<p>Sorry for the misleading title. I rather mean exercises for conservatory students. So parents of conservatory kids here, do your children have regular excercises, etc. beside taking classes, lessons, and so on? </p>
<p>I never heard about sports team or clubs in conservatories, and am pretty sure that they do not exist. But unless you consider practicing an instrument as exercise, it seems like conservatory students get very little exercises to keep out their health. It is true? </p>
<p>I’m quite concerned - I’m not a sport person, but when last fall I play the badminton team, I was fine. Then with college stuffs, auditions, etc. I don’t do any exercise after the fall season ends, and now I’m feeling not very great.</p>
<p>Comment on the health of conservatory students, thanks.</p>
<p>I don’t believe you did not notice the playing fields and sports complex at Peabody…</p>
<p>Well at least they have a small exercise room. I understand that it is not used much. The more interested students join and use the facilities at Homewood. I suspect the conservatory students are even less active than most college students. Certainly there would be minimal interest in contact sports.</p>
<p>My son at Eastman was involved in intramurals through the University of Rochester. My guess is the same opportunities exist at Peabody through JH. Son played both soccer and ultimate. There were other intramurals offered as well. He formed teams with other kids from Eastman and competed against other UR teams. I would guess that all the JH facilities will be available to you if you want to go over there to take advantage of them.</p>
<p>At Rice there is a PE requirement (I think it is two semesters). A lot of the music students run or walk around the Rice outer loop (3 mile path) or do intermurals. They don’t have a lot of time, of course, but the opportunities are there.</p>
<p>Oberlin, being connected with the College, has a bunch of different Division 3 teams as well as very nice phys ed facilities and a lot of interesting classes from bowling to swimming to yoga. Of course they are not known for the prowess of their sports teams outside of ultimate frisbee, but I recall seeing a news item on their web site about at least one student from the Conservatory being on the varsity football team.</p>
<p>At MSM, there is a minimal gym in the residence hall, no PE offerings or requirements, and the students can pay extra to use Columbia facilities.</p>
<p>Thanks for all those inputs! It’s not surprising that the music schools have few or minimal exercise facilities and organizations. But at least I get a sense that it’s more individual efforts to keep up the exercise. Perhaps I should follow my father’s advice to do a little running :D</p>
<p>When my daughter was at Interlochen one of the favorite t-shirts was
INTERLOCHEN ATHLETICS (joke)</p>
<p>They DID have workout facilities, however. The funny thing was it turned out that many of the musicians who came over from Europe and South America were stud soccer players. Interlochen actually played some other high schools and killed them!</p>
<p>Juilliard is celebrating their 100th anniversary this year, and as part of the festivities, had a volleyball tournament. Juilliard vs. “Guilliard.” Juilliard won. They had sweatshirts printed up “Juilliard volleyball. Undefeated since 1906.” (I think the game was rigged, since the shirts were printed ahead of time!) Their mascot, by the way, is the Juilliard Penguins, which I think is perfect – all those little tuxedos.</p>
<p>But that’s the only (semi-)organized athletics I’ve heard of taking place there. They are across from Central Park, and I think there are occasional Ultimate games, and lots of students jog there. My S used to be quite an athlete, but I don’t think he does much anymore, except for the above mentioned Ultimate and occasional jogging. </p>
<p>"The funny thing was it turned out that many of the musicians who came over from Europe and South America were stud soccer players. "—and the americans? </p>
<p>i was hoping that college would be my chance to start doing sports again, get into shape through intramurals and all that. that actually just gives me another reason to choose a big state school with all those options over a teeny conservatory-only school.</p>
<p>i mean, i would say i could exercise on my own time, but as that hasn’t really happened for the last three years, who’s to say it will for the next four?</p>
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