<p>violadad was quite correct in his writings.Not knowing your abilities/ambitions, it is hard to give you advice. Assuming that you have a voice teacher now, he/she should be the one you go to for advice. A teacher you are working with knows your abilities and how they compare to the abilities of students at various schools. And those programs do vary widely from those who mostly prepare students to peform locally or teach at a more advanced level to those which routinely send graduates into top Young Artists programs and to the Met Council Auditions. Another thing you might want to consider is an Artist’s Diploma or Artist’s Certificate program- they have different admission requirements and they don’t usually include all of the language/theory/keyboard classes. Again, ask your voice teacher for advice.
I can point you towards a few of the higher level programs( other than Julliard)- check out Cincinatti, Eastman and the Cleveland Institute of Music. I would have to say that the first program is perhaps the most difficult of those three and their requirements for numbers of students admitted are strict. One thing I have learned recently is that the students who are accepted as grad students in voice who do not have an undergrad degree in VP is that there is a lot for them to “make up”. In addition to the studies they are assigned in the Masters Program, they must also take the languages, music theory, music history and piano/keyboard classes which they would have had as an undergrad. It appears that it can be done though, so I wish you good luck, cindy!</p>