This is the eighth and final post of an 8-part series on "Behind the Scenes of America's Top Undergraduate Music Programs," summarizing our series. We’ve taken you through the variety of music programs, including music performance, composition, music business and industry, and music production and technology. We’ve provided guidance on how to decide what kind of program is right for you, and how to be a successful applicant!
This is the seventh post of an 8-part series on "Behind the Scenes of America's Top Undergraduate Music Programs." We provide you with an inside look at the admissions process for music programs, including the admissions factors and application components. We discuss the differences in the admissions process for a Bachelor of Music, which may involve an audition; and a Bachelor of Science. Read our tips on how to be a successful candidate!
This is the sixth post of an 8-part series on "Behind the Scenes of America's Top Undergraduate Music Programs." We now turn to programs in music production and technology. We highlight Berklee College of Music, Carnegie Mellon School of Music, Hopkins’ Peabody Institute, NYU Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music and Steinhardt School of Culture, USC’s Thornton School, and University of Miami’s Frost School.
This is the fifth post of an 8-part series on "Behind the Scenes of America's Top Undergraduate Music Programs." We explore top programs in the music business and music industry; and provide a spotlight of Drexel’s Music Industry Undergraduate Degree Program (MIP), NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Syracuse’s Bandier Program for Recording and Entertainment Industries, Northeastern’s concentration in music industry, and USC’s Thornton School of Music.
This is the fourth post of an 8-part series on "Behind the Scenes of America's Top Undergraduate Music Programs," focusing on programs in music composition. The post highlights programs at the New England Conservatory, Julliard, Curtis Institute of Music, USC’s Thornton School of Music, University of Rochester’s Eastman School of Music, and Northwestern’s Bienen School of Music.
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