Music Colleges
 

Does anyone know of any good music colleges?

Juliard.

University of North Texas is one of the best. Maynard Ferguson takes all of his players from there.

Are you looking for performance? Composition? Education?

West Chester University in West Chester PA is great for music education.

Temple University in Philly is great for composition and jazz performance.

Kutztown University in PA is great for music education.

Berkley School of Music - Boston Mass

Hartt School of Music - Hartford Connecticut

Colgate University - Hamilton NY

Plymouth State University - Plymouth NH biggrin:

Manhattan School of Music - Manhattan NY

Im looking for composition.

Duquesne or Phoenix Online University

It's Berklee College of Music, not Berkley. Berkley is a school in California.

Berklee is an amazing school for music. A kid from my school who was an amazing bass player got a full ride to it. Great musician.

Akuma's School of Metal and Sodomy

my personal favorite

This might sound stupid to ask, but do you have a portfolio of compositions you've already done? There's no possible way that you can "go to college to learn" composition from a blank slate. You need to have some serious stuff done.

Also, if you haven't done so already, make sure you're taking some piano lessons.

Ugh i better get started cause I pretty much know nothing but i am going to start taking piano lessons.

what year are you in? If you're a senior now in highschool I'd say time has beaten ya.

Do you have courses in your school with music theory and composition? If not, you might want to pursue hiring a private teacher for that stuff. It would really pay off if you have your mind set on music. BUT if you start music theory up and decide that you don't like it, I'm not sure if you'd want to go to a small specialized music school. Eh, you probably already knew that so I'll stop tlaking now.

Ya im a senior. So would i look for a piano teacher or are there private teachers that teach music theory and composition?

it depends on the area really. THere are some piano teachers that teach theory but that's very rare. You'd probably have to go to a college for that and such.

To be totally honest with you, with this being your senior year and you not having any knowledge about music composition, the odds are totally against you. As you know, music isn't like Math where you just follow a process and you can finish the problem. You have to train your ear and learn different techniques.

It's comparable to trying to learn Calculus in 1 year whne your only prior knowledge is long division.

Hmmm, Im still going to give it my all, cause its really what i want to do. Ill probably get a piano teacher and take music classes at a community college for the time being.