Piano At Swarthmore?

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Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:14:40 +0000

Vassar’s department is larger than Swarthmore’s, but not what one would call large. They have two composers (Wilson and Sorkin - my d. is friends with the latter), and faculty is heavy in piano and music theory/history. They have ties to the Steinway family, and as such have 65 Steinway pianos around campus (and in good state of repair.) Fine music library (not a match for Smith’s or Yale’s) but really nice. Lots of performers come up from New York. The head of the department Todd Crow directs the Mount Desert Music Festival in Maine during the summers, and, I’ve heard, there may be internship opportunities there.

As always, do your own due diligence and, if possible, go visit.