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A 2018 Guide to September Music Schools 2018 Editor’s Note music Schools In putting together the fifth annual Guide to Music Schools, two trends emerge from the For those schools in the listings, you’ll find detailed information on degrees offered, available areas of study, numbers of students and teachers, career and post-graduate assistance, and links to social media and financial information. We also asked 50-plus entries. each institution to describe its most “distinguishing characteristics.” We relied on the schools to tell their own stories. The first: Schools are now offering more and deeper areas of concentration. Never mind Academy of Vocal Arts...... 2 New World Symphony, America’s Orchestral Academy...... 24 simply mastering a musical instrument or a skill set such as conducting—students can Arizona State University School of Music...... 3 Oberlin Conservatory of Music...... 25 now develop expertise in Performing Arts Health (University of North Texas) or Lied Bard College Conservatory of Music...... 4 The Ohio State University School of Music...... 25 Interpretation for Pianists (Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin) or earn a masters degree Bienen School of Music...... 5 Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy...... 26 Boston Conservatory at Berklee...... 6 Peabody Conservatory...... 27 in Contemporary Chamber Music (Oberlin Conservatory). What used to be simply “Arts Administration” has now Boston University School of Music...... 7 Pepperdine University...... 27 drilled down to Arts Presenting and Live Entertainment Management (Frost School of Music); “Composition” Sarah And Ernest Butler School of Music...... 7 Purchase College Conservatory of Music...... 28 these days might mean Screen Scoring (USC Thornton School of Music) or Performance Studies and Composition/ Carnegie Mellon School of Music...... 8 Royal College of Music...... 29 Musicology/Theory (University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory). Cleveland Institute of Music...... 8 San Francisco Conservatory of Music...... 29 Colburn School...... 9 Shanghai Orchestra Academy (SOA)...... 30 The second trend is the injection of real-world relevance in the performing arts. As the New England Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College...... 10 Shenandoah Conservatory...... 31 Conservatory points out, “Today, performance excellence is the starting point. Musicians must be more than The Crane School of Music...... 10 The Shepherd School of Music...... 31 virtuosi; they must be their own businesses.” In addition to training budding entrepreneurs, schools now put Curtis Institute of Music...... 11 UC Berkeley Department of Music...... 32 major emphases on career development and placement. Many have full-blown departments devoted to that end, Depauw University...... 11 UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music...... 32 such as Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University or Eastman School of Music...... 12 University of Cincinnati College— the entrepreneurship grants and start-up funding for musical projects the Curtis Institute provides. Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin...... 13 conservatory of Music (CCM)...... 33 Florida State University College of Music...... 13 University of Colorado Boulder...... 34 What the two trends mean, I believe, is that schools are fully cognizant of the need to equip students to put their Frost School of Music...... 14 University of Illinois School of Music...... 34 years of training to work, but they have by no means shortened the other end of the stick, increasing the areas in The Glenn Gould School University of Massachusetts Amherst which to develop expertise in the performing arts. Sounds like a winning combination. of The Royal Conservatory of Music...... 15 department of Music & Dance...... 35 Guildhall School of Music & Drama...... 15 University of Michigan Regards, The Hartt School...... 16 school of Music, Theater & Dance...... 35 Susan Elliott IU Jacobs School of Music...... 17 University of North Carolina School of the Arts...... 36 Editor, News and Special Reports The Juilliard School...... 18 University of North Texas, College of Music...... 37 Longy School of Music...... 19 USC Thornton School of Music...... 38 Lynn University Conservatory of Music...... 20 University of Wisconsin— Manhattan School of Music...... 21 Madison Mead Witter School of Music...... 39 Mason Gross School of The Arts...... 22 Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts...... 40 New England Conservatory...... 23 Westminster Choir College...... 41 The New School, School of Jazz and Contemporary Music.....23 Yale School of Music...... 42

COVER PHOTO CREDIT: At a San Francisco Conservatory of Music orchestra rehearsal, postgraduate students on the Concertmaster Track [Ani Bukujian and Alexandros Petrin] are coached by SFCM Conducting Chair Eric Dudley (right). PHOTO: Matthew Washburn

A 2018 guide to Music schools musicalamerica.com • September 2018 ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE The Academy of the Vocal Arts is the only nationally At this time, no degrees are granted, but Artist accredited conservatory in the United States Diplomas are awarded to those whom the AVA exclusively devoted to the training of young opera believes are ready for operatic and concert careers, singers tuition-free. Artists from throughout the and have completed the minimum required classes. States and all over the world audition to study and AVA is an accredited, non-degree-granting member perform in AVA’s four-year program. of the National Association of Schools of Music. Course work completed at AVA does not compile LOCATION 1920 Spruce Street credit hours, and is not transferable to other Philadelphia, PA 19103 institutions. UNITED STATES www.avaopera.org KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) 27 music students A 2018 Guide to ADMISSIONS 215-735-1685 Music Faculty: 20 full time, 3 adjunct [email protected] AREAS OF STUDY Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Vocal Arts/Opera FINANCIAL INFORMATION DEGREE PROGRAMS Music Schools Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships No degrees offered. Resident Artists graduate with Artist Diploma. Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools musicalamerica.com • September 2018 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY school of music

Our mission is to inspire and empower students to become creative leaders who transform society Arizona State through music. Our values: engaging students FINANCIAL INFORMATION with a broad range of musical thought, expression, Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships University and experiences; building upon rich traditional music.asu.edu | 480-965-5069 foundations; advancing innovative musical CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE practices; fostering creative enterprise; promoting Internships and Career Assistance all forms of creative contributions to the field of music; cultivating socially embedded practices. KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) To inspire and empower students to become creative 750 music students WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? Music Faculty: 74 full time, 60 adjunct leaders who transform society through music. Located in the culturally rich Southwest desert in one of the country’s most vibrant, expanding urban AREAS OF STUDY Arizona State University’s School of Music centers, the ASU School of Music affords its students Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) in the Herberger Institute for Design and the not only access to this diverse environment but also • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Arts is home to an internationally recognized faculty, engagement in Phoenix’s diverse, flourishing arts Contemporary Media • Music Education • Music outstanding facilities and innovative curricula including community. Technology (including Production) • Musicology programs in music performance, music education, • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & music therapy and music composition. ASU’s School LOCATION 50 East Gammage Parkway Percussion • Music Therapy • Music Theatre of Music is the perfect place for students to embrace Tempe, AZ 85287-0405 • Pedagogy • Piano, Collaborative • Interdisciplinary their musical passions and launch a successful career. UNITED STATES Digital Media + Performance music.asu.edu/ • More than 39 undergraduate, master’s and doctoral DEGREE PROGRAMS music degree programs, minors and certiﬁ cates. ADMISSIONS 480-965-5069 Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs • Performing opportunities in athletic and wind bands, [email protected] jazz ensembles and orchestras open to all students by ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS audition. Audition Requirements Audition Requirements (non-matriculating/prep) Streamed Concerts • Coaching with world-renowned faculty, guest artists and artists-in-residence. ONLINE COURSES • Performance opportunities on campus and throughout Online courses information the Phoenix metropolitan area. Social links • Teaching and clinical experiential learning opportunities for all music education and music therapy majors. • Community engagement and music enterprise courses designed to prepare students to launch successful music careers. Learn more: music.asu.edu

A 2018 guide to Music schools musicalamerica.com • September 2018 BARD COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Bard College

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE All Conservatory undergraduates pursue a five-year Our undergraduates tend to pursue graduate 2018/19 program leading to two degrees: the Bachelor of degrees from other major conservatories. Music degree and the Bachelor of Arts degree in a field other than music. KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) 150 music students Auditions LOCATION 30 Campus Road Music Faculty: 10 full time, 55 adjunct NOVEMBER 10, 2018 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504 JANUARY 19, 2019 UNITED STATES AREAS OF STUDY www.bard.edu/conservatory Brass • Composition (Performance) JANUARY 26, 2019 • Conducting • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera FEBRUARY 2, 2019 ADMISSIONS 845-752-2409 • Winds & Percussion Schedule an audition: [email protected] pepperdine.edu/music DEGREE PROGRAMS [email protected] Audition Requirements Over the course of five years, undergraduate Undergraduate and Advanced Performance Studies students work towards a Bachelor of Music degree 310.506.4111 Audition Requirements; in either performance or composition and a Graduate Vocal Arts Program Audition Requirements; Bachelor of Arts degree. Graduate Conducting Program Audition Graduate Vocal Arts Program; Requirements Graduate Conducting Program (Choral and Orchestral); FINANCIAL INFORMATION Advanced Performance Studies Program; Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Post Graduate Collaborative Piano Fellowship ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS DEGREE OPTIONS (non-matriculating/prep) Bachelor of Music Degrees The Bard Music Program in Music Education, Performance, Social links Composition, Music Theory, Music History, with an emphasis in Music Business Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Master of Music Degrees in Music Education and Performance

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A 2018 guide to Music schools musicalamerica.com • September 2018 BIENEN MUSIC SCHOOL OF MUSIC Northwestern University CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE MUSIC Northwestern University is committed to excellent The Bienen School of Music is dedicated to the next teaching, innovative research, and the personal generation of musicians, and that means helping and intellectual growth of its students in a diverse our students and alumni prepare for finding a job The Bienen School of Music offers academic community. in their chosen field. In addition to training with faculties who have achieved success in the music · A 152,000-square-foot state-of-the-art WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? industry, we also partner with Northwestern Career facility overlooking Lake Michigan With its proximity to the cultural hub of Chicago, Advancement Office to provide a wide array of · Conservatory-level training combined with conservatory-level musical training and engaging career planning services that can help students the academic flexibility of an elite research academic environment, the Bienen School of Music prepare for the next step in a musical career. institution provides students an educational atmosphere unlike any other. Undergraduates may pursue dual KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) · Traditional BM, BA, MM, PhD, and DMA degrees or double majors (music plus an outside 620 music students degrees as well as innovative dual-degree, field) or an ad hoc (self-designed) major. Music Faculty: 54 full time, 71 adjunct self-designed, and double-major programs LOCATION Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan AREAS OF STUDY · Close proximity to downtown Chicago’s Center for the Musical Arts Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting vibrant cultural landscape 70 Arts Circle Drive, Room 2-120 • Music Education • Musicology • Piano • Strings Evanston, IL 60208 • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Wind UNITED STATES Conducting • Choral Conducting • Music Cognition music.northwestern.edu/ • Musicology • Piano Pedagogy • Jazz Studies ADMISSIONS 847-491-3141 DEGREE PROGRAMS [email protected] Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Audition Requirements ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS Undergraduate / Graduate (non-matriculating/prep) Davee Media Library FINANCIAL INFORMATION Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Social links

