Will not be accepted into New England Conservatory

squiggles1118
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:10:37 +0000

Side note - don’t limit yourself to 3 schools! We were at USC (Thornton) a couple of weeks ago for a tour of and they were working on a full scale student score. SO impressed, both in the ability of the musicians and the composer. There were 2 student composers on our tour that day as well. I am sure there are more than a few great composition programs out there.

Another thought on NEC: try to get a lesson with one of the composer faculty. S had great feedback and learning from a few instrumental lessons he took as a Junior while searching out schools.

PS: agree about Berklee - great for jazz or contemp. musicians, vocalists, songwriters. Classical?

Search this forum for threads on composition and read those. Also - we have a number of very informed students/parents/adults here that can answer your questions about composition study as you explore. You can PM as well.