Help with college list for visits and applications

thumper1
Fri, 14 Feb 2020 23:15:59 +0000

DD wanted to play in the college orchestra and continue private lessons…but not as a music major at all. She considered music minor but it didn’t fit her college schedules.

The hardest out of her college search was finding a college orchestra…not a band or wind ensemble…where she could audition for a spot. She played an “endangered instrument” but there are usually only one or maybe two in an orchestra…so she had to find places that would allow all students to to audition.

This was THE hardest part of her college search.

She contacted the music department chairs, orchestra directors, and private instructors on her instrument at every school of interest. Some were very accommodating and others simply said…no.

She found a great school…was first chair in her instrument for four years. School included private lessons as long as she played in the orchestra (fun fact…her private teacher the first two year was. CC poster), and she got $250 performance award each quarter for all four years. Every penny counts. The lessons at no cost really helped too!