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A 2018 guide to Music schools musicalamerica.com • September 2018 BOSTON CONSERVATORY AT BERKLEE FINANCIAL INFORMATION Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships The Conservatory’s progressive spirit is evident in CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE the variety of music-making opportunities and the The Berklee Career Center provides expert quality of our world-class faculty, which challenges guidance, cutting-edge resources, and professional you to define the kind of musician you want to development experiences to help our diverse body be. This approach, combined with our focused of students achieve their career goals. training, is critical to the development of both your technical skills and your artistic voice. You’ll have KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) the opportunity to work with musicians from a rich 434 music students diversity of cultures and across a range of styles, Music Faculty: 86 full time, 137 adjunct while being immersed in an ever-evolving learning environment orchestrated entirely with your future AREAS OF STUDY in mind. Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Music Education • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/ WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? Opera • Winds & Percussion • Vocal Pedagogy Boston Conservatory at Berklee is internationally • Collaborative Piano • Contemporary Classical recognized as an innovative leader among Performance conservatory programs focused on elevating every aspect of the performing arts. The institution is DEGREE PROGRAMS committed to making all forms of performing arts a Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs more visible and valued dimension of communities ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS here and abroad. (non-matriculating/prep) LOCATION 8 Fenway Summer Programs Boston, MA 02215 Social links UNITED STATES bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/ Shape your artistry. ADMISSIONS 617-912-9153 [email protected] Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Explore 55+ undergraduate and graduate program offerings at bostonconservatory.berklee.edu/music

A 2018 guide to Music schools musicalamerica.com • September 2018 BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC SARAH AND ERNEST BUTLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC The University of Texas at Austin

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Boston University is an international, Throughout the year, Boston University School Located in one of our nation’s most musical cities, Fine Arts Career Services, a division of the Office comprehensive, private research university, of Music offers a series of career development the Butler School of Music at The University of Texas of the Dean of the College of Fine Arts, helps committed to educating students to be reflective, workshops taught by alumni and professionals in at Austin offers comprehensive undergraduate and fine-arts majors explore career options, plan for resourceful individuals ready to live, adapt, and their field. graduate programs designed to prepare artists, careers, and develop strategies for seeking jobs lead in an interconnected world. Boston University thinkers, makers, and teachers ready and able to upon graduation. See more information about Fine is committed to generating new knowledge to KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) make profound contributions to the future of music. Arts Career Services. Career advising and planning benefit society. 500 music students services are also available from the university’s Music Faculty: 67 full time, 88 adjunct LOCATION 2406 Robert Dedman Drive Center for Strategic Advising & Career Counseling. LOCATION 855 Commonwealth Avenue Stop E3100 Boston, MA 02215 AREAS OF STUDY Austin, TX 78712-1555 KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) UNITED STATES Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting UNITED STATES 610 music students www.bu.edu/cfa • Early Music • Music Education • Musicology www.music.utexas.edu Music Faculty: 85 full time, 10 adjunct • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds ADMISSIONS 617-353-3341 & Percussion ADMISSIONS 512-471-7764 AREAS OF STUDY [email protected] [email protected] Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting DEGREE PROGRAMS • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Audition Requirements Undergraduate / Graduate Education • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings FINANCIAL INFORMATION ONLINE COURSES FINANCIAL INFORMATION • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Chamber Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Online courses information Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Music • Collaborative Piano • Ethnomusicology • Literature and Pedagogy • Music Theory Social links DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools musicalamerica.com • September 2018 CARNEGIE MELLON SCHOOL OF MUSIC CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF MUSIC

Carnegie Mellon University WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE CIM is an independent conservatory known CIM’s commitment as a modern conservatory WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE for superior orchestral, chamber music, ensures that every student’s education includes the The School of Music combines the strengths of Our distinguished alumni populate the ranks of composition, piano, and voice programs at both acquisition of high-level artistry coupled with the a conservatory with those of a global research the world’s most prestigious orchestras, opera the undergraduate and graduate levels. Its world- practical and essential skills necessary for a seamless university. Students are a part of a diverse fine arts companies, and faculties including the New York renowned faculty—many of whom are members of transition into a professional career. For much of community on campus and in the city of Pittsburgh. Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Cleveland Orchestra—are eminent performers its nearly 100-year history, CIM’s individual faculty Metropolitan Opera, Harvard University, Prague and pedagogues who cultivate life-long mentoring members have engaged in career-focused coaching LOCATION 5000 Forbes Avenue Philharmonia, Oberlin College & Conservatory, relationships with their students. of students and alumni. Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Boston Pops, BBC Orchestras, Lyric Opera of UNITED STATES Chicago, and many more. LOCATION 11021 East Boulevard The CIM Center for Innovative Musicianship (CIM²) music.cmu.edu Cleveland, OH 44106 cements these tremendous career resources KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) UNITED STATES by building a consistent framework upon the ADMISSIONS 412-268-4118 337 music students www.cim.edu educational core our students experience under [email protected] Music Faculty: 35 full time, 51 adjunct the expert guidance of our faculty and provides ADMISSIONS 216-795-3107 Audition Requirements Audition Requirements AREAS OF STUDY the important experiential learning and universal [email protected] FINANCIAL INFORMATION Brass • Composition (Performance) • Music pathways necessary for successful career Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Technology (including Production) • Piano Audition Requirements Audition Requirements development. • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) • Interdisciplinary degrees (BXA) FINANCIAL INFORMATION Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships 400 music students DEGREE PROGRAMS Music Faculty: 47 full time, 91 adjunct Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs AREAS OF STUDY Social links Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Audio Recording • Eurhythmics (minor only) • Additional minor and dual-degree programs offered in association with Case Western Reserve University DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools musicalamerica.com • September 2018 COLBURN SCHOOL

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE All receive full-tuition scholarships, room, and board. The Colburn School offers a range of resources The Colburn Orchestra emulates a professional to help students and alumni plan and build their orchestra experience with distinguished guest professional careers. Conservatory students all conductors and Music Director Yehuda Gilad. take two essential classes: the Teaching Musician, Students perform alongside faculty and guest which equips them with pedagogical skills; and Professional experiences, diverse opportunities for collaboration and dedicated artists as part of the Colburn Chamber Music the Working Musician, which guides students in instruction from renowned performers, composers and scholars await you at the Society. Career development and wellness programs managing their careers as musicians. University of Colorado Boulder College of Music. support all areas of student well-being. The Career Development Center offers individual Work with leaders in the field to develop your talents and refine your passions LOCATION 200 South Grand Avenue advising and planning to conservatory students, Los Angeles, CA, 90012 enabling them to tailor their experience to their own as you experience The College of Music Advantage. UNITED STATES needs and goals. Career development staff work Apply online at www.colburnschool.edu/ with students one-on-one and find opportunities colorado.edu/music for them to further explore their interests. ADMISSIONS 213-621-4534 [email protected] The Colburn Community Fellowship Program teaches students outreach skills, including creating Audition Requirements programs to engage new audiences and become Undergraduate and Graduate arts leaders. FINANCIAL INFORMATION KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships 120 music students Music Faculty: 15 full time, 32 adjunct 120 scholarships awarded AREAS OF STUDY Brass • Piano • Strings • Winds & Percussion DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep) Community School Dance Lila Downs performs with University of Colorado Boulder student Julieta García Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools musicalamerica.com • September 2018 AARON COPLAND SCHOOL OF MUSIC THE CRANE SCHOOL OF MUSIC CUNY Queens College SUNY Potsdam

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Queens College is a liberal arts college, boasting 450 music students Crane is an undergraduate-focused music school Students in each major work closely with faculty and excellent programs in many areas, and the School Music Faculty: 25 full time, 59 adjunct with attentive full-time faculty. We are part of staff at Crane and SUNY Potsdam’s Career Services of Music is the jewel in the crown. Students at 20 scholarships awarded SUNY Potsdam, an arts-centric school where about Office in formulating their post-graduation plans. the Copland School of Music get a world-class 1,000 students (of 4,000 total) major in the arts. At Crane alumni includes thousands of educators, education at the center of the cultural universe for AREAS OF STUDY Crane, students can choose from a wide variety of performers, composers, researchers, music industry an impressively affordable tuition. Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting programs and majors. leaders, and musicians of renown—a network of • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music graduates who can be found throughout North LOCATION Room 203 Education • Music Technology (including LOCATION 44 Pierrepont Avenue America and around the world. Queens College, CUNY Production) • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings Potsdam, NY 13676 65-30 Kissena Boulevard • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion UNITED STATES KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) Queens, NY 11367-1597 www.potsdam.edu/crane 550 music students UNITED STATES DEGREE PROGRAMS Music Faculty: 75 full time, 18 adjunct qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/music/ Undergraduate programs: ADMISSIONS 315-267-2775 Bachelor of Arts, Music Education; Bachelor of [email protected] AREAS OF STUDY ADMISSIONS 718-997-3802; 817-997-3793 Arts, General Music; Bachelor of Music, Music Brass • Composition (Performance) • Music [email protected] Performance Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Education • Music Technology (including Graduate programs: Production) • Musicology • Piano • Strings • Vocal Audition Requirements FINANCIAL INFORMATION Post-Baccalaureate Certification (Initial Certification) Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Music Business Auditions are offered February and March of each Music Education; Advanced Certificate (Pre- • Music Theory year. Graduate), Music Performance; Master of Music, Classical Performance; Master of Arts, Musicology; DEGREE PROGRAMS FINANCIAL INFORMATION Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Master of Arts. Composition; Master of Arts, Music Theory; Master of Science, Music Education; Master ONLINE COURSES CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE of Music, Jazz Performance; Master of Music, Online courses information ACSM has an excellent career placement record for Jazz Composition; Advanced Diploma, Music music education graduates (99 percent placement Performance (Post-Masters); Advanced Diploma, Social links rate). We also offer Business of Music and Music Chamber Music (Post-Masters) Career Development courses to provide critical industry knowledge to our students. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep) Bach to School ONLINE COURSES Online courses information Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 10 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 CURTIS INSTITUTE OF MUSIC DEPAUW UNIVERSITY

