with the choral basses tying string around the conductor’s score so they would have time to go drinking? That one was funny too.</p>
<p>Hmm, I never thought of Ode to Joy as a joke before. </p>
<p>I would very much like to tie this into an abbreviation to bring the thread full circle, but I can’t think of one. Perhaps NDT = Nicht diese Töne! - get off the rabbit trail. :)</p>
<p>Not wanting to go an entire page without at least one post on topic:</p>
<p>BA = Bachelor of Arts (when used on this forum, indicates music as area of major within a humanities program)
BFA = Bachelor of Fine Arts
BM = Bachelor of Music Performance
BMus = Bachelor of Music Performance
BOCO = Boston Conservatory, sometimes seen as BoCo
BUTI = Boston University Tanglewood Institute
CC = College Confidential, the site that hosts this Forum
CC = Community College
CCM = College Conservatory of Music, affiliated with the University of Cincinnati
CIM = Cleveland Institute of Music
CMU = Carnegie Mellon University
D = Daughter
DD = Dearest (or Darling) Daughter
DH = Dearest (or Darling) Husband
DS = Dearest (or Darling) Son
DW = Dearest (or Darling) Wife
EA = Early Action, the non-binding form of early application to a school
ED = Early Decision, the binding form of early application to a school
ESM = Eastman School of Music
H = Husband
IU = Indiana University
JHU = Johns Hopkins University, home of The Peabody Institute
LAC = Liberal Arts College
MAW = Music Academy of the West
MSM = Manhattan School of Music
MT = Musical Theater or Musical Theatre
NEC = New England Conservatory
OP = Original Poster, the person who starts any given thread
PM = Personal Message
RD = Regular Decision, the standard form of application to a school
S = Son
TA = Teaching Assistant, usually a graduate student
TMC = Tanglewood Music Center
VP = Vocal Performance or Voice Performance
W = Wife
WCC = Westminster Choir College, part of Rider University</p>
<p>BA = Bachelor of Arts (when used on this forum, indicates music as area of major within a humanities program)
BFA = Bachelor of Fine Arts
BM = Bachelor of Music Performance
BMus = Bachelor of Music Performance
BOCO = Boston Conservatory, sometimes seen as BoCo
BUTI = Boston University Tanglewood Institute
CC = College Confidential, the site that hosts this Forum
CC = Community College
CCM = College Conservatory of Music, affiliated with the University of Cincinnati
CIM = Cleveland Institute of Music
CMU = Carnegie Mellon University
D = Daughter
DD = Dearest (or Darling) Daughter
DH = Dearest (or Darling) Husband
DS = Dearest (or Darling) Son
DW = Dearest (or Darling) Wife
EA = Early Action, the non-binding form of early application to a school
ED = Early Decision, the binding form of early application to a school
ESM = Eastman School of Music
H = Husband
IU = Indiana University
JHU = Johns Hopkins University, home of The Peabody Institute
LAC = Liberal Arts College
MAW = Music Academy of the West
MSM = Manhattan School of Music
MT = Musical Theater or Musical Theatre
NEC = New England Conservatory
OP = Original Poster, the person who starts any given thread
OT = Off Topic
PM = Personal Message
RD = Regular Decision, the standard form of application to a school
S = Son
TA = Teaching Assistant, usually a graduate student
TMC = Tanglewood Music Center
VP = Vocal Performance or Voice Performance
W = Wife
WCC = Westminster Choir College, part of Rider University</p>
<p>BA = Bachelor of Arts (when used on this forum, indicates music as area of major within a humanities program)
BFA = Bachelor of Fine Arts
BM = Bachelor of Music Performance
BMus = Bachelor of Music Performance
BOCO = Boston Conservatory, sometimes seen as BoCo
BUTI = Boston University Tanglewood Institute
CC = College Confidential, the site that hosts this Forum
CC = Community College
CCM = College Conservatory of Music, affiliated with the University of Cincinnati
CIM = Cleveland Institute of Music
