Northern Arizona is great for music Ed. We know a lot of outstanding music teachers from NAU. And Flagstaff is beautiful.
Also University of North Texas for choral music Ed. My son is there. He’s having a great experience and getting a strong education musically and as a teacher. He’s also been able to keep up with a second instrument and is singing in a jazz choir this year as well as his classical choirs. UNT also has a conductors choir composed of all the choral music Ed majors that gives the soon-to-be student teachers additional conducting practice. My son loves this choir and in addition to singing and conducting, he often accompanies on his secondary instrument and on piano. So many opportunities at UNT. There is a lake nearby but no mountains. 