Vocal Performance Majors- Soprano Advice?

lorelei2702
Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:50:59 +0000

It is splitting hairs to evaluate which universities offer their music degrees through a School of Music, a College of Music, a Conservatory of Music, or a Department of Music within a College of Fine Arts/Performing Arts etc. The determining and important issue may be who set the curriculum, a comprehensive university committee with emphasis on a general education core curriculum, or the academic music unit. You would need to evaluate the Bachelor of Music curriculums side by side to see what the differences might be. So, Bowling Green may call its music division a conservatory, but it probably does not differ that much from the offerings at one of the other mid-western universities. The University of Michigan does not call its music unit a conservatory, but it is arguably the strongest comprehensive music program in the country,with strength and emphasis in all of the performance areas.