<p>cindy, the choices will be many and varied, ranging from Juilliard to public institutions. Without knowing more personal background, it is virtually impossible to even begin to counsel you.</p>
<p>I’m assuming you have had extensive musical training and experience to date to even consider being competitive within any number of these programs at the MM level. If you have studied privately, or in an undergrad music pursuit, your private vocal instructor and additional faculty resources might well be the best source of information, as they are in the best position to suggest potential schools for further development based on knowing your strengths and weaknesses, as well as how you may relate within a broader highly competitive base of talent.</p>
<p>This thread has some highly knowledgeable posters with the experiences and background to suggest potential places to consider. You can start to do some background investigation by searching the forum for other posts under those usernames, and posts by papengena, OperaDad, opera-mom. </p>
<p>The latest post here <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/618208-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2009-a-59.html?highlight=master[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/music-major/618208-master-list-music-school-acceptances-fall-2009-a-59.html?highlight=master</a> will indicate some of the schools of acceptance for the recent cycle of BM and MM opera/vocal candidates. You might want to begin by investigating the requirements and parameters of those programs.</p>