Conservatory questions: ACT/SAT and course load

kokotg
Sat, 07 Sep 2024 16:51:25 +0000

oretargent:

Would also like info on a typical course load for a piano or violin major? Obviously all the music performance, history, theory, etc would be studied but are there more liberals arts-type requirements (history, english, math, science, etc) in the studies of a music school student? Does this vary from conservatory to conservatory? DD is looking at places like Curtis, Juilliard, Boston University, NEC, Rice (not a definitive list, just places she’s got on her list to explore.)

My Blair/Vanderbilt performance major has had zero required classes outside of the music school. This is because he came in with a fair amount of AP/DE credit, but not an unusual amount for a Vanderbilt student. Unlike the rest of Vanderbilt, Blair doesn’t cap AP or DE credits, so that helped, too. He’s taken 3 art history classes, because he’s doing an art history minor; absolutely everything else has been music.