Comments on: How To Choose a Music School http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2009/03/24/how-to-choose-a-music-school/ Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:09:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 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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