Which LAC and Universities have strong academic and attract strong musicians?

I’ll also add, that if your daughter is looking at highly selective colleges for academics, I think you will find that these colleges in general will have very talented musicians in their orchestras. My daughter was blown away by the level of the string players at her college (UChicago btw) that is really not known for their music department. My daughter arrived on campus fully ready for her placement audition, and thought she was going to be the bomb, and was really floored by the talent of her peers. Majority were top players in their high schools, but are choosing to pursue academics rather than music as a major, but they still want to play and be involved in their instruments.

I guess my point is, music and academics (especially math and stem related studies) tend to go hand in hand. Other schools to consider that my daughter looked at for music and stem were Rice, Northwestern, Rochester, St. Olaf, Carnegie Mellon, Case Western, Lawrence and the ivies.

Good luck and enjoy the process!