U of Michigan vs NYU Steinhardt for Summer classical vocal performance

Mine did UMich MPulse online two summers ago when they had to pivot quickly for covid.

He found it to be very satisfying and he got a sense of what working with college faculty was like very early in the research process of a vocal performance major. They only worked on solo pieces, likely due to the online format. I do recall that they added a “Solo Track”, but that went away when it became an online program, however, like I said, all they did was work on solo pieces. He really enjoyed it.

Assuming the in person program will be quite different, but my S thought the faculty was great and he got a real sense of where he stood in comparison to his peers and those a bit older.

He also did the ArtsBridge Art Song program (online at the time) and loved that one because the faculty comes from a variety of schools, not just one. I recommend that program and organization highly. In fact, he met his future studio teacher during that program!

And! He did Carnegie Mellon’s precollege program- online, that one was a bit of a disappointment. I imagine the in person version would be a lot more satisfying.

I only wish he had one more summer to do an in person program, but oh well!

Best of luck to you and yours!

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