How Competitive Are Music Schools?

Medea1
Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:41:22 +0000

UCLA is the only UC with a conservatory. I don’t know how hard it is to get in for music, but we see how few teachers they have per instrument (sometimes 1), and knowing they also have graduate students, I am assuming they take in very few kids per instrument. I haven’t looked at voice.
I think for those schools that aren’t audition based, music is just an extracurricular. The jury is out on the extent the supplements can help.
And yes, CSUs often have stronger music departments and less theoretical ones found at UCs.