<p>stephmin: sounds good. I’ll look into the liberal arts colleges, and some of the Ivies. Which Ivies in particular? I know Yale has a good one, but it’s only grad.</p>
<p>bassdad:
My orchestral musical influences/tastes/likes:
Michael Giacchino
Stephen Harwood (he is my pseudo private instructor)
Christopher Tin
Christopher Lennertz
Alan Silvestri
Harry Gregson-Williams
Bill Brown
John Williams
Michael Kamen
Koji Kondo
Joel Goldsmith
Jesper Kyd
Joris de Man
Howard Shore
Jeremy Soule
Tommy Tallarico
Jack Wall
[Immediate Music]
[ES Posthumus]</p>
<p>Other (non-orchestral) musical influences/tastes/likes:
Secondhand Serenade
Coldplay
Five for Fighting
Dashboard Confessional
Jason Mraz
The Fray
John Mayer
Train
The Killers
Jack Johnson</p>