<p>Is your son currently an undergrad?</p>
<p>Along with Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Brown, Princeton, Mills, Cal Arts, Berkeley, Stanford, Washington as mentioned.</p>
<p>Columbia Has an Electronic Music Center and MFA in Sound Art <a href=“CMC Home - Computer Music Center”>http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/</a>
Dartmouth has an interesting program: <a href=“http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~digitalarts/”>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~digitalarts/</a>
SAIC is an interesting program: <a href=“School of the Art Institute of Chicago - Best Art School & Top Fine Arts College in The US”>http://www.saic.edu/index.html</a>
Royal Conservatory of the Hague has a sonology program:<a href=“http://www.koncon.nl/en/Departments%20%26%20Study%20Programmes/Sonology/”>http://www.koncon.nl/en/Departments%20%26%20Study%20Programmes/Sonology/</a> (There is a lot going on in Europe)
University College Cork <a href=“Experimental Sound Practice MA | University College Cork | UCC | Ireland | Postgraduate Degree | Courses <br />”>http://www.ucc.ie/en/cke78/</a>
McGill has a lot of interesting things going on: <a href=“Programs | Music - McGill University”>Programs | Music - McGill University;
UCSD is a top school for Oberlin and Harvard grads: <a href=“http://musicweb.ucsd.edu/grad/”>http://musicweb.ucsd.edu/grad/</a>
Bard has an MFA that is intriguing: <a href=“Disciplines”>http://www.bard.edu/mfa/disciplines/</a>
Northwestern <a href=“http://www.music.northwestern.edu/academics/areas-of-study/composition-and-music-technology.html”>http://www.music.northwestern.edu/academics/areas-of-study/composition-and-music-technology.html</a></p>
<p>There are obviously, many more. IRCAM in Paris is a center for research into sound and electroacoustic composition. Most conservatories now have electroacoustic programs: NEC, Eastman, Juilliard, Manhattan etc. etc But your son does not want a conservatory…</p>
<p>KMCMom can describe U. of Michigan offerings and someone else has a student at Hartt. NYU might be a fit too. KMCMom knows a lot about technical requirements and skills :)</p>
<p>I think the best way to get into the nuances of each program and the differences among them might be thorough review of websites and conversations/visits with the department at each school. I know my daughter’s priority was to find a relatively free environment where she could do what she wanted without a lot of requirements. Princeton and the Royal Conservatory are examples of programs that offer this. It might be a priority to be able to take classes from different disciplines, such as art history and classical composition or electronic work. Another student might be interested in neuroscience, the brain and music. So first it is good to get clear on the student’s desired focus and then investigate the different programs going from there.</p>
<p>So Wykehamist, if you tell us more about your son’s interest, what he is studying now, and whether he is in high school or college, there are people on here who could discuss programs w/more specifics perhaps.</p>