<p>shrinkrap,
I would say Occidental would satisfy someone who is only doing it for fun, private and group voice lessons are available (I know private has an additional fee, I’m not sure about group) and if you don’t mind spending extensive time scheduling each semester, you can fit in 2 days of beginning ballet, 2 days advanced, and two days jazz and tap, as well as some modern and other styles. My main problem with the dance classes is that sometimes it gets hard to take the classes you need for core and still take these classes. However, I am trying to take up to 6 days of dance since I am working toward getting en pointe in ballet. For someone who just wants to have fun, fitting in the classes a couple days a week shouldn’t be too much of a problem.
In terms of performance, there is only one musical every two years, but there are a good number of vocal groups on campus (a men’s and women’s acapella group which are both really good and really fun) and then our ‘world-famous’ Glee Club. They went to Australia last year…I can’t explain how jealous I am. Also, sometimes for senior comps musicals are put on, a senior directed The Last 5 Years two fall semesters ago. I was in the last musical in the spring, The Mikado, and it was alot of fun. We had a professional music director, and a fantastic accompanist. Most of the musicians in the orchestra were also professionals, but there were some students. They were also extremely talented too. Sorry for how long this post is, but I would say if your daughter is interested in it as a hobby, Oxy would provide enough for her, but if she wants it as a career, she might want to look elsewhere.</p>