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? Alumni resources include access to the Careers in WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Curtis’s celebrated faculty includes a high Music Speaker Series at Curtis, which showcases The 21st-Century Musician Initiative • One of the The Hubbard Center for Student Engagement assists proportion of actively performing musicians whose successful artists, industry experts, and ensembles first schools of music, est. 1884 • Conservatory-style all students in post-graduate employment or study. experience provides students with a direct link to who share their advice and perspective; training paired with liberal arts • Flexible degree Experiential learning that could include internships, life as a professional musician today. With a student entrepreneurship grants to provide start-up programs • Green Guest Artists Series international study, and additional performance body of about 175 and 100 faculty members, all funding for musical projects; an online directory • Undergraduate only opportunities is required. students receive highly personalized attention. encouraging alumni to make connections as they travel and perform; and an alumni email address to LOCATION 605 South College Avenue KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) LOCATION 1726 Locust Street maintain a visible presence with Curtis. Greencastle, IN 46135 138 music students Philadelphia, PA 19103 UNITED STATES Music Faculty: 20 full time, 29 adjunct UNITED STATES KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) music.depauw.edu www.curtis.edu 175 music students AREAS OF STUDY Music Faculty: 3 full time, 111 adjunct ADMISSIONS 765-658-4118 Brass • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media ADMISSIONS 215-717-3117 [email protected] • Music Education • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera [email protected] AREAS OF STUDY • Winds & Percussion Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Audition Requirements • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera DEGREE PROGRAMS FINANCIAL INFORMATION Undergraduate Programs FINANCIAL INFORMATION • Winds & Percussion Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships DEGREE PROGRAMS ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs (non-matriculating/prep) CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE The 21st-Century Musician Initiative Curtis offers several professional bridge programs Master of Music in Opera designed for young artists beginning their Post-Baccalaureate Diploma Social links professional careers. These include fellowship Professional Studies Certificate in Opera programs for conductors and string quartets that ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS offer numerous performance opportunities and (non-matriculating/prep) mentorship from Curtis faculty and guest artists. The Conducting Fellowship post-graduate Community Artist Fellowship program String Quartet in Residence brings art access and education to underserved Community Artist Fellowship program communities through a year of paid service. ONLINE COURSES Online courses information Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 11 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 EASTMAN SCHOOL

OF MUSIC EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC University of Rochester

The Eastman School of Music strives: Audition Requirements Audition Requirements • To create a musical community that is rich with cultural, social, and intellectual diversity FINANCIAL INFORMATION • To give the student an intensive professional Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships education in his or her musical discipline CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE • To prepare each student with a solid foundation Career assistance in music and an expansive education in the liberal arts KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) • To develop an informed and inquiring mind 900 music students that enables each graduate to engage the Music Faculty: 135 full time, 50 adjunct fundamental issues of his or her art and to AREAS OF STUDY become an effective cultural leader in society Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) • And, through its community and continuing • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & FEATURED PROGRAMS education programs, to offer the highest quality Contemporary Media • Music Education music instruction and performance opportunities • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/ for students of all ages Opera • Winds & Percussion MA in Music Leadership WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? DEGREE PROGRAMS builds a foundation of business, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills for a rewarding and impactful Eastman is dedicated to the highest levels of artistry Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs career in music leadership. Designed for individuals who are musicians at their core, this 14-month and scholarship and to the broad education of program combines intense classroom study with unparalleled hand-on experiences through internships young musicians within the context of a university. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS Our students enjoy a challenging but nurturing (non-matriculating/prep) and mentorships with traditional and non-traditional musical arts organizations. environment that focuses on artistic excellence Master of Arts in Music Leadership while encouraging the pursuit of individual paths and interests. ONLINE COURSES MM in Contemporary Media & Film Composition Online courses information focuses on creating the music for today, tomorrow and beyond. The program trains composers at the LOCATION 26 Gibbs Street highest level to create music for media: digitally, acoustically, and combined in an immersive deadline Rochester, NY 14604 Social links driven environment that parallels today’s musical landscape. Faculty includes six-time Emmy Award UNITED STATES www.esm.rochester.edu winning composer-conductor, Mark Watters. ADMISSIONS 800-388-9695 [email protected] For application information visit esm.rochester.edu/admissions

A 2018 guide to Music schools 12 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 HANNS EISLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC BERLIN FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? FINANCIAL INFORMATION Florida State University Musical excellence is our duty. Exceptional Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE musical personalities are the foundation of our FSU is home to one of the largest and most Career preparation is an ongoing process at the educational quality and musical practice. We CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE diverse music programs in the country offering 25 College of Music. Faculty mentors take an active promote talent in its holistic development—from Artist representation services degree programs at the undergraduate level alone. role in placing and connecting their students to the attainment of finest technical precision to KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) Our students participate in nearly 50 ensembles career opportunities, and a Career Liaison from being ready for the stage. 500 music students and perform in more than 500 concerts each the FSU Career Center works directly with students LOCATION Hochschule für Musik Hanns Music Faculty: 104 full time, 219 adjunct year. Our graduates are highly successful beyond in the College of Music. The Allen Music Library Eisler Berlin AREAS OF STUDY the classroom. regularly sponsors workshops on résumé writing, Charlottenstrasse 55 and career development is a major focus of Music Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting LOCATION 122 North Copeland Street D-10117 Berlin Entrepreneurship classes. Additionally, “Applying to • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Tallahassee, FL 32306 GERMANY Graduate School” workshops are offered each fall. Percussion • Music Theatre Direction • Chamber UNITED STATES www.hfm-berlin.de/en Music • Competition • Lied Interpretation KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) ADMISSIONS 850-644-6102 ADMISSIONS +49 (0)30 688305-830 for Pianists • Historical and Contemporary 1000 music students [email protected] [email protected] Compositional Technique • Electroacoustic Music Music Faculty: 94 full time, 5 adjunct Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Audition Requirements DEGREE PROGRAMS AREAS OF STUDY Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs FINANCIAL INFORMATION Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music (non-matriculating/prep) Education • Music Technology (including Competitions Production) • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Arts Social links Administration • Commercial Music • Choral Conducting • Wind Conducting • Historical Musicology • Ethnomusicology • Music Therapy • Opera Production • Piano Pedagogy • Piano Technology • Sacred Music DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 13 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC University of Miami WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? FINANCIAL INFORMATION Your best is The Frost School of Music is a dynamic place where Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships exceptional students and faculty come together to transform the world of music. Brilliant performance, CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE where we begin. creativity, and scholarship are at our core. Frost School of Music dean, faculty, and professional staff provide music career advisement to students LOCATION 1314 Miller Drive during all years of study. The majority of students DEGREES Coral Gables, FL 33146 also enroll in music business courses. The University Bachelor of Music UNITED STATES of Miami’s Toppel Career Center is also available for Master of Music www.frost.miami.edu consultation. Artist Certificate in chamber music ADMISSIONS 305-284-6168 KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) Professional Studies Diploma [email protected] 700 music students Music Faculty: 80 full time, 40 adjunct Audition Requirements Audition Requirements 800.899.SFCM • sfcm.edu

FROST SCHOOL OF MUSIC (cont‘d) Shenandoah Conservatory University of Miami

AREAS OF STUDY DEGREE PROGRAMS Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Engage Your Passion! • Conducting • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Music Technology (including ONLINE COURSES • Undergraduate, Master’s, Doctoral & Online courses information Artist Diploma Degrees Production) • Musicology • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Music Engineering Social links • Internationally celebrated faculty Technology • Music Business and Entertainment • Superior professional training Industries • Arts Presenting and Live Entertainment • Masterclasses & residencies with acclaimed Management • Music Therapy • Musicology guest artists • Global performance opportunities • Visit our website for a full listing of degrees and audition dates su.edu • Winchester, Virginia

A 2018 guide to Music schools 14 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 THE GLENN GOULD SCHOOL GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC & DRAMA

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? As a graduate, you automatically become part of Committed to mentoring, The Royal Conservatory’s The Glenn Gould School—The Rebanks Family Guildhall School is one of the world’s leading the Guildhall Alumni community. The Development Glenn Gould School keeps classes small and Fellowship and International Performance conservatoires, highly regarded in the profession & Alumni Relations Office promotes networking, encourages supportive relationships with teachers. Residency Program (one-year, post-graduate) for intensive, dedicated training taught by social opportunities, and additional benefits Additionally, it offers ample private lesson time, The Rebanks Family Fellowship and International renowned international teaching staff and through including a Guildhall Alumni LinkedIn group and plentiful performance opportunities, and extensive Performance Residency Program at The Royal partnerships with the Barbican, London Symphony Facebook page. You will also be eligible to apply master classes. All classes and events take place in Conservatory’s Glenn Gould School offers a rich Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Royal to the Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs scheme, unparalleled facilities, including the internationally curriculum for career development. The Program Opera House, and the Academy of Ancient Music. a 12-month program that supports aspiring acclaimed Koerner Hall. has been designed to be the catalyst for launching entrepreneurs from across the creative industries to successful professional careers of extraordinary LOCATION Silk Street, Barbican set up their own businesses/social enterprises and LOCATION 273 Bloor Street West Canadian emerging artists who have completed London EC2Y 8DT develop necessary skills. Toronto, ON M5S 1W2 their formal training. It will include private study UNITED KINGDOM CANADA with exceptional faculty and guest artists, concert www.gsmd.ac.uk KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) ggs.rcmusic.ca 750 music students presentations, and career coaching, along with ADMISSIONS +44 (0)20 7382 7144 marketing training and support. Additionally, Music Faculty: 174 full time, 535 adjunct ADMISSIONS 416-408-2824 x322 [email protected] 429 scholarships awarded [email protected] each Rebanks Fellow will participate in a funded residency. Audition Requirements Audition Requirements AREAS OF STUDY Audition Requirements Audition Requirements KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) FINANCIAL INFORMATION Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting FINANCIAL INFORMATION 130 music students Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Music Faculty: 43 full time, 32 adjunct Education • Music Technology (including CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Production) • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera AREAS OF STUDY Training at Guildhall School aims to equip you for • Winds & Percussion • Electronic Music Brass • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera the career of your choice. It combines academic rigor • Winds & Percussion and artistic skill with a strong professional focus. DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs DEGREE PROGRAMS All of our programs are closely engaged with Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs the professions, through talks and workshops ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS from visiting industry figures, work placements, (non-matriculating/prep) ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS mentoring, master classes, and performance Guildhall Creative Entrepreneurs (non-matriculating/prep) collaborations. Many of our teaching staff continue National Open Youth Orchestra The Royal Conservatory School to work on- or off-stage in the industry, and are Centre for Young Musicians Certificate Program well placed to provide insight, advice, and contacts. Social links ONLINE COURSES Guildhall graduates go on to employment across Online courses information the globe: in the most recent survey, 96 percent of Guildhall students who left in 2015 were involved in Social links work or further study six months later.

