Others like Michigan's "Wind Instruments Major"

[mtpaper]

<p>My DD’s primary instrument is flute, but she’s planning to pursue a performance career where she needs to be proficient in multiple instruments (pit orchestras).</p>

<p>UM has a BM in Performance for Wind Instruments: designed for students who wish to prepare for a professional performance and teaching career on their major instrument and related instruments (i.e., woodwind specialist, brass specialist). Emphasis is placed on performance in both the major and related instruments but with varying electives.</p>

<p>It seems like an ideal fit.</p>

<p>Can anyone suggest other schools which have a comparable program?</p>

[kmccrindle]

<p>Greetings. I am not nearly as knowledgeable as other posters here, plus my son is at UMich so that’s the school I know better, but I would imagine that another large music school such as Indianna University’s Jacobs School would have a similarly focused degree that would be very highly regarded. If you haven’t visited Jacobs, you might wish to. It was on my son’s short list, and Bloomington was awesome. He’s originally brass, but actually pursuing sound & composition (performing arts tech) at UMich SOM.</p>

<p>I believe there are many flute-specific threads if you try to search them, and I can recall mentions of U Boulder in CO, Northwestern and McGill (in Montreal) as being mentioned with respect to flute programs, in addition to the usual suspects on the East Coast. Are you looking for the overall size and experience of UMich, or concerned more with the degree type? Are you interested in conservatory environments as well? Academic rank?
USC ranks well (smaller program though) as do McGill and Northwestern both academically and musically.</p>

[mtpaper]

<p>@kmccrindle: I’ve read and am familiar with our options for flute in general.</p>

<p>What I am asking about here specifically is which schools, if any, offer a program oriented towards WIND SPECIALIST, rather than a specific wind instrument</p>

[binx]

<p>University of North Texas offers it:
[UNT</a> College of Music | Areas of Study](<a href=“http://music.unt.edu/areas-of-study]UNT”>Divisions and Areas of Study | College of Music)

The UNT woodwind faculty consists of nationally and internationally recognized artists and teachers. BM, MM and DMA degrees are offered in flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, saxophone, and in multiple woodwinds (those who perform on all of the woodwind instruments).

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<p>Indiana:
<a href=“http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/music/2009-2011/undergraduate/music-degrees/performance-woodwind.shtml[/url]”>http://www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/music/2009-2011/undergraduate/music-degrees/performance-woodwind.shtml&lt;/a&gt;

Bachelor of Music in Performance, Woodwind Instruments (Multiple)<br>
Prerequisite: Admission to B.M. (single instrument), B.M.E., or B.S.O.F. degree program. Admission to the multiple woodwinds degree program by audition on two secondary instruments after the first semester of study on the primary instrument.

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[mtpaper]

<p>@binx - thank you - there certainly is a lot to consider… trying to balance location, academic suitability and program suitability</p>

[binx]

<p>More:</p>

<p>West Virginia -
[College</a> of Creative Arts](<a href=“http://music.wvu.edu/future_students/undergraduate_programs/bachelor_of_music]College”>http://music.wvu.edu/future_students/undergraduate_programs/bachelor_of_music)</p>

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Woodwinds
If you are a performance major whose major instrument is in the woodwind family and you show strong performance ability on another woodwind instrument, you may qualify for the performance curriculum in woodwinds. Approval for admission to this curriculum will not be given by the woodwind faculty until after the first year of study, at which time you must achieve an appropriate level on three of the five woodwind instruments…

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<p>[BERKLEE</a> | Woodwinds Department](<a href=“http://www.berklee.edu/departments/woodwinds.html]BERKLEE”>http://www.berklee.edu/departments/woodwinds.html)

…You can also choose to study multiple instruments as a woodwind prinicipal.

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[mtpaper]

<p>@Binx - THank you! keep them coming!</p>

[binx]

<p>University of the Arts (Jazz)
[Program:</a> Jazz Studies: Instrumental Performance - Bachelor of Music - The University of the Arts - acalog ACMS?](<a href=“Program: Jazz Studies: Instrumental Performance - Bachelor of Music - The University of the Arts - Acalog ACMS™”>Program: Jazz Studies: Instrumental Performance - Bachelor of Music - The University of the Arts - Acalog ACMS™)

Woodwind majors may elect to enroll in a woodwind specialist program that includes the study of various woodwind instruments.

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<p>Bowling Green
[BGSU</a> :: College of Musical Arts :: Music Performance Studies](<a href=“http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/departments/MUSP/]BGSU”>http://www.bgsu.edu/colleges/music/departments/MUSP/)

Woodwind Specialist
(The woodwind specialist option is a limited enrollment program. Acceptance is based on an audition which is to be scheduled at the end of the student’s first semester. Successful completion of the option requires high performance standards in the major woodwind instrument and a proficiency level in two other woodwind instruments equivalent to that of entering freshmen with these instruments as their major performing medium.)

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<p>Vanderbilt
[Woodwinds</a> | Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music](<a href=“http://blair.vanderbilt.edu/departments/woodwinds]Woodwinds”>Woodwinds | Blair School of Music | Vanderbilt University)

The School offers exclusively undergraduate instruction, including … Multiple Woodwinds – designed for the multi-talented doubler

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[mtpaper]

<p>OOOH! Thank you! Vanderbilt is a great option -</p>

[woodwinds]

<p>You should take a look at this website, utilized by professional and amateur woodwind doublers. Its lists the university doubling degree programs in the US. Most of them are masters degrees:</p>

<p>[College</a> and university degree programs in woodwind doubling | Bret Pimentel, woodwinds](<a href=“http://www.bretpimentel.com/woodwinds/doubling/degree-programs/]College”>About Bret Pimentel | Bret Pimentel, woodwinds)</p>

<p>My daughter is a woodwind doubler: all saxes, oboe and bassoon. Some clarinet. She is in high school but is performing in pit orchestras. The above website is great. It also has a doublers forum, which my daughter sometimes uses to get answers to her questions.</p>