My younger daughter is in a similar situation to you but for violin, not cello. She’s looking at St. Olaf because their orchestra is fantastic and they tour annually. I visited there with my older daughter who plays viola and the orchestra absolutely blew our socks off. The conductor could not have been nicer or more fun guy to work with. We’ve also heard fabulous things about Vassar and are planning to visit there this month. A nice thing for my daughter is that she made All-State symphony orchestra this year and the Vassar guy, Eduardo Navega is going to be the guest conductor, so she’ll have a chance to see what it’s like to work with him. She wants to double major or minor in music, she likes to compose and arrange as well. She loves playing in orchestra and chamber music and plays traditional fiddle music as well. But she doesn’t love solo performance. We’re also going to check out Wesleyan because we’ve heard good things about the music opportunities there.
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