CMU = Carnegie Mellon University
D = Daughter
DD = Dearest (or Darling) Daughter
DH = Dearest (or Darling) Husband
DS = Dearest (or Darling) Son
DW = Dearest (or Darling) Wife
EA = Early Action, the non-binding form of early application to a school
ED = Early Decision, the binding form of early application to a school
ESM = Eastman School of Music
H = Husband
IU = Indiana University
JHU = Johns Hopkins University, home of The Peabody Institute
LAC = Liberal Arts College
MAW = Music Academy of the West
MSM = Manhattan School of Music
MT = Musical Theater or Musical Theatre
NEC = New England Conservatory
OP = Original Poster, the person who starts any given thread
OT = Off Topic (context sensitive)
OT = On Topic (context sensitive)
PM = Personal Message
RD = Regular Decision, the standard form of application to a school
S = Son
TA = Teaching Assistant, usually a graduate student
TMC = Tanglewood Music Center
VP = Vocal Performance or Voice Performance
W = Wife
WCC = Westminster Choir College, part of Rider University</p>
<p>I have been trying forever to figure out what DS, DW, DH, DD stood for. I got the SWHD, but couldn’t for the life of me get what the leading D was for!! About once a month or so I do a search to see if someone put up a CC abbreviations or acronym listing - so glad I ran across this today.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I second. Newish here, and this is a real relief! Thanks for being inclusive for us newbies. It feels so welcoming 
(I’m home with a cold, so finally have time to follow up on these amazing, and extensive, threads!)</p>
<p>Okay. I thought I was good. But I have no clue what SWHD means. Single White Hair Dresser? So What He Did? School Without Heavy Doors? Soprano with Hearing Disorder?</p>
<p>Oh. Wait. Son. Wife. Husband. Daughter. </p>
<p>Nevermind…</p>
<p>Binx - I was on a business call and when I read your reply and got laughing so hard I had to mute it (no way to even try and explain it) ! Sorry…I’m just as bad, huh :-)</p>
<p>Added a couple from a current thread that might have caused a bit of head scratching, plus a few more.</p>
<p>AD = Artists Diploma
BA = Bachelor of Arts (when used on this forum, indicates music as area of major within a humanities program)
BFA = Bachelor of Fine Arts
BM = Bachelor of Music Performance
BMus = Bachelor of Music Performance
BMusEd = Bachelor of Music Education
BOCO = Boston Conservatory, sometimes seen as BoCo
BUTI = Boston University Tanglewood Institute
CC = College Confidential, the site that hosts this Forum
CC = Community College
CCM = College Conservatory of Music, affiliated with the University of Cincinnati
CIM = Cleveland Institute of Music
CMU = Carnegie Mellon University
D = Daughter
DD = Dearest (or Darling) Daughter
DH = Dearest (or Darling) Husband
DS = Dearest (or Darling) Son
DW = Dearest (or Darling) Wife
EA = Early Action, the non-binding form of early application to a school
ED = Early Decision, the binding form of early application to a school
ESM = Eastman School of Music
GA = Graduate Assistant
GPD = Graduate Professional Diploma
H = Husband
IU = Indiana University
JHU = Johns Hopkins University, home of The Peabody Institute
LAC = Liberal Arts College
MAW = Music Academy of the West
MGSA = Mason Gross School of the Arts (Rutgers U)
MSM = Manhattan School of Music
MT = Musical Theater or Musical Theatre
NCSA = North Carolina School of the Arts
NEC = New England Conservatory
OP = Original Poster, the person who starts any given thread
OT = Off Topic (context sensitive)
OT = On Topic (context sensitive)
PM = Personal Message
RD = Regular Decision, the standard form of application to a school
S = Son
TA = Teaching Assistant, usually a graduate student
TMC = Tanglewood Music Center
VP = Vocal Performance or Voice Performance
W = Wife
WCC = Westminster Choir College, part of Rider University</p>
<p>Can we have the above eliminated by the moderators.
What a lot of hoohah!</p>