<p>Just to clarify, Yale does have a Music department that offers a B.A. degree in Music, i.e., music history and theory. The Yale School of Music, which offers performance degrees at the graduate level, is not open to undergraduates, although they may take lessons with graduate students and sometimes faculty; there is a B.A./M.M. program that offers an opportunity to get through the undergraduate and graduate programs (MM is in performance) in 5 years; but you apply in your junior year. Harvard has a similar BA/MM program with NEC, though you can apply as a freshman; Juilliard and Columbia also have a joint BA/MM program. For the latter two programs, you must be accepted to both, and also to the joint program. Tufts has a BA/BMus program with NEC.</p>