Dual Degree Programs for Music and Computer Science/Engineering?

StacJip
Mon, 05 Oct 2015 16:00:21 +0000

University of Rochester has a great engineering department and the Bass teachers at Eastman are excellent. My son has a friend who got an amazing scholarship that is for some student pursuing engineering but who is also interested in music.

U Mass Amherst has an excellent Engineering school and also it’s music department is a bit of a hidden gem. There are many talented faculty there.

Yale is another school that would have strong sciences (maybe not a specific engineering department) and also excellent music.

NYU is another strong engineering program with access to great music teachers.

Columbia does have a joint program with Juilliard but even if you did not do the joint program there are plenty of excellent bass teachers available and plenty of ensembles. Columbia’s engineering is also considered to be quite good.

Keep in mind that at some point your son will have to make a choice between focusing on his music or pursuing music as a hobby. Your job at this point is not to try your hardest to not steer him toward what YOU are more comfortable with or what YOU feel is the right choice. He should be entirely in charge and happy with what ever path he chooses.