Comments on: How To Choose a Music School http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2009/03/24/how-to-choose-a-music-school/ Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:34:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Viola da Voce http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2009/03/24/how-to-choose-a-music-school/comment-page-1/#comment-11482 Viola da Voce Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:17:44 +0000 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=510#comment-11482 Kristen, since you are going for a B.M., I'm assuming that you are a pre-college-level musician. I would recommend talking to your current private lesson voice instructor and asking him for recommendations as to where you should apply for school. If you don't have a private instructor right now, another good resource can be a high school choir instructor, or band director . If you attend church, you might also try asking the church choir director. Once you have figured out where you might like to go to school, you can contact the teacher at the college with whom you are thinking of studying to see if he would be willing to give you a sample lesson. Kristen, since you are going for a B.M., I’m assuming that you are a pre-college-level musician. I would recommend talking to your current private lesson voice instructor and asking him for recommendations as to where you should apply for school. If you don’t have a private instructor right now, another good resource can be a high school choir instructor, or band director . If you attend church, you might also try asking the church choir director. Once you have figured out where you might like to go to school, you can contact the teacher at the college with whom you are thinking of studying to see if he would be willing to give you a sample lesson.

]]> By: Kristen http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2009/03/24/how-to-choose-a-music-school/comment-page-1/#comment-11475 Kristen Mon, 22 Aug 2011 22:16:37 +0000 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=510#comment-11475 How can you base your decision on the private lesson professor when you have not seen them in a private lesson and don't know how they teach? I am going for a B.M. in Voice and i'm doing college research right now, but i do not know any voice professors; i don't know who is "good" and who is "bad". How can you base your decision on the private lesson professor when you have not seen them in a private lesson and don’t know how they teach?
I am going for a B.M. in Voice and i’m doing college research right now, but i do not know any voice professors; i don’t know who is “good” and who is “bad”.

]]> By: Dan Comerchero http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2009/03/24/how-to-choose-a-music-school/comment-page-1/#comment-1930 Dan Comerchero Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:55:05 +0000 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=510#comment-1930 check out www.mcnallysmith.edu it's a newer music school, but has a great program. check out http://www.mcnallysmith.edu

it’s a newer music school, but has a great program.

]]> By: Linkage: March 28, 2009 – The Classical Guitar Blog http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2009/03/24/how-to-choose-a-music-school/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Linkage: March 28, 2009 – The Classical Guitar Blog Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:01:22 +0000 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=510#comment-381 [...] post went up this week at Contrapuntist about How to Choose a Music School with some very practical advice. A lot of the article is about things that not many people factor [...] [...] post went up this week at Contrapuntist about How to Choose a Music School with some very practical advice. A lot of the article is about things that not many people factor [...]

]]> By: Christopher http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2009/03/24/how-to-choose-a-music-school/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Christopher Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:22:17 +0000 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=510#comment-367 Good stuff. I choose my schools based largely on the same criteria. For undergrad work, I was unsure what I wanted to do. So when I decided it was guitar, I went to the place that gave me the most $$ and had a decent music program: Drake university. To choose a grad school, I only applied at places that had teachers I wanted to study with. From there I chose based on financial aid. A grad assistantship was too good of an opportunity to pass up. I wish I would had started with classical guitar earlier, and gone to a conservatory. Unless you have a lot of freedom in class choices, university/college programs force students to take a load of classes they don't give a crap about. I regularly skipped most of my general education requirements and never got less than a B. It's really sort of a joke. I can't complain, though; I used the skipped class time to practice. I think for doctoral work, it matters less who the teacher is--supposedly you don't need lessons by that point. Good stuff. I choose my schools based largely on the same criteria. For undergrad work, I was unsure what I wanted to do. So when I decided it was guitar, I went to the place that gave me the most $$ and had a decent music program: Drake university. To choose a grad school, I only applied at places that had teachers I wanted to study with. From there I chose based on financial aid. A grad assistantship was too good of an opportunity to pass up.

I wish I would had started with classical guitar earlier, and gone to a conservatory. Unless you have a lot of freedom in class choices, university/college programs force students to take a load of classes they don’t give a crap about. I regularly skipped most of my general education requirements and never got less than a B. It’s really sort of a joke. I can’t complain, though; I used the skipped class time to practice.

I think for doctoral work, it matters less who the teacher is–supposedly you don’t need lessons by that point.

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