A 2018 guide to Music schools 15 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 THE HARTT SCHOOL University of Hartford FINANCIAL INFORMATION Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships The Hartt School offers comprehensive degree CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE programs and pre-professional training in music, All degree programs at Hartt include career prepa- theater, and dance. Through diverse coursework ration coursework; undergraduate performance and a close mentoring relationship with faculty, majors can choose a minor in arts management. The students become versatile and collaborative University of Hartford’s career services office has a performing artists, educators, technologists, career counselor dedicated to the arts and resources managers, composers, and scholars. Hartt students to assist Hartt students. The career services office engage with their professions through master remains a free resource to alumni. classes, guest artists, professional partnerships in training, internships, and opportunities to perform KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) around the world and alongside our esteemed 400 music students faculty. With more than 400 performances each Music Faculty: 47 full time, 80 adjunct year, Hartt is the largest and most diverse producer of the performing arts in Connecticut. AREAS OF STUDY Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? • Conducting • Jazz Studies • Music Education The Hartt School is a truly collaborative • Music Technology (including Production) • Piano environment where faculty embrace that success • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion takes on endless forms. They get to know each • Music Management • Acoustical Engineering student and guide them toward the future meant and Music • Performing Arts Management • Music just for them. Hartt students engage with the Production and Technology • Choral Conducting professional world in meaningful ways to enhance • Instrumental Conducting • Music Theater • Actor their education and professional network. Training • Ballet Pedagogy • Dance Performance LOCATION 200 Bloomfield Avenue DEGREE PROGRAMS West Hartford, CT 06117 Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs UNITED STATES www.hartford.edu/hartt/ ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep) ADMISSIONS 860-768-4465 The Hartt School Community Division [email protected] Social links Audition Requirements Audition Requirements

A 2018 guide to Music schools 16 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 IU JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC Indiana University CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE As one of the most comprehensive and acclaimed Career / Post-graduate assistance institutions for the study of music, the IU Jacobs School of Music plays a key role in educating We educate, inspire, and support Jacobs School performers, scholars, and music educators who of Music students as they prepare for innovative, influence music performance and education around creative, and successful lives in the arts. Offerings the globe. include expert guidance, education programs, extensive resources, and project mentoring, as WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? well as a wide variety of events. In collaboration The more than 1,600 students who study at the with the graduate and undergraduate offices, the Jacobs School of Music benefit from the intensity Office of Entrepreneurship and Career Development and focus of a conservatory combined with the (OECD) provides one-on-one career advising, broad academic offerings of a major university. The multiple online tools, an alumni mentorship breadth and number of performance opportunities program, departmental career days, mentorship are unparalleled in college music study. to student organizations and projects, and digital publications. An undergraduate Certificate in Music LOCATION 1201 East Third Street Entrepreneurship (15 credits) is offered by the OECD Bloomington, IN 47405 in partnership with the Kelley School of Business. UNITED STATES music.indiana.edu/ KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) 1600 music students ADMISSIONS 812-855-7998 Music Faculty: 180 full time, 30 adjunct [email protected] AREAS OF STUDY APPLICATION DEADLINES Audition Requirements Audition Requirements MORE THAN MORE THAN Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting Undergraduate: Nov. 1 | Graduate: Dec. 1 • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media 180 FINANCIAL INFORMATION 1,100 WORLD-CLASS 14,000 2019 AUDITION DATES • Music Education • Music Technology (including Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships PERFORMANCES FULL-TIME TALENTED Jan. 11 & 12 | Feb. 1 & 2 | Mar. 1 & 2 Production) • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings EACH YEAR FACULTY ALUMNI • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Audio music.indiana.edu Engineering and Sound Production • Ballet • Chamber and Collaborative Music • Choral Conducting • Music Entrepreneurship DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 17 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL Columbia & Barnard Colleges technology, and business. Critical required coursework for entering students, extensive co- The mission of The Juilliard School is to provide curricular programming, professional networking the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted and consultations, and post-graduate grant musicians, dancers, and actors from around the Transforming passion into artistry resources are provided through the Center, as well world, so that they may achieve their fullest as advanced elective coursework that is continually potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens. Undergraduate and graduate degrees and diplomas revised and updated to match the ever-changing World-renowned faculty and guest artists WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? landscape. The office provides the essential services Performance opportunities in New York City and abroad Since 1905 Juilliard has educated the world’s needed to assist students in developing long-term foremost musicians, then dancers and actors; its career plans. These include: career guidance; self- APPLY BY DECEMBER 1 Lincoln Center campus is a launching ground assessment tools; résumé, curriculum vitae, and juilliard.edu for artistic achievement and its faculty world- website development; career workshops; marketing; renowned. graphic image design; project development; fundraising; and internship and performance LOCATION 60 Lincoln Center Plaza opportunities. New York, NY 10023 UNITED STATES KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) www.juilliard.edu 647 music students Music Faculty: 132 full time, 173 adjunct ADMISSIONS 212-799-5000 x223 400 scholarships awarded [email protected] AREAS OF STUDY Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting FINANCIAL INFORMATION • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Dance • Acting • Playwrighting CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE The Alan D. Marks Center for Career Services DEGREE PROGRAMS and Entrepreneurship at Juilliard provides a Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs comprehensive integration of career services ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS programs and entrepreneurial strategies into the (non-matriculating/prep) ecosystem of the Juilliard community, preparing Cross-Registration Programs with Columbia graduates across all disciplines to be confident University and Barnard College; professionals at the intersection of creativity, Preparatory education for ages 8 to 18 Social links PHOTO: MICHAEL DIVITO

A 2018 guide to Music schools 18 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC Bard College MAKE CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Longy School of Music of Bard College’s mission During their time at Longy, students frequently is to prepare musicians to make a difference in perform alongside professional groups such as: YOUR their world. This social imperative is at the core of Boston Camerata, Boston Opera Collaborative, our curriculum, encouraging students to become Emmanuel Music, and Radius Ensemble—all the musicians the world needs them to be. The renowned organizations through which our MUSIC School is internationally recognized for its efforts students can create valuable connections. to meet a changing musical landscape head-on, In addition to performing alongside our MATTER giving its graduates the opportunities to perform professional partners, Longy students can further professionally, teach in a variety of settings, and develop their skills through Teaching Assistantships expand access within classical music. or Graduate Fellowships, which reduce tuition by Longy is unlike any WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? up to $10,000 per year. other conservatory in Longy’s innovative curriculum compels students the world. Pursue a There are also numerous employment to explore their artistry, take risks, hone their meaningful life opportunities on campus that provide additional technique, and become global citizen-artists. in music through our income and professional development. Breaking down the traditional conservatory undergraduate and constraints, Longy prepares students to lead graduate programs, KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) which will prepare you meaningful lives in music through project-based 300 music students for your career. learning courses and performances alongside Music Faculty: 0 full time, 127 adjunct professional partners. 251 scholarships awarded Discover your path to LOCATION 27 Garden Street AREAS OF STUDY make a life in music and make your music matter. Cambridge, MA 02138 Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting UNITED STATES • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media longy.edu/ • Music Education • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Guitar • Chamber To learn more and apply, visit: ADMISSIONS 617-876-0956 Longy.edu/apply Music • Collaborative Piano • Dalcroze Eurhythmics [email protected] • Theory Audition Requirements DEGREE PROGRAMS A program of repertoire of the applicant’s choice Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs that is representative of their artistic profile. Please see Audition requirements by department. Social links FINANCIAL INFORMATION Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships

A 2018 guide to Music schools 19 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 LYNN UNIVERSITY

CONSERVATORY Dean Jon Robertson

OF MUSIC Artist faculty Lynn University CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Woodwinds Lynn’s comprehensive career preparation includes: Jeffrey Khaner, flute • One-on-one career counseling Joseph Robinson, oboe • Resume writing and coaching Jon Manasse, clarinet Eric Van der Veer Varner, bassoon The Lynn University Conservatory of Music provides • Tips on employment research Brass a high quality professional performance education • Personality and skill assessments for gifted young musicians. Lynn’s eminent faculty Marc Reese, trumpet • Informational and mock interviews Gregory Miller, French horn Lynn Philharmonia forms a community of caring individuals, nurturing • Professional networking Dan Satterwhite, trombone and mentoring our students with thorough • Entrepreneurial seminars Kenneth Amis, tuba attention to musicianship and artistry while Percussion providing the supplemental skills necessary to be Professional preparation When talent meets inspiration, Edward Atkatz successful professional musicians. • Experiential outreach professional engagements Piano • Orchestral mock auditions the results are extraordinary. Roberta Rust WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? • Teaching experience (Preparatory School of Instrumental Collaborative Piano Lisa Leonard Lynn offers world-class faculty and full-tuition Music) scholarships to all enrolled conservatory students. Lynn University’s Conservatory of Music offers Bachelor of Music, Strings Room and board scholarships also available. KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) Elmar Oliveira, violin Master of Music and Professional Performance Certificate programs. Carol Cole, violin 110 music students LOCATION 3601 North Military Trail Guillermo Figueroa, violin Music Faculty: 11 full time, 14 adjunct Ralph Fielding, viola Boca Raton, FL 33431 Talented students choose Lynn for: 110 scholarships awarded David Cole, cello UNITED STATES • Our distinguished faculty Timothy Cobb, double bass www.lynn.edu/music AREAS OF STUDY • Specialized chamber music program Harp Brass • Composition (Performance) • Strings Deborah Fleisher ADMISSIONS 561-237-7804 * • Winds & Percussion • Full-tuition scholarships for all enrolled students Chamber Music [email protected] Chauncey Patterson DEGREE PROGRAMS Contact us to learn more. Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Composition Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs +1 561-237-9001 | lynn.edu/music Thomas McKinley Lynn Philharmonia FINANCIAL INFORMATION Social links Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Guillermo Figueroa, music director and conductor Lynn Wind Ensemble Kenneth Amis, music director and conductor

*Room and board scholarships available Lynn University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, age, pregnancy or parenting status, veteran status or retirement status in its activities and programs. In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Lynn University does not discriminate on the basis of sex. Inquiries concerning the application of the non-discrimination policy may be directed to the University Compliance Officer/Title IX Coordinator at 3601 N. Military Trail, Boca Raton, FL 33431; via email at [email protected]; by phone at +1 561-237-7727 or to the U.S. Dept. of Education OCR. Lynn University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call +1 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Lynn University. © 2018 Lynn University

A 2018 guide to Music schools 20 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC Manhattan School of Music is deeply committed to FINANCIAL INFORMATION excellence in education, performance, and creative Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships activity; to the humanity of the School’s environ- MSMNYC.EDU ment; and to the cultural enrichment of the larger CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE community. A premier international conservatory, MSM’s Center for Music Entrepreneurship (CME): The MSM inspires and empowers highly talented indi- CME staff provides professional career coaching in viduals to realize their potential. a supportive environment. In individual sessions, students can explore their goals and create The School’s Equal Employment Opportunity action plans for success. CME offers graduate and (Equal Employment and Educational Opportunity undergraduate level courses which provide the Policies) and Affirmative Action Policy, applies to tools to help students pursue careers and fulfill their all employees and applicants without regard to artistic goals. Flexible internship opportunities are race, sex, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, made available for elective credits with leading NYC- disability, marital status, or sexual orientation in area cultural institutions and businesses. accordance with all applicable laws, directives, and regulations of federal, state, and city entities. KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) 960 music students WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? Music Faculty: 70 full time, 205 adjunct Manhattan School of Music takes full advantage 123 scholarships awarded LEONARD SLATKIN CONDUCTS of New York’s abundant learning and performance THE MSM SYMPHONY AT opportunities, preparing highly talented students AREAS OF STUDY MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC for careers as passionate performers and composers Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting and to be imaginative, effective leaders in the arts. • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Our students thrive in a supportive atmosphere Percussion • Jazz Arts • Musical Theater • Orchestral that encourages excellence, values individuals, and Performance • Collaborative Piano • Choral welcomes innovation. Conducting • Contemporary Performance (Classical) LOCATION 120 Claremont Avenue DEGREE PROGRAMS New York, NY 10027 Undergraduate Programs UNITED STATES Graduate Programs www.msmnyc.edu/ Master of Music; Professional Studies Certificate; Doctor of Music; Artist Diploma. ADMISSIONS 9174934436 [email protected] ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep) OFFICE OF ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID Audition Requirements Audition requirements Unique learning opportunities MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC 130 CLAREMONT AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10027 All applicants who have completed their online 917 493 4436 | [email protected] application and passed prescreening (if applicable) Social links must audition in order to be admitted to MSM.

