<p>Carleton shares some of the private music instructors with St Olaf. Carleton also has had some sort of very generous need based music scholarship program for individual lessons in the past. It is not a conservatory school by a long shot. However, I talked with one Carleton alum that went to D’s high school a decade+ before and who, through rigorous self application, became a professor of music in Michigan. </p>
<p>That said, D had some pressure to apply to Julliard etc as the hs band director’s best chance in a decade. D has a performance 'wind and 3-4 others for breadth. Her senior year it took 2 months for her to decide that she wasn’t a performance music major. This delay was almost fatal to the timing of academic applications due in January, with 5 AP courses weighing also. Basically, it is extremely difficult to marry a BMusic to B-anything else in less than 5 or 6 years at higher level schools (sometimes MMusic). BMusic is a bigger time monopolist than anything I’ve seen in engineering or architecture programs. (Julliard-Columbia/Barnard, New England Conservatory-Tufts or Harvard, Hopkins-Peabody, Rice-Shepherd, Rochester-Eastman, Case-CIM etc.) Oberlin seemed closest to the possibly shortest, most flexible for an outstanding talent. The BA programs are much less demanding time wise but not much recognized for a musical performance career.</p>
<p>BA Music may be doable as a double major. For now, D is a science major at Carleton without the double major, but has had lessons, and is happy with all her instruments. This summer is definitely the time to try to sort out the possibilities. You might want to look over St Olaf, too which has a HUGE music program and involvement (I believe the statistic is 1 in 3 students participate in music activities). Although it is the flagship Lutheran college, it is open and acceptable to all faiths and backgrounds with a well kempt student body.</p>
<p>You might check out this list too.
<a href=“http://www.excel-ability.com/Music/Programs/MusicSchools/MusicSchools-USA.html[/url]”>http://www.excel-ability.com/Music/Programs/MusicSchools/MusicSchools-USA.html</a></p>