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Hi everyone,

Can you guys recommend some more schools for me to apply to? So far my list includes Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UC Berkeley, and UCLA. http://pr.damnsw.net/display.php?user=jade86

I plan on majoring in music, but I want to go to a university with a good music department, rather than a conservatory. I'd like to stay in either California or the Massachusetts area.

Thanks!

By Collegeguy (Collegeguy) on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 09:25 pm: Edit

Of the schools you mentioned, all of them have TERRIBLE music departments (especially Stanford) with the exception of UCLA. Consider, Oberlin, Northwestern, JHU, and ESPECIALLY UPENN (I think they have Curtis, which is the most difficult to get into)

By Jadephoenix1378 (Jadephoenix1378) on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 09:38 pm: Edit

Hi! Thanks--for Stanford, I was actually considering computer music, but I've been told by several of my teachers that Harvard and Yale have excellent music departments, at least for musical composition-which is what I plan on concentrating in. Thanks for the advice-I will take it into account.

By Serene (Serene) on Thursday, June 05, 2003 - 10:50 pm: Edit

USC's music dep. is pretty good I heard... hmm... I'm not sure if it's strong in music composition area though.

By Reidmc (Reidmc) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 01:25 am: Edit

Composition faculty at Harvard has good background in electronic music.

MIT has an interesting composition faculty, and great things on the computer side.

Steven Hartke and Donald Crockett are at USC and are established composers. No idea how good they are at teaching though. USC would have some good instrumentalists around to perform student work.

By Carolyn (Carolyn) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 11:57 am: Edit

University of the Pacific in Calif. has a good music department. Obviously, a safety for you so you'd probably get merit money. Another possibility might be California Institute of the Arts --- should offer the electronic music focus you're looking for.

I second the person who said to take Oberlin and possibly Lawrence University into consideration.

By Dream5 (Dream5) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 02:08 pm: Edit

LOL

Yale and Harvard have amazing music departments??
Are you nuts???

Yale school of music is good...but not as good as they used to be.

Harvard's music program doesn't even rank among top 100. Not to mention, you probably won't get in without having legacies or AA.

MIT for music?? Just go to Cal-Tech to study English Literature.

By Stillwaters (Stillwaters) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 04:16 pm: Edit

Dream, where did you get those rankings?

Yale's school of music is excellent. It is, quite obviously, not the absolute best, but there are many opportunities for those who choose to major in music at Yale.

I can't say the same for Harvard. I agree with you there.

Jade- check out Columbia. They have a joint degree program with Juilliard that allows you to get a bachelors' degree from Columbia in music and a masters from Juilliard in five years total. Plus, you'll get the Columbia core.

...norah

By Ariesathena (Ariesathena) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 06:37 pm: Edit

Tufts has a joint programme with the New England Conservatory, which is a five year, dual degree programme. A lot of people are in it and love it.

By Localmooer (Localmooer) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 08:20 pm: Edit

UPenn doesn't include Curtis.

UPenn is to Curtis as Columbia is to Julliard. (I think the deal is if you go to Curtis you can take classes at UPenn)

By Reidmc (Reidmc) on Friday, June 06, 2003 - 09:58 pm: Edit

If a music student was an instrumentalist or vocalist looking nationally, Harvard and MIT would not be good choices. But since the poster would like to stay in Massachusetts and is interested in computer music and composition, MIT (the Media Lab is there, as is composer John Harbison)and Harvard (composition faculty is solid in electronic music) are options. And Boston is a great music town.

Tufts plus New England Conservatory co-program would be worth checking out, too, though I do not know exactly how it works.

By Jadephoenix1378 (Jadephoenix1378) on Sunday, June 08, 2003 - 11:56 pm: Edit

Thanks for the advice everyone! I will continue doing research on the schools you guys have suggested. Thanks again.