Sending music supplements non conservatory level?

actscholar33
Sun, 03 Sep 2017 10:18:27 +0000

Hello,

I’m an international student and I want to send music supplements to liberal arts colleges. However, due to my growing up in a village with no music resources, I could not study in a conservatory and I did not have any awards. The only impressive things I did was being chosen as my school’s concert pianist(I performed all over the city to represent my high school in events), getting a scholarship to study in a boarding school w/ one of the best music programs in the u.s, and also attending an international classical music festival where I took masterclasses from top virtuosos from all over the world. I think in my circumstances, such as growing up without any resources and my peers not playing piano or not having an interest in classical music at all, I’m competent. But if colleges will compare me with people who went to conservatories for a significant time, I’ll not stand out and maybe it’ll affect me negatively.

My country also doesn’t fund music as much as it funds religious stuff (my country has been defunding music these past years; they’re becoming anti-west). How do you think I can show the circumstances I was in to the colleges so that they judge my playing in the context of my education?

Thank you! I appreciate your thoughts on this.