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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000045.txt from 2003/06

From: "Danny Yee" <celestar@-----.au>
Subj: [DR-L] study exchange + US part 2 :)
Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 07:26:22 -0400

Well... following on from my previous post (which was quite a long time
ago so I don't expect anyone to remember :) )

Anyway, I'm just about to apply/submit my study exchange application
into my university to study in the US for the semester and wanted to
choose a college which let non-major students study Oboe and participate
in their orchestras/wind bands etc. (oh I'll be going in early 2004,
which is 1st semester over here in Australia, which will be Spring
semester for the US people I think.)

I'm hoping there would equal opportunities for non-music majors in
getting into orchestras/bands, because it would be terrific to
experience this... playing in my own youth orchestra is fun, but playing
in another country is something else!

Since I can only afford/pick colleges offered by my own University, and
must select one which offers my degree (electrical engineering) it
limits my choices quite significantly..... anyway, I've got these
colleges which suits these criteria:

Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Ohio State University, Columbus
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

There were others such as University of Minnesota - Duluth
that I haven't seen much about

The question I'm hoping people on the list could answer is....

Does anyone know much about these universities in terms of their
musical/oboe opportunities..? Any experiences in general with these
colleges... and recommendations/thoughts...?

I've done some research myself in terms of their academic side but any
information from people ACTUALLY living/going/experienced would be ten
times better IMHO.

Thanks everybody

-Danny Yee