Music school transfer

TooManyViolinists
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 19:55:29 +0000

Transferring can actually be rather difficult in music conservatories from what I have seen. Typically, spots are filled each year, and those spots are reserved for freshmen and newly entering grad students. Unless there is some really compelling reason (ie your teacher leaves your school and takes the student with them to the new school), or your student is just really, really amazing, it is going to be very hard to find an open spot.

It’s not impossible, but the math is really against you. Usually when I have seen this happen, the student does not end up at as high level of a program than they would have been able to enter if they auditioned there as a freshman.

There is no equivalent path for conservatories comparable to those in the academic world where you can do two years at community college and then transfer in to a higher level institution.