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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 ..................0 Shenandoah Conservatory ...................................................3 Conservatory points out, “Today, performance excellence is the starting point. Musicians must be more than The Crane School of Music ....................................................0 The Shepherd School of Music ..............................................3 virtuosi; they must be their own businesses.” In addition to training budding entrepreneurs, schools now put Curtis Institute of Music ....................................................... UC Berkeley Department of Music ........................................32 major emphases on career development and placement. Many have full-blown departments devoted to that end, Depauw University ............................................................... 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 ......................................................2 University of Cincinnati College— the entrepreneurship grants and start-up funding for musical projects the Curtis Institute provides. Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin ......................................3 Conservatory of Music (CCM) ...........................................33 Florida State University College of Music ..............................3 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 ............................................................4 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 .................................5 Department of Music & Dance ........................................35 Guildhall School of Music & Drama ......................................5 University of Michigan Regards, The Hartt School ..................................................................6 School of Music, Theater & Dance ....................................35 Susan Elliott IU Jacobs School of Music .....................................................7 University of North Carolina School of the Arts .....................36 Editor, News and Special Reports The Juilliard School ..............................................................8 University of North Texas, College of Music ..........................37 Longy School of Music ..........................................................9 USC Thornton School of Music ..............................................38 Lynn University Conservatory of Music .................................20 University of Wisconsin— Manhattan School of Music ..................................................2 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 ...................................................4 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 208 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 2 musicalamerica.com • September 208 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