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Author: Amy Sanders
Date: 2001-04-10 02:17
I just got accepted into Harvard and I was wondering if they have a good music program. If they don't, should I go to northwestern or boston university instead? I'm not sure if i really wanna do music though...
jeez, life is confusing.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-04-10 02:25
Geez - why did you apply to Harvard? I figure you must have had a reason - not just throwing darts at a dartboard, right? You must have put down what you wanted to major in on the app, and I'll bet it wasn't music.
> jeez, life is confusing.
You ain't kidding. I figure someone who was accepted at Harvard would know the reason they applied there ...
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Author: clarinetfreak
Date: 2001-04-10 06:14
I don't think harvard has a performing music program. They do however have musicology and theory... I believe. If you want a serious performing music school in a very good achedemic setting U of Mich and Norwestern is you best bet.
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Author: Daniel Bouwmeester
Date: 2001-04-10 08:47
Amy,
Your post is pretty weird...
From what I understand you want to study music... and you applied to Harvard ????
No.. you have to choose... either you do music and you apply at Julliard.. or you do Law / business.. whatever and you apply at Harvard.
Both not really compatible..
If you turn up for an auidtion for an orchestra, and you tell them... Oh... I've studied clarinet in Harvard, then people will laugh at you badly !
Anyway, I cannot interferere in your choices in life...
But if you're accepted in Harvard you should go there... suffer a couple of years.. but come out with a great diploma. And a sollid carreer.. Music is not a carreer. teaching music is... performing not.
Good luck
Daniel (Geneva, Switzerland)
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Author: Sandee
Date: 2001-04-10 13:15
Amy, you've got time. Take the classes that interest you (music or otherwise), and if Harvard turns out to be a bad fit, you can transfer. You've probably got accepted at some other very good schools that will still be there anytime you're ready. Why don't you see if you can talk to some of the music profs at Harvard?Very few young people finsh college in four years nowadays. Most schools don't insist you declare a major right away. That's good -I'm 47 and don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
Enjoy your music and good luck!
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Author: Dan Oberlin
Date: 2001-04-10 17:11
Another possibility is to go to Harvard and study the clarinet too.There are lots of great clarinetists and clarinet teachers in the area around Boston (like Jonathan Cohler, whose degree is in physics and from Harvard).
Good luck.
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Author: Michelle
Date: 2001-04-10 17:32
Amy,
I have a friend who transferred to Harvard as a music major (oboe). She went on to New England Conservatory for her master's and has a very successful career (and has even started her own chamber group).
Good luck with your decision.
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Author: Pam
Date: 2001-04-10 21:43
Jeez,
Sounds like some of you are jealous of Amy and piling on. Harvard is academically the most prestigious school in America, if not the world. And Boston is a great city for music. I almost went to Curtis in Philadelphia. They had a program which allowed a double degree with UPenn, therefore satisfying my needs academically as well as musically. I bet Harvard can swing something similar for you. Northwestern, Boston U and Michigan are great schools and have top music programs. So do Johns Hopkins (Peabody), Case Western (CIM), and Rice (Shepherd). Some may even be as good as Harvard academically, but a Harvard degree is unique in the carte blanche it will give you as you go through life. If I were you I'd go to Harvard. Yoyo Ma went there, and he is a pretty successful musician. You can always take lessons from BSO players while carrying an academic major. All professional orchestras care about is how you play and whom you studied with. Music degrees mean very little, otherwise symphony players would all have doctorates on their instruments. That rarely happens.
Best of luck,
Pam
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2001-04-10 22:18
Pam wrote:
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> Jeez,
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> Sounds like some of you are jealous of Amy and piling on.
Oh, bull. Someone who's accepted at Harvard should be smart enough to figure out how to find