Music College Open House

Irishmomof2
Thu, 07 Nov 2013 08:55:04 +0000

It meant 11 hours total in the car, but I’m very glad we went this year. They had a Q&A for students and parents, walked through the admissions process and what kinds of things factor into decisions the schools make (they used kazoo players as an example - the gentleman from Eastman said if they had 10 really great kazoo plays audition but they only had 4 spots in their kazoo program, they would maybe accept 6 of the auditioners, but if the next year they had 6 openings and 4 auditioners, everyone could get an offer).

The vocal faculty had an open studio, so we got to sit down and talk with them, which was extremely helpful. They were very enthusiastic to hear that there were vocal students who were taking music theory - my daughter will have 2 years of theory before she graduates.

The fair part itself was nutso, mostly because the space they used was too small, at least for the schools A-N - there was much more space in the hallway they used for O-Z. My daughter added a couple of schools to her roster of possible schools, and took a couple off as well. She’s interested in music ed and music therapy, not performance (although I think this is her being practical, I think she’s actually very interested in performance).

Oh, and LGSMom, we took your label advice and were told we were “brilliant”, so credit where credit is due! You’re brilliant!