Need Help Finding Liberal Arts Music Composition Program For American Colleges

What are currently some of the best, cutting edge conservatories and liberal arts schools in the USA? Can anyone provide a list or know of a better resource to seek answers to this question?

Anyone? Surely someone has answers to this question..

I'm not really sure. Whenever anyone asks, I always tell them about Oklahoma City University, which is where I go. Until I go to grad school, I can only talk about this one school; I've never been to any other.

OCU is, I feel, a really good place to go. Dr. Knight is a brilliant instructor. Studying here gives you a lot of experience writing for instruments and performances. If you're interested, PM or email me.

Peabody Conservatory of music ( http://www.peabody.jhu.edu ) is a part of the Johns Hopkins University, which is a very high rated university. The liberal arts campus (Homewood), which is different from the Johns Hopkins medical campus (which is the famous one), is a mile and a half north of Peabody, which is a mile north of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. There is a shuttle system that runs pretty regularly from the three campuses.

Students at the Conservatory have a rare opportunity with music colleges: they can take any course(s) at Hopkins as well. There are double degree students as well. Also, any Homewood full-time students can take minor lessons in an instrument at Peabody. This is a major plus, whether you plan on focusing on a music major or a liberal arts major.

Could you be specific? You kind of named some oxymorons, the only school like that which kind of exists is Carnegie Mellon. Otherwise, conservatories are basically trade schools. Self-contained music/arts schools, not colleges within a larger university. Also, just because a school calls itself a conservatory doesn't mean it's good...

Peabody Conservatory of music ( http://www.peabody.jhu.edu ) is a part of the Johns Hopkins University, which is a very high rated university. The liberal arts campus (Homewood), which is different from the Johns Hopkins medical campus (which is the famous one), is a mile and a half north of Peabody, which is a mile north of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. There is a shuttle system that runs pretty regularly from the three campuses.

Students at the Conservatory have a rare opportunity with music colleges: they can take any course(s) at Hopkins as well. There are double degree students as well. Also, any Homewood full-time students can take minor lessons in an instrument at Peabody. This is a major plus, whether you plan on focusing on a music major or a liberal arts major.

Do you go to Peabody?

Woo CMU!

But for the record, not all musicians at CMU can double major outside their field. Not only does it take a lot of work, but it is possible to only be accepted into CFA (the College of Fine Arts.) Of course after some time spent in the University you can take other classes, but you aren't always allowed to double major.

(I currently attend CMU as a music composition student with a minor in muisic technology.)

What about the other more expiremental schools?

Bard, Bennington, Sarah Lawrence, Amherst, Williams, Smith, Pormona?

I'm most interested in Bard and Bennington, myself.