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Cellochick
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(3/2/01 5:05:23
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Non-conservatory
training
I guess the future is NOW. I never thought I'd be doing this for
real, but my serious college search is starting. I realized that
other than Indiana and Northwestern, I don't know of any
non-conservatory colleges with a strong music program. I want to
ultimately go to a conservatory, but perhaps not as an
undergraduate. What schools have good progams/cello teachers?
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raymcc85
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(3/7/01 3:46:15 pm)
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Non-conservatory
training
I have to recommend my alma mater, Columbia University. I wasn't a
music major, but I remember it had a strong department and had a
reputation of being less stressful and competitive for musicians
than Julliard (which is right across the street). Besides, being in
New York has it's own benefits. When I lived there I went to at
least one concert a week (from small chamber stuff in churches to
the Met Opera and Carnegie Hall), usually more than that. Check them
out.
(ah, I miss those days...)
-r
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Andrea
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(3/7/01 4:59:09 pm)
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If you can brave
the winter...
Well I live in Montreal so I can only really tell you about what`s
going on in Montreal... McGill has a pretty decent strings
department with a couple of excellent cello teachers depending on
what you`re looking for. There`s a couple of French Universaties,
but I don`t imagine you`re interested in them. Then there`s
Concordia, which isn`t known for Classical music. And then there`s a
couple of English Cegeps, whcih are known for good music programs. A
Cegep is a unike concept to Quebec, it`s half way between highschool
and universaty, all Quebec students wishing to go to Universaty have
to go to Cegep... anyhoo, I imagine you`re not sold on going
"abroad" for your undergrad but keep in mind that McGill is basicaly
an ivy league school but the Canadian govenement foots the bill for
most of the tuition-Cheap-Cheap!! And american money gets an insane
exchange rate.
I should go before I break into "Oh
Canada".
Andrea
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celloguy
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(3/27/01 11:34:11 am)
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Non-conservatory training
Lawrence University has a good program, too. Although it sort of
has a separate conservatory and college, they are not anything like
what you would find even in, say, Oberlin. Essentially, it is a
small liberal arts school (1300 students) with a very strong music
program and good opportunities. Of course, I go there myself, but
for the same reasons that you seem to have. http://www.lawrence.edu/
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