Conservatory questions: ACT/SAT and course load

thumper1
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 22:32:06 +0000

In terms of what music performance programs housed within universities require…you need to check each college. My music performance major had to fulfill the core at Boston University. He did have AP credits to place out of all but the freshman required writing course as far as English was concerned. But he had to take the rest of the core requirements. This actually came out to one course per term, but he had one course for 6 terms because of his AP credits.

He did say…those were fabulous courses. For example, he took personal finance, and said it was a GREAT course and especially for freelance musicians. He also chose his core courses from a large variety of courses offered. IIRC, he took some music history course, for example, to fulfill that requirement.

Music students take a ton of one and two credit courses that actually require hours of their time a week…ensembles, lessons, chamber groups, etc. Add to that practice time, and they really have to be good time managers too.