A 2018 guide to Music schools 21 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 MASON GROSS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Mason Gross School of the Arts allows you to gain Career / Post-graduate assistance high level conservatory training while enjoying At the the traditional college experience that a public KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) PEABODY university provides. Our students also benefit from 550 music students our close proximity to the vibrant arts culture in Music Faculty: 90 full time, 100 adjunct CONSERVATORY, New York City and Philadelphia. 50 scholarships awarded we are a community of artists LOCATION 33 Livingston Avenue AREAS OF STUDY New Brunswick, NJ 08901 Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting — cultivating excellence, UNITED STATES • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music masongross.rutgers.edu/ Education • Music Technology (including embracing new ideas, and Production) • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings ADMISSIONS 848-932-5241 • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion committed to the future of [email protected] DEGREE PROGRAMS music in our world. Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs EDWARD S. DAVIS EDWARD FINANCIAL INFORMATION ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships (non-matriculating/prep) peabody.jhu.edu/musicguide Programs for children and adults, summer programs, special events 667-208-6600 ONLINE COURSES Online courses information Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 22 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY SCHOOL OF JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE The New School NEC is a premier conservatory that values NEC has reinvented how we equip young musicians WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? procedures for communicating with faculty and exploration and collaboration. Students are to thrive amidst the challenges they find after We offer a dynamic mix of legendary musicians other academic leadership when policy questions mentored by a devoted faculty of esteemed artist- graduation. Our mission has not changed—we as mentors, a superb and renowned faculty, an such as academic integrity, grade appeals, and teachers and scholars. Alumni fill orchestra chairs, educate and nurture exceptionally gifted musicians audaciously progressive curriculum, countless academic standing arise. concert halls, jazz clubs, recording studios, and arts to perform at the highest levels of accomplishment. opportunities to perform, and proximity to all of the management positions worldwide. But today, performance excellence is the starting action in the global epicenter of the music industry, Instead of visiting a separate office for career advice, point. Musicians must be more than virtuosi; they undergraduate students have an ongoing, holistic LOCATION 290 Huntington Avenue New York City. must be their own businesses. More information conversation with a professional academic and Boston, MA 02115 here. LOCATION 55 West 13th Street career advisor to support them as they design their UNITED STATES New York, NY 10011 own degree pathways and prepare to effect change necmusic.edu KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) UNITED STATES in the world after graduation. Career Services 750 music students www.newschool.edu/jazz/ encourages alumni to maintain their relationship ADMISSIONS 617-585-1101 Music Faculty: 113 full time, 313 adjunct [email protected] with The New School and use our services, share ADMISSIONS 212-229-5150 AREAS OF STUDY experiences and successes, participate in career [email protected] Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting events, and become mentors to current New School FINANCIAL INFORMATION • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Musicology Audition Requirements Audition Requirements students. • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) Percussion • Choral Conducting • Collaborative Piano FINANCIAL INFORMATION 300 music students • Contemporary Improvisation • Piano Trio Program Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Music Faculty: 4 full time, 70 adjunct • String Quartet Program CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE AREAS OF STUDY DEGREE PROGRAMS Our integrated academic and career advising model Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs aims to help students explore new disciplines and areas of study, create their own specialized DEGREE PROGRAMS Social links degree pathways, and discover passions that Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs will shape their future endeavors. Advisors have extensive knowledge of campus resources and will Social links show you how to navigate university systems and procedures. They also act as a liaison between you and other university staff and will acquaint you with

A 2018 guide to Music schools 23 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 NEW WORLD SYMPHONY, AMERICA’S ORCHESTRAL ACADEMY World-class music WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE training in London A laboratory for the way music is taught, presented, An intensive four-day audition preparation seminar, and experienced, the New World Symphony consists involving visiting coaches from major orchestras, is of 87 musicians who are granted fellowships held each year and consists of a series of audition lasting up to three years. The fellowship offers training exercises and private audition coaching, as Guildhall School offers inspiring professional in-depth exposure to traditional and modern well as a panel discussion of the audition process training and performance experiences that prepare repertoire, professional development training, and from the perspective of the orchestra audition you for success anywhere in the world – right in personalized experiences working with leading committee. In addition, Fellows organize monthly the heart of London, one of the great cultural cities. guest faculty. mock auditions, with the occasional participation • Rated top UK conservatoire in the Guardian of guest conductors and coaches. To assist Fellows LOCATION New World Center University Guide 2019 league table for music, in achieving optimal performance in audition and Gold in the UK Government’s Teaching 500 17th Street and performance settings, NWS offers workshops Excellence Framework Miami Beach, FL 33139 with psychologist Dr. Noa Kageyama, whose UNITED STATES groundbreaking work with NWS Fellows includes • Teaching staff include world-renowned musicians www.nws.edu and collaborators, with associate artists including individual training and group exercises. Sir Simon Rattle and Sa Chen ADMISSIONS 305-428-6713 KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) [email protected] 87 music students • Alumni include pianist Paul Lewis, trumpeter Alison Balsom and opera singer Sir Bryn Terfel Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Music Faculty: 5 full time, 100 adjunct 87 scholarships awarded • Programmes include a postgraduate specialism FINANCIAL INFORMATION in Orchestral Artistry in association with the Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships AREAS OF STUDY London Symphony Orchestra Arts Leadership • Brass • Conducting • Early Music • Music Education • Music Technology (including • Students have access to five public performance Production) • Piano • Strings • Winds & Percussion venues and state-of-the-art recording studios ONLINE COURSES Online courses information The Guildhall School is an eligible Federal Loan institution. Social links

Application deadline: 12 December 2018 New York City auditions: 14 – 17 January 2019

Find out more and apply online at gsmd.ac.uk/nyauditions

A 2018 guide to Music schools 24 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MUSIC Oberlin College The Ohio State University

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? FINANCIAL INFORMATION Oberlin Conservatory is the country’s oldest 580 music students The school recognizes the relationship that binds Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships continuously operating school of music. This Music Faculty: 80 full time, 25 adjunct music to other academic and artistic disciplines National Medal of Arts winner is renowned for 550 scholarships awarded and provides students with a comprehensive CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE its focus on undergraduate pre-professional education, preparing them for professional careers The Career Counseling and Support Services education and for the double-degree program. AREAS OF STUDY in composition, performance, scholarship, and website lists links to relevant, on and off campus, The conservatory shares a seamless campus with Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting teaching. career resources to assist all OSU students in their Oberlin College, a premier liberal arts college. • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary career decision making processes. Media • Music Technology (including Production) LOCATION 1866 College Road North LOCATION 77 West College Street • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Columbus, OH 43210 KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) Oberlin, OH 44074 Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Contemporary UNITED STATES 400 music students UNITED STATES Chamber Music • Vocal Accompanying • Piano music.osu.edu Music Faculty: 60 full time, 40 adjunct www.oberlin.edu/conservatory Technology ADMISSIONS 614-292-2870 AREAS OF STUDY ADMISSIONS 440-775-8413 DEGREE PROGRAMS [email protected] Music Education • Music Technology (including [email protected] Undergraduate Programs Production) • Musicology Graduate programs: Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Audition Requirements DEGREE PROGRAMS Master of Contemporary Chamber Music (MCCM) Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs FINANCIAL INFORMATION Master of Music (MM) in Performance on Historical Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Instruments Social links Master of Music (MM) (Choral Conducting or CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Instrumental Conducting) Oberlin College’s Career Center and Oberlin Conservatory’s Professional Development Office ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS help students and recent alumni in the College (non-matriculating/prep) of Arts and Sciences and the Conservatory of Creativity and Leadership Music identify and achieve meaningful career Summer programs objectives that build upon their Oberlin education Social links and experiences. We offer group and individual counseling as well as experiential opportunities that complement all students’ learning and experiences during their time at Oberlin.

