<p>Yes, the music department at Berkeley is great, and I love those Hertz Hall concerts. (Sigh. Couldn’t get the kid to go to college only a few blocks from home).</p>
<p>I don’t know about the classical opportunities at Columbia. But, some of the performance spaces are really nice. Son has played at St. Paul’s Chapel, for example. One of the downsides of being in NYC is that so many semi-professional level of musicians compete to be heard. The upside, of course, is that there are so many places to go hear music of all sorts.</p>