Music Majors... help!

BornMan
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:09:46 +0000

I’ve done a fair amount of research.

I am in Michigan.
My grade point and lack of extracuricular activities would prevent me from getting into the highly competitive University of Michigan, so that’s not an option.
I want to go to a place in a somewhat “happening” area, as best as possible at least. So that rules out a good deal of Michigan Universities.
I found State and Western to be my best options in Michigan (as far as location and enterance difficulty goes), Western being the more practical of the two.
I know Columbia is very specifically centered around anything “artsy”. It also has easy entrance, doesn’t cost a rediculous amount of money, and is in fact in a VERY happening area (Chicago).
I’ve heard briefly that DePaul is supposed to be good for music, but entrance is more competitive and auditions are more difficult (neither Western or Columbia mention a reqirement of sight reading on their websites).
From what I’ve seen, auditions for vocal performance majors tend to require two or three prepared songs, in a couple different languages. It is sight reading I’m iffy on… which is also one reason State is a less likely canadate.
I also believe DePaul is private… and a larger student body is ideal… so that turns me away a bit.

I’m looking very little into out of state Colleges/Universities. I am primarily interested in going in Michigan. Chicago is a different story because of the happening area and because it is somewhat close. Unless a college fits that bill, I’m not really interested in anything out of state.

So I’ve done a pretty decent amount of research within my realistic constraints. Those are pretty much the best I have found, unless there’s something else nearby, in a happening area, and that I can realistically get into (with my 3.10 GPA and limited sight reading ability).

What I’m asking for is information on how those four colleges rank in the musical field on a large scale, and in comparison to each other.

I’m glad you mentioned the difficulty of minors with some music degrees… I’ve heard little about that. So more information there would be helpful as well.

Thanks a lot.