Contemporary/Commercial Songwriting?

compmom
Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:02:34 +0000

Bennington students have a “field work term” for two months, January and February, every year, and students work in the field they are interested in. Many go to NYC. Professors have connections that help with this, as well as with plans after graduation.

I don’t know as much about Sarah Lawrence and some of the other schools.

By all means, check out the actual courses at a variety of colleges’ music department, and you may be surprised. In the northeast, another school I would look at is Clark University. But there are many others.

You can diversify your applications and apply to conservatories/music schools as well as colleges/universities and then, when things are clearer, decide in April of senior year.

Try to think about developing your music before you worry too much about career and money. I know that is hard, but if you follow the former, the latter may happen more naturally :)