Getting back to the number of music majors question…S2 is now at grad school at Cornell and is playing in the orchestra composed of 105 undergrads and grad students - yes absolutely huge! There are just two Cornell music majors in the orchestra and four Ithaca college music majors to fill in the parts because they require eight french horns and four trumpets to perform Mahler’s 6th. They will travel to Argentina in the spring to perform it again. Their first concert was excellent! Yes - only 5 out of 105 musicians in their orchestra are music majors and they are playing Mahler! Additionally, we have seven years experience at Vassar, see my many other posts, and absolutely loved the music program there so we are thrilled the S2 can continue his music at a high level in grad school. So please don’t just consider the number of music majors in your decision about music at an LAC or university. All kinds of great music is being performed in colleges and universities - not just conservatories… Attend the rehearsals, see the practice rooms, look at the concert schedules and listen to the recordings. Then you will know where you will be happiest. It really is worth the effort.