Will not be accepted into New England Conservatory

halcyon4ever
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:50:34 +0000

I was unaware that Nostradamus was alive and well and teaching compositon. Those are remarkable comments for a teacher to make to any student, but particularly one with whom he had worked for less than 4 months. As for Berklee, they offer majors in composition, contemporary writing and jazz composition. Whether or not any of these programs would be suitable can probably be determined by reference to the online catologue/web page. The full rides are referred to as “Presidential Scholarships” and approximately 6-7 are handed out each year. They also award Composition and Contemporary writing scholarships, but I believe these are capped at $8000 per year. I leave Mannes to a more knowledgeable source, but my impression is that large awards in any of the New School programs are rare. I have no idea what politics your instructor is referring to, or the formula he used to arrive at his 2% calculation, but I would note that Democrats have historically done well in Boston.