A 2018 guide to Music schools 25 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 PACIFIC REGION INTERNATIONAL The Shepherd School at Rice University offers preprofessional training for musicians, combining the intensity of a conservatory experience with the educational excellence of a renowned private university. Our illustrious faculty of artist-teachers dedicate themselves to the special talents and skills of each SUMMER MUSIC ACADEMY (PRISMA) individual student. Robert Yekovich, Dean, The Shepherd School of Music WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? ADMISSIONS 855-577-4762 PRISMA prides itself on its focus not only on the [email protected] Faculty Oboe Harp Opera Studies Musicology Lecturers technical aspects of music education but on the Violin Robert Atherholt Paula Page Debra Dickinson Walter Bailey Mario Aschauer Audition Requirements Audition Requirements Paul Kantor Clarinet Piano Susan Lorette Dunn Gregory Barnett George Baker care it takes to ensure a positive experience—one Cho-Liang Lin Richie Hawley Brian Connelly Michael Heaston David Ferris Karol Bennett Kathleen Winkler Alexandra Kieffer Rachel Buchman Bassoon Jeanne Kierman Vocal Coaching that brings people together through a shared FINANCIAL INFORMATION Fischer Bethany Self Peter Loewen Rick Erickson Viola Benjamin Kamins Terry Gaschen James Dunham Sohyoung Park Karen Rothlisberger Orchestral love of music. It has an exceptionally supportive Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Horn Mary Greitzer Ivo-Jan van der Werff Jon Kimura Verm and Chamber environment for learning and performing together. William VerMeulen Parker Repertoire Jerry Hou Cello Conducting Peter Shaw Trumpet Robert Roux Joan DerHovsepian CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Norman Fischer Thomas Jaber Robert Simpson Barbara Butler Virginia Weckstrom Christopher French LOCATION c/o Reid Hunter Desmond Hoebig Larry Rachleff Chapman Welch Audition training Charlie Geyer Organ Kenneth Goldsmith Brinton Averil Smith Composition Eric Halen 7061 Duncan Street, Suite D Trombone Ken Cowan Double Bass and Theory Thomas LeGrand Allen Barnhill Voice Karim Al-Zand Powell River, BC V8A 1W1 Music of School Shepherd The Paul Ellison Janet Rarick Timothy Pitts Tuba Barbara Clark Damian Blättler Michael Webster CANADA David Kirk Stephen King Anthony Brandt Flute Robin Rice Shih-Hui Chen www.prismafestival.com/ Leone Buyse Percussion Arthur Gottschalk Matthew Strauss Pierre Jalbert Richard Lavenda The Shepherd School of Music Kurt Stallmann Rice University, Houston, TX music.rice.edu

FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL PACIFIC REGION INTERNATIONAL SUMMER MUSIC ACADEMY (PRISMA) (cont’d) KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS 80 music students (non-matriculating/prep) FISCHOFF Music Faculty: 1 full time, 23 adjunct Concerto Competition - First Prize: A Week with the 40 scholarships awarded Moscow Symphony Orchestra International Conducting Master Class in Moscow NATIONAL CHAMBER AREAS OF STUDY Brass • Strings • Winds & Percussion • Applied Music Social links MUSIC COMPETITION (Performance) • Audition Training • Orchestral Conducting May 10-12, 2019 DeBartolo Performing Arts Center University of Notre Dame

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A 2018 guide to Music schools 26 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 PEABODY CONSERVATORY PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY Johns Hopkins University Music Department

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? FINANCIAL INFORMATION At the Peabody Conservatory, we are a community 675 music students Pepperdine University has emerged as one of the Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships of artists—cultivating excellence, embracing Music Faculty: 75 full time, 100 adjunct nation’s leading private universities. Located in new ideas, and committed to the future of music 500 scholarships awarded beautiful Malibu, California, the Music Department CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE in our world. offers high-quality instruction and an exceptional, Career / Post-graduate assistance AREAS OF STUDY personal learning experience for each individual. LOCATION 1 East Mount Vernon Place Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) This nurturing environment allows our students to 80 music students Baltimore, MD 21202 • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media refine their talents for successful lives as musicians. UNITED STATES • Music Education • Music Technology (including Music Faculty: 8 full time, 30 adjunct www.peabody.jhu.edu Production) • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings LOCATION 24255 Pacific Coast Highway AREAS OF STUDY • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Chamber Malibu, CA 90263 Brass • Composition (Performance) • Music ADMISSIONS 667-208-6600 Music • Computer Music • Vocal Accompanying UNITED STATES [email protected] Education • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/ • Music Entrepreneurship • Musicology • Pedagogy seaver.pepperdine.edu/finearts/ Opera • Winds & Percussion Audition Requirements Audition Requirements • Recording Arts and Sciences • Dance • Music for undergraduate/music/ New Media ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS FINANCIAL INFORMATION ADMISSIONS 310-506-4111 (non-matriculating/prep) Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships DEGREE PROGRAMS [email protected] Up Against the Screen and the Pickford Ensemble Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Audition Requirements Audition Requirements The Flora L. Thornton Opera Program CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Heidelberg Music Program Career Services helps Peabody students and ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS recent alumni forge successful careers. We provide (non-matriculating/prep) Social links comprehensive services in support of students and Dance alumni’s goals. We’re here to help pinpoint artistic Music for New Media and professional objectives, build career skills, identify opportunities, prepare job applications, ONLINE COURSES launch entrepreneurial ventures, develop websites, Online courses information raise funds, organize concert tours, and much more. Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 27 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 PURCHASE COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC PURCHASE COLLEGE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (cont’d) State University of New York State University of New York

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? ADMISSIONS 914-251-6700 CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE AREAS OF STUDY The Purchase College Conservatory of Music offers a [email protected] Our Career Development Center offers support Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) multidisciplinary approach to conservatory training; in choosing the right major, marketing yourself, • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music individualized attention and mentoring from Audition Requirements Audition Requirements interviewing, and job and graduate-school prep. Technology (including Production) • Piano • Strings world-class musicians; scholarships and financial You must have an application for admission on file Services are also available for alumni. • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Guitar aid; double majors and minors, including arts to be offered a live audition. KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) DEGREE PROGRAMS management; and a location just 40 minutes from FINANCIAL INFORMATION New York City. 380 music students Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Music Faculty: 25 full time, 50 adjunct LOCATION 735 Anderson Hill Road 100 scholarships awarded Social links Purchase, NY 10577 UNITED STATES www.purchase.edu/academics/music/

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A 2018 guide to Music schools 28 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? FINANCIAL INFORMATION WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE The Royal College of Music (RCM) is one of the Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships With a faculty that includes nearly 30 members of The Professional Development and Engagement world’s greatest conservatoires. Ranked the top the San Francisco Symphony, as well as collaborative Center offers students gig opportunities, institution for performing arts in the U.K. and CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE partnerships with the Bay Area’s major performing internships, a grant service, access to employment second in the world (QS World University Rankings The RCM is a world leader in career development for arts institutions and tech and entertainment listings, and a host of courses focused on marketing, 2018), we welcome staff and students from all over musicians. Our dedicated Creative Careers Center companies, SFCM provides its students with an finance, teaching, and technology. the world bringing exceptional talent, creativity, and will guide you through a range of opportunities that unparalleled opportunity to study in the heart of KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) inspiration. mirror the professional world. You can use these San Francisco’s performing arts district. services from day one of your course to develop an 422 music students LOCATION Prince Consort Road outstanding CV and wealth of experience that will LOCATION 50 Oak Street Music Faculty: 28 full time, 65 adjunct London SW7 2BS help shape your future career; the Creative Careers San Francisco, CA 94102 AREAS OF STUDY UNITED KINGDOM Center provides advice and services to RCM alumni UNITED STATES Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting www.rcm.ac.uk/ for five years after graduation. sfcm.edu/ • Early Music • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media ADMISSIONS +44 (0)20 7591 4300 KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) ADMISSIONS 800-899-SFCM; 415-864-7326 • Music Technology (including Production) • Organ [email protected] 800 music students [email protected] • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Music Faculty: 44 full time, 276 adjunct Percussion • Chamber Music • Guitar Audition Requirements Audition Requirements AREAS OF STUDY DEGREE PROGRAMS FINANCIAL INFORMATION Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships • Early Music • Music Education • Organ • Piano ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion (non-matriculating/prep) Social links Rubin Institute for Music Criticism Pre-College Division Adult Extension Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 29 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 SHANGHAI ORCHESTRA ACADEMY (SOA) Shanghai Conservatory of Music

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE The Shanghai Orchestra Academy (SOA) is the result An integral part of the SOA curriculum is practical We offer the best of both worlds: a conservatory-style music program of a partnership among the Shanghai Symphony training with professional orchestras. Students gain and the diverse opportunities of a major research university. Studying Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, and Shanghai first-hand experience learning from and playing under internationally recognized faculty-artists, BU students push the Conservatory of Music. The SOA provides rigorous with New York Philharmonic musicians as well as limits of their musical abilities and intellectual curiosity. Join a vibrant training at the Master’s degree level for talented performing with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. community in a city where music matters, and be transformed not only instrumentalists. Other international partners have since offered as an artist but as a leader, entrepreneur, advocate, and thinker. practical training opportunities to SOA students, LOCATION 1380 Middle Fuxing Road among them the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Shanghai Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony CHINA Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, www.orchestraacademy.com/ Taiwan Philharmonic, China Philharmonic Orchestra, ADMISSIONS +(86) 21-54667821 Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, and Hangzhou [email protected] Philharmonic. Audition Requirements Audition Requirements KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) 40 music students FINANCIAL INFORMATION Music Faculty: 14 full time, 5 adjunct Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships AREAS OF STUDY Brass • Strings • Winds & Percussion DEGREE PROGRAMS http://orchestraacademy.com/Admissions/Index/ zgdljxs Pre-College BU Tanglewood Institute Social links Degree Programs BA • BM • MM • PhD • DMA Professional Studies Opera Institute • PD • AD

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A 2018 guide to Music schools 30 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 SHENANDOAH CONSERVATORY THE SHEPHERD SCHOOL OF MUSIC Shenandoah University Rice University

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Shenandoah Conservatory offers rigorous 612 music students The Shepherd School of Music provides a dedicated To ensure that our students are fully prepared to professional training in Music, Theater, and Dance, Music Faculty: 58 full time, 50 adjunct faculty of artist-teachers, extraordinary performance meet the demands of the profession, we have with extensive performance opportunities, opportunities, beautiful facilities, and an created an instructional area entitled Music Career collaborative and interdisciplinary experiences, and AREAS OF STUDY unparalleled education at one of America’s premiere and Skills Enhancement. Specific courses are close mentoring relationships with exceptionally Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) universities. designed to complement the Shepherd School’s accomplished faculty. Engagements with • Conducting • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media superb musical and academic training to help internationally acclaimed guest artists representing • Music Education • Music Technology (including LOCATION 6100 Main Street, entrance 18 students transition to professional life. Additionally, the highest levels of creative, pedagogical, and Production) • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/ Houston, TX 77005 Rice University’s Center for Career Development scholarly excellence are frequent, and international Opera • Winds & Percussion • Collaborative Piano UNITED STATES supports alumni through career counseling and performance opportunities abound. • Vocal Pedagogy/Classical • Vocal Pedagogy/ music.rice.edu/ access to career resources. Contemporary Commercial Music • Dance • Theater/ LOCATION 1460 University Drive Musical Theater • Performing Arts Leadership & ADMISSIONS 713-348-4854 KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) Winchester, VA 22601 Management • Music Therapy • Church Music • Music [email protected] 274 music students UNITED STATES Production & Recording Technology Audition Requirements Music Faculty: 45 full time, 0 adjunct www.su.edu/conservatory/ DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate / Graduate AREAS OF STUDY ADMISSIONS 540-665-4581 Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs FINANCIAL INFORMATION Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting [email protected] Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/ ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS Opera • Winds & Percussion Audition Requirements Audition Requirements (non-matriculating/prep) More than 20 instrumental, vocal, and dance DEGREE PROGRAMS FINANCIAL INFORMATION ensembles Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships ONLINE COURSES Social links CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE Online courses information Shenandoah Conservatory is home to the Career Services Office, which provides a comprehensive Social links range of resources to support career exploration and professional growth of SU students. Career Services works with students in all aspects of the career development process, from choosing a major to career changes. Services offered include career exploration; experiential learning; résumé building; interview skills workshops; and job- and graduate- school search assistance.

