Piano In College

Roger_Dooley
Thu, 14 Oct 2004 16:38:58 +0000

The joint Columbia/Juilliard program lets the student take most academic classes at Columbia while doing music/dance etc. at Juilliard. Reportedly, the workload is fairly brutal due to each school holding the student to normal expectations. The campuses aren’t adjacent, so some time would be spent commuting. In addition, the student must be accepted by both schools, no small feat. If you survive, though, it’s sort of the best of both worlds. :)

IU Bloomington would be a great choice, although the signature piano program is the Toradze Piano Studio at Indiana University South Bend. Bloomington would combine one of the nation’s best music schools with Big 10 athletics. South Bend offers tennis only as an intramural, as far as I know.