oboehazzard Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 So, on the much discussed topic of Music school, let's get a few things cleared up, eh? So post an answer. Where did/do you go? Where do you want to go? And what did/are you/do you want to major/majoring/major in? For me, I've narrowed it down to two. Either Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in Rochester New York for Composition -or- The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama for Oboe Performance. I will most likely pick the latter, because I've already chosen to move to Scotland once I move out for good, and it would be much easier to move there if I actually went to school there and had lived there before, rather than just show up one day looking for a house. :P How about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oboehazzard Posted August 12, 2007 Author Share Posted August 12, 2007 The name of this thread was really supposed to be Music School: Where you go...blah blah. TYPO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 My parents want me to go to Royal Scottish, so I'd be in the same country as them, but I personnally want to go to Guildhall School of Music and Drama to do composition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oboehazzard Posted August 12, 2007 Author Share Posted August 12, 2007 I wouldn't go to Royal Scottish for composition...because no one is there that I want to study under. I would only go to a university for the teacher. Royal Scottish for Stephane Rancourt, who is one of my favorite oboists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Kirk Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Cincinnati conservatory of music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oboehazzard Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 You go there, went there, or want to go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinjessome Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Went to: 1999-2003, St Francis Xavier University (B.Mus, Jazz Studies: trombone performance/composition). School had a good reputation, though departmental politics have since led to the demise of a great jazz school. I graduated just before things got really bad... Went to (briefly): 2006 (1 semester), University of Victoria (M.Mus, Composition). Good school, not for me - some of you may recall the scraggy-storm surrounding my eventual withdrawal. Going to: Starting this September, I'll be attending University of Toronto for a M.Mus in jazz studies: trombone performance/composition. :huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Kirk Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 You go there, went there, or want to go? "Will" go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikolas Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Mark: Don't go to Scotland! Come on! Of course the financial is always an issue, but... I went to various conservatories in Greece, but here in the UK I was and still am in Royal Holloway, University of London. Not bad, a small place, with few people, but nice composers really. Although I would say that it's not much of a place for composition, but rather for musicology and a very keen sense of ethnomusicology... Ah well... I'm stuck here though :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I'm going to try as hard as I can to get down to london to study, mainly because I want to meet you, juji, Mike, Inal, et cetera. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oboehazzard Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 No one wants to meet me.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 That's because you're a prep :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikolas Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Mark, don't know how serious you are, but take the weekend, or a week off and come over to London, with you parents or whatever. Don't need to STUDY in London only to meet us ;):D:D EDIT: But never mind really. I don't want to meet any capitalist(ic) pigs in London. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oboehazzard Posted August 13, 2007 Author Share Posted August 13, 2007 Everyone loves a prep! They're peppy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahlon Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I want to go to Indiana University, jacobs school of music, at bloomington for composition (although I need to visit a couple more schools to narrow down my choices.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cameronhiggins Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 My school of choice would be Berklee... like I'll ever get accepted though.... and then if I do could never ever pay for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Queen's University Belfast | School of Music and Sonic Arts Going here. I find out this week (with the 'A'-level results) whether or not I get accepted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest QcCowboy Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 well, learn from the experience of the aged (me, that is) I picked a school that had really (and I mean REALLY) easy entrance requirements for my Bachelors (I think americans call that undergrad?) - Concordia university in Montreal. Classes in both English adn French, had the NICEST teachers on the planet.. I got FANTASTIC grades... and learned nothing. So I basically got a BFA in music theory/composition that was useless. I already knew everything they were going to teach me before entering that school. So there's 3 years I COULD have spent with a good composition teacher. For my Master's degree (graduate school?) I went to Universit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest QcCowboy Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 I guess it will depend on the school you want to attend later on. For example, Universit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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