A 2018 guide to Music schools 31 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 UC BERKELEY DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC UCLA HERB ALPERT SCHOOL OF MUSIC University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? FINANCIAL INFORMATION WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE We successfully integrate academic studies with Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music offers The UCLA Career Center is one of the largest performance. A wide-ranging curriculum covers performance, scholarship, and innovation, all in and most comprehensive career centers in the not only European music history and contemporary CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE one place. Combining outstanding departments nation. It offers a wide range of services that composition, but also American vernacular musics Career Services of Ethnomusicology, Music, and Musicology, we help students develop clarity about professional and courses on musical practices from many other KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) provide academic opportunities that balance cutting- interests; provides students with the knowledge, parts of the world. These are complemented by an 220 music students edge scholarship with performance mastery and skills, resources, and experience necessary to array of performance courses and opportunities. Music Faculty: 17 full time, 15 adjunct composition. Students are encouraged to explore pursue professional goals with confidence and The graduate program includes programs music in all its contemporary and historical diversity. self-assurance; and facilitates connections between in composition, Western music history, and AREAS OF STUDY students and employers, alumni, and graduate ethnomusicology. Brass • Composition (Performance) • Early Music LOCATION 445 Charles East Young Drive East school representatives. The Career Center, in • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music 2520 Schoenberg Music Building collaboration with the School of Music faculty and LOCATION 104 Morrison Hall Technology (including Production) • Musicology Los Angeles, CA 90095 staff, meets the unique needs of our students by Berkeley, CA 94720-1200 • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera UNITED STATES providing programs and counseling services specific UNITED STATES • Winds & Percussion www.schoolofmusic.ucla.edu to careers in the arts. music.berkeley.edu Social links ADMISSIONS 310-825-6457 KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) ADMISSIONS 510-642-4864 [email protected] 484 music students [email protected] Audition Requirements Music Faculty: 46 full time, 88 adjunct Undergraduate / Graduate audition requirements AREAS OF STUDY FINANCIAL INFORMATION Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Ethnomusicology DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 32 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI one of the Professional Performance Careers course provide “ COLLEGE— a foundation for transitioning to life after gradua- nation’s leading tion. Select programs also host Senior Showcases CONSERVATORY in industry hotspots like New York, Chicago, and conservatories” LA. CCM’s Office of the Dean also offers $30,000 in CCM student Anita Graef performs with the Cincinnati [The New York Times] student travel funding annually, which is intended to Symphony Orchestra as part of the CSO/CCM Diversity OF MUSIC (CCM) Fellowship Program for graduate-level string players. support travels to auditions, conferences, and other career advancement opportunities. Declared one of the nation’s leading conservatories Photo by Philip Groshong by The New York Times, the University of Cincinnati CCM is also home to the Bravos Without Barriers College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) is a pre- Diversity Fellowship Program, hosted in partnership eminent institution for the performing and media with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. arts. The school’s educational roots date back to 1867, and solid, visionary instruction has been at its KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) core since that time. 966 music students Music Faculty: 88 full time, 57 adjunct CCM students participate in the development of new WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? 140 scholarships awarded American operas in partnership with Cincinnati Opera through Opera Fusion: New Works. With roots that date back to 1867, CCM today offers nine degree types (BA, BM, BFA, MFA, MM, MA, AD, AREAS OF STUDY DMA, PhD) in nearly 120 possible majors. Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media LOCATION PO Box 210003 • Music Education • Music Technology (including Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003 Production) • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings OR • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Acting 290 CCM Boulevard • Arts Administration • Ballet • Commercial Music Cincinnati, OH 45221-0003 Production • Choral Conducting • Wind Conducting UNITED STATES • Electronic Media • Music History • Musical Theater CCM students perform with accomplished soloist and ccm.uc.edu/ • Opera Coaching • Opera Stage Direction • Theater CCM alumna Janelle Reichman. Design and Production ADMISSIONS 513-556-9479 [email protected] DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs LEARNING IS DOING at the UC College-Conservatory of Music. Hailed as “prestigious” Audition Requirements Audition Requirements by the Chicago Sun-Times and declared “one of the continent’s major music schools” by ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS FINANCIAL INFORMATION The Toronto Star, CCM is a preeminent institution for the performing and media arts. (non-matriculating/prep) Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Summer Programs CCM offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs. Experience the CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE ONLINE COURSES difference of an EDUCATION UNLEASHED by visiting ccm.uc.edu. Professional development and entrepreneurial Online courses information acumen are an important part of the CCM experi- CSO/CCM Diversity Fellowship and Opera Fusion: New Works made possible by support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. ence. Faculty mentorship along with the Managing Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 33 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS SCHOOL OF MUSIC

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? FINANCIAL INFORMATION University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Founded in 1920, the College of Music offers a Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) wide range of programs uniquely combining Beautiful facilities including the Krannert Center 725 music students advanced musical training with professionally CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE for the Performing Arts; inclusive community Music Faculty: 90 full time, 0 adjunct oriented experiences and the rich resources of a Career / Post-graduate assistance with supportive faculty; individual attention for leading research university. Active as award-winning KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) students; diverse Big 10 campus with wide-ranging AREAS OF STUDY professional performers, composers, and scholars, 550 music students performance and research opportunities. Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting faculty members are committed to helping students Music Faculty: 60 full time, 30 adjunct • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music develop their talents. LOCATION 1114 West Nevada Street Education • Music Technology (including AREAS OF STUDY Urbana, IL 61801 Production) • Musicology • Organ • Piano LOCATION 301 UCB Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) UNITED STATES • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion Boulder, CO 80309 • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & music.illinois.edu • Choral Conducting • Computer Science + Music UNITED STATES Contemporary Media • Music Education • Music • Instrumental Performance • Jazz Performance www.colorado.edu/music Technology (including Production) • Musicology ADMISSIONS 217-244-7899 • Lyric Theater • Musicology • Music Technology [email protected] ADMISSIONS 303-492-6301 • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & • Open Studies [email protected] Percussion • Musical Theater Audition Requirements Audition Requirements DEGREE PROGRAMS DEGREE PROGRAMS Audition Requirements Audition Requirements FINANCIAL INFORMATION Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE (non-matriculating/prep) Career Services Illinois Summer Youth Music The School of Music and the College of Fine + ONLINE COURSES Applied Arts are dedicated to preparing students Online courses information for successful careers. Courses in cover letter and résumé writing are offered. The Career Services Social links Office provides workshops, job fairs, hands- on sessions, career planning, and individual appointments for professional feedback. The Career Services’ Mentoring Program helps juniors, seniors, and grad students establish connections and explore career paths through informational online conversations, interviews, and job shadowing. The School of Music hosts a number of entrepreneurship events each year to help students develop important business and marketing skills.

A 2018 guide to Music schools 34 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC & DANCE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THEATER & DANCE

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? FINANCIAL INFORMATION WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE UMass Amherst offers conservatory quality education Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships The School’s unique relationship as a part of the The School of Music, Theater & Dance EXCEL in a university setting. Intensive yet supportive, the U-M, ranked as one the top universities in the U.S., program (Excellence in Entrepreneurship, Career music program has a variety of concentrations as well CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE provides students with a vast array of options Empowerment & Leadership) provides entrepre- as nationally and internationally renowned faculty Career Services: and opportunities All of our degrees require neurship training and career services for all U-M dedicated to educating students. A top research Humanities & Fine Arts Career Planning Rep: some academic coursework most of which can be students engaged in the performing arts. Our goal university, UMass also enables other majors to be Caroline Gould selected from any area of the University. is to enable students to forge a viable career in the involved musically. 413-545-6257 performing arts by exploring, developing, and lever- LOCATION 1100 Baits Drive, 2290 Moore aging their talents, training, skills, and ambitions. LOCATION 273 Fine Arts Center East KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Amherst, MA 01003 253 music students UNITED STATES EXCEL catalyzes success for U-M SMTD students and UNITED STATES Music Faculty: 42 full time, 7 adjunct smtd.umich.edu alumni through courses, co-curricular workshops, ongoing mentoring, and $100,000 in student www.umass.edu/music [ AREAS OF STUDY ADMISSIONS 734-764-0593 project and venture funding. ADMISSIONS 413-545-6048 Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting [email protected] [email protected] • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) Education • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds Audition Requirements Audition Requirements 1100 music students Audition Requirements Audition Requirements & Percussion • Music Theory • Music History FINANCIAL INFORMATION Music Faculty: 150 full time, 75 adjunct Incoming majors (transfers and freshman) must fill Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships out the Music Application, which will be available DEGREE PROGRAMS AREAS OF STUDY after completing the Common App. Minors, current Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Early Music • Jazz Studies & students, and graduate students must fill out an ONLINE COURSES Contemporary Media • Music Education • Music Audition Request Form Online courses information Technology (including Production) • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Performing Arts Technology • Dance • Musical Theater • Theater DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep) Michigan Artist Citizen Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 35 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS A tuition-free, four-year opera training program exclusively devoted to the training of young opera singers WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? ADMISSIONS 336-770-3290 The UNCSA School of Music offers a transformative [email protected] Maestro Christofer Macatsoris conservatory experience that combines intensive Giving voice to Audition Requirements The Jeannine B. Cowles individual study under resident artist-mentors who Music Director Chair are active performers. Additionally, it provides more Undergraduate / Graduate / High School opera's future! than 200 recital, concert, and opera performance FINANCIAL INFORMATION AVA Faculty opportunities annually, including collaborations Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Bill Schuman with other UNCSA arts schools (dance, drama, film, David Antony Lofton and design & production). CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE The Office of Career Development provides students William Stone LOCATION 1533 South Main Street with a central resource for assistance with their Danielle Orlando Winston-Salem, NC 27127 career planning. It is designed to work hand-in- Benita Valente UNITED STATES hand with the arts schools (School of Music in this ACADEMY OF VOCAL ARTS Richard A. Raub www.uncsa.edu case) in supplementing career preparation training 1920 SPRUCE STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103 Florence Quivar AVAOPERA.ORG | 215.735.1685 Luis Ledesma @AVAOPERA Luke Housner

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS (cont’d)

for students. UNCSA students participate in career DEGREE PROGRAMS development seminars as part of their curriculum. Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS 183 music students (non-matriculating/prep) Music Faculty: 30 full time, 20 adjunct A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute AREAS OF STUDY ONLINE COURSES Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Online courses information Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Collaborative Piano Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 36 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS The mission of the UNT College of Music is to serve our diverse musical culture with excellence, integrity, and imagination. The University of North Texas Career Center is a The vision of the UNT College of Music is to provide comprehensive career center that encourages the COLLEGE OF MUSIC leadership, artistry, and expertise to every facet of overall development of UNT students and alumni the music profession. through personal and career exploration, while equipping them with lifelong job search skills and WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? providing them opportunities to reach their career The UNT College of Music is one of the nation’s most goals and aspirations. The Career Center is available respected comprehensive music schools. We offer to all UNT students and alumni. fully accredited degrees, bachelor to doctoral, and are home to the world’s first jazz degree program. We KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) present over 1,100 events annually and our alumni 1563 music students work across the globe in award-winning careers. Music Faculty: 117 full time, 38 adjunct 525 scholarships awarded LOCATION 1155 Union Circle #311367 Denton, TX 76203 AREAS OF STUDY UNITED STATES Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting music.unt.edu/ • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings ADMISSIONS 940-565-3860 • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion • Music [email protected] History • Music Theory • Ethnomusicology • Music Audition Requirements Undergraduate / Graduate Performance • Performing Arts Health FINANCIAL INFORMATION DEGREE PROGRAMS Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS Denton, Texas, #1 College Town For Music Majors The Career Development and Entrepreneurship in (non-matriculating/prep) - Music School Central Music program is the UNT College of Music’s avenue Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia; to produce successful 21st-century musicians. We Texas Center for Performing Arts Health; help students develop an entrepreneurial mindset Community Programs to build financially sustainable and professionally ONLINE COURSES EXPLORE WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER: MUSIC.UNT.EDU The UNT College of Music — serving our diverse musical culture with excellence, integrity, and imagination. satisfying arts careers that positively impact their Online courses information communities. Our students are launching their own businesses as a result of our program offerings. Social links COMPOSITION | CONDUCTING | ETHNOMUSICOLOGY | JAZZ STUDIES MUSIC EDUCATION | MUSIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP | MUSIC HISTORY MUSIC THEORY | PERFORMANCE | PERFORMING ARTS HEALTH

A 2018 guide to Music schools 37 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 USC THORNTON

SCHOOL OF MUSIC UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THORNTON SCHOOL OF MUSIC University of Southern California ADMISSIONS 213-740-8986 At the USC Thornton School of Music, we celebrate [email protected] our location in Los Angeles, the nation’s center for Audition Requirements Audition Requirements creativity and innovation. As the music profession changes, we offer a forward-thinking education that FINANCIAL INFORMATION RETHINK prepares students for careers at the highest levels Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships as performers, composers, educators and industry CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE leaders. Our three exceptional divisions offer cross- VIRTUOSIT Y Various career-related courses are available for genre experiences unique among the country’s top enrollment, and one-on-one mentorship with music schools. faculty is a central aspect of the USC Thornton As a leading research institution, USC offers experience. The USC Career Center offers career students a rigorous, broad-based education that services to current students and recent alums. USC enriches their artistic and musical development. Thornton alumni enjoy tremendous success in a You Are the New Classical USC Thornton is a collegiate partner of choice wide array of music professions. Are you thinking about what it means to be a for the Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) classical musician? We are. Introducing the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the GRAMMY 1000 music students ReDesign – a new approach that challenges you Foundation, The Recording Academy, and more. Music Faculty: 90 full time, 90 adjunct to develop a distinct artistic voice and create a Graduates attain positions with major orchestras, thriving career in classical music. ensembles, recording studios, and music industry AREAS OF STUDY firms, and perform on stages and in studios around Brass • Composition (Performance) • Jazz Studies & Launching in Fall 2019. the world. The Thornton School remains one of the Contemporary Media • Music Education • Organ most important cultural resources in Los Angeles • Piano • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion and is consistently regarded as one of the nation’s • Arts Leadership • Choral & Sacred Music • Music leading music schools and conservatories. Industry • Musicology • Music Production • Popular Music • Screen Scoring LOCATION 3450 Watt Way, TMC 200 Los Angeles, CA 90089-0851 DEGREE PROGRAMS UNITED STATES Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs music.usc.edu/ Social links

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A 2018 guide to Music schools 38 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN— PRISMAFESTIVAL.COM MADISON MEAD WITTER SCHOOL OF MUSIC

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE The University of Wisconsin-Madison is world- The College of Letters & Science is committed renowned as one of the top 10 public universities to preparing undergraduates for satisfying and in the country, and the intimate School of Music rewarding careers. Wisconsin’s advantage for is ranked in the top 10 percent of comprehensive implementing this career development effort On the beautiful West Coast of Canada music programs. is the alignment among students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, and employers. The LOCATION 3561 Mosse Humanities Building initiative will become the leading platform across 455 North Park Street the nation for undergraduate personal and career Madison, WI 53706 development among public research institutions. 35,60$ȧ-81(ȝ UNITED STATES www.music.wisc.edu KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) 3RZHOO5LYHU%&&DQDGD 335 music students ADMISSIONS 608-263-1900 Music Faculty: 40 full time, 10 adjunct $SSOLFDWLRQVDFFHSWHG2FWȝ)HE [email protected] AREAS OF STUDY FINANCIAL INFORMATION Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships • Jazz Studies & Contemporary Media • Music Education • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings SYMPHONY CONCERTS • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion MASTERCLASSES DEGREE PROGRAMS CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERTS Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Arts, and Bachelor of Science degrees Master of Music, Master of Arts, STUDENT RECITALS & WORKSHOPS Doctor of Musical Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy CONCERTOCOMPETITION* degrees AUDITIONS TRAINING Social links PRIVATE LESSONS

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A 2018 guide to Music schools 39 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 WEITZENHOFFER FAMILY COLLEGE WEITZENHOFFER FAMILY COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS ARTS MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF FINE ARTS The UNIVERSITY of OKLAHOMA WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? University of The most comprehensive college of fine arts in the state. Teems with innovation and excellence with Oklahoma support from its supplemental graduate certificate in Arts Management and Entrepreneurship and national Arts Incubation Lab. Its recent alumni work The Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts at the at all levels of the market and have won Academy, University of Oklahoma recognizes the universal Tony, Emmy, and Grammy awards. language of the arts and its power in driving innovation, research, and creative empathy. Getting LOCATION 540 Parrington Oval, Suite 122 your degree from OU means exposure to great stan- Norman, OK 73069 dards of artistic training as well as the strategic skills UNITED STATES and entrepreneurial toolkit needed to navigate a www.ou.edu/finearts dynamic career in the 21st-century marketplace. ADMISSIONS 405-325-7374 The Graduate Certificate in Arts Management and [email protected] Entrepreneurship is a program in which highly Audition Requirements Audition Requirements competitive undergraduate seniors and graduate students may enroll alongside their degrees. FINANCIAL INFORMATION College of Fine Arts partners with the Price College Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships of Business and provides a comprehensive structure CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE of courses designed to develop the skills needed OU Career Services for careers in the arts. The practicum courses provide deeply immersive, hands-on experience KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) in a variety of distinguished internships (regional 450 music students and international) and an Arts Incubation Lab (a Music Faculty: 49 full time, 23 adjunct two-week boot camp-style lab providing skills in consulting in a fast-paced program bringing AREAS OF STUDY creative concepts to market). Arts Leadership • Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting • Music Education • Music Technology (including Production) • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/Opera • Winds & Percussion DEGREE PROGRAMS Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Social links

A 2018 guide to Music schools 40 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE Rider University

WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? ADMISSIONS 800-962-4647 Westminster is renowned for its outstanding [email protected] choral and vocal studies program that includes eight ensembles performing a broad range of Audition Requirements Undergraduate / Graduate repertoire, two staged opera productions, and many FINANCIAL INFORMATION other performance opportunities from orchestral Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships JOBS performances in major concert halls to intimate recitals on and off-campus. CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE « work the arts » All students at Westminster Choir College have LOCATION 101 Walnut Lane access to the resources and assistance offered Princeton, NJ 08540 through the Career Services department at Rider UNITED STATES University. Students are also encouraged by their Search Jobs • Post Jobs www.rider.edu/wcc teachers and advisors to explore opportunities in Young Arts Programs and internships, both at performing arts careers from musical america Westminster and around the world. www.musicalamerica.com

WESTMINSTER CHOIR COLLEGE (cont’d) Rider University KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) DEGREE PROGRAMS 450 music students Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Music Faculty: 34 full time, 50 adjunct ONLINE COURSES AREAS OF STUDY Online courses information Music Education • Musicology • Organ • Piano • Vocal Arts/Opera • Choral Conducting • Sacred Social links MICHIGAN Music • American and Public Musicology YOU BELONG HERE

Prestigious resident faculty and exceptional student talent. Superior conservatory training at a world-class research university. Graduate fellowships and undergraduate merit-based scholarships available for Fall 2019 - apply by December 1. smtd.umich.edu umichsmtd

AUMSMTD_MusicalAmerica_2018.indd 2018 guide to Music schools 1 7/24/18 3:08 PM 41 musicalamerica.com • September 2018 YALE SCHOOL OF MUSIC Yale University ADMISSIONS 203-432-4155 [email protected] The Yale School of Music educates and inspires Audition Requirements Audition Requirements students with exceptional artistic and academic talent for service to the profession and to society. FINANCIAL INFORMATION Tuition & Fees / Financial Aid & Scholarships The School fosters a vibrant musical environment where graduate-level performers and composers CAREER / POST-GRADUATION ASSISTANCE realize their highest artistic potential with an Career / post-graduate assistance internationally distinguished faculty. KEY STATISTICS (college level and above) To prepare students for roles as cultural leaders, 200 music students the School engages fully with the University’s Music Faculty: 35 full time, 30 adjunct extraordinary intellectual and technological AREAS OF STUDY resources while collaborating with artistic centers Brass • Composition (Performance) • Conducting Educating Creative throughout the world. • Early Music • Organ • Piano • Strings • Vocal Arts/ WHAT DISTINGUISHES THIS SCHOOL? Opera • Winds & Percussion • Master of Music The Yale School of Music is a graduate professional • Master of Musical Arts • Doctor of Musical Arts Musicians and school for students of exceptional ability. In • Artist Diploma • Certificate in Performance addition to receiving professional training in music, • BA/MM students are encouraged to participate in the rich DEGREE PROGRAMS intellectual life of Yale University and to develop Undergraduate Programs / Graduate Programs Cultural Leaders and pursue interests in areas outside of their majors. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS (non-matriculating/prep) LOCATION 98 Wall Street Norfolk Chamber Music Festival PO Box 208246 Study at the intersection of intellectual New Haven, CT 06520-8246 Social links and artistic thought. UNITED STATES music.yale.edu music.yale.edu

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