@musicprnt good question, in the LAC arena she’s looking for classical voice - lessons, great audition/touring choir, performance options, and also probably continuing her 10+ years classical piano lessons. She realizes that most LAC music (whether BM or BA) is more academic than performance based (relative to conservatory, or other U schools of music. She is also a serious singer-songwriter and understands those are generally another universe (e.g. Berklee, Belmont, etc) and at least from the LAC angle she would probably need to do that on the side, but IF she does stay serious it could be great to have a recording studio available for student use - which is something we have found to be not common.
@rayrick thanks that’s good to know. She’s very familiar with what we think of as the “lutheran choral schools” such as St. Olaf, Luther, Concordia in the Midwest, and we understand UPS is not dissimilar out west. Academics do vary, not just overall but as you mention, by department or area of study. She doesn’t have a clear academic focus, she reminds us that part of the purpose of a LAC is exploration, and we say fair enough, but that doesn’t help narrow the list.