Bard was an extremely strong contender for us; excellent support for dual degree since all conservatory students do it, excellent faculty, musicians there loved it, lots of different directions to go in, small seminar style academic classes. My daughter wanted more distance from us and the artistic faculty there does mostly commute from NYC, but that’s not unusual for conservatories outside of the bigger cities. That being said, Eastman/University of Rochester is excellent as well. Good luck, there are lots of great choices. Try to visit and take tours and lessons from the piano teacher when you can, to get a feel for things.