Beyond majors, look at the career pathways that interest you!
What you learn in music is very important. How well you learn may make the difference between you having a career, or moving on to other things. Teachability is one of the core things that distinguish music students with promise.
Type: Conservatory Size: Large† (4,402 Undergraduate); Style: Factory with good networking Affiliations: 19 International Partner Schools and a campus in Valencia, Spain. Student Body: Undergraduate/Graduate Testing: No SAT/ACT Requirement Admissions: 19% Accepted out of approx 5500 who apply Students of Color: 29.9% Freshman Retention Rate: 86.1% Freshman Graduating After 4 Years: 40.8% Travel Cost/Time/Airport: Low,Moderate Boston Logan (Major Hub) […]
Consider Interlochen, one of the world’s top arts camps, as a stepping stone into both conservatory-college and a career in your art.
Being seen and heard is everything in music. You need an audience to perform. One of the interesting showcase opportunities is the Made in New York Jazz Competition. Open to everyone around the world, any age, solo instrumental or vocal, you produce a video and they put it out to a global audience to gauge […]
If you got into an All-State band, orchestra, or choir for your senior year, congrats! It’s a big deal, and it can help you anywhere you apply, music major or no. The problem for students in some states is that the state music educator’s association notifies you that you got in AFTER the state colleges’ early […]
An interesting article that we found on a music college blog from a company that sells its consulting services to parents/students. We will be checking into the schools. Several of them are religious, which may fit or not fit every student. Boston University meets all of their criterion save that it can be fickle about continuing funding […]
Part of the power of a college is its alumni network. Once you’re done with school, how well can you leverage your alumni network to find career paths? Most of these networks power up around their graduate schools, but some of the top schools that are undergrad only make the list. The ratings are a hodgepodge […]
If you have a 3.5 grade point average (HPA) or lower, your options, particularly in Florida, can be very limited. Community colleges are not a good option, frequently, because their credits transfer poorly for the amount of work that is being done to earn them. You generally are looking for a “home,” at least for a […]
DownBeat Magazine lists the top schools in the country and has other sage advice: Read more here.
Type: University Size: Medium (9234; Undergrad:7,144; Grad: 2082); Style: Academic Rebuilder/Jazz School Affiliations: Honors College: No, but a program. Student Body: Undergraduate; Graduate Testing: SAT: 1060/ACT: 23 Admissions: 50.4% Students of Color: 44% Freshman Retention Rate: 85.0% Freshman Graduating After 4 Years: 13% Attend a Graduate School within 10 Years: Travel Cost/Time/Airport: Low/3-5 hrs./ Louis Armstrong Intl. (MSY) Location: New Orleans, LA […]