Good schools for music and science?

I think you should talk with your piano teacher regarding how realistic your aspirations of being a piano performance major are. Many of the schools suggested above are quite selective while the repertoire you’ve indicated are intermediate level works. You may well be an extremely “quick study”, but take a look at the audition repertoire required at some of the schools mentioned above and discuss with your teacher if you have any chance of reaching this level and being accepted as a piano performance major.

Talking with music teachers at your high school may also give you very good ideas including insights into schools where you might fit in.

You might be admitted at a “lower tier school” for performance (and there can be excellent teachers even at schools not typically attracting the best-of-the-best) IF you can accomplish quite a bit in 3 years. Or, you could possibly be accepted as a Music Ed major at a school that has differentiated admission requirements for a performance vs a music ed degree. The focused music ed track open to you would probably be general music or choral specializations, unless you also play a band or orchestra instrument? Your notion of teaching at a college is one that is never attained by some of the best piano performance graduates from some of the most selective conservatories with MM and DMA degrees.

I am not trying to be harsh, just think you should consider, in consultation with a teacher, the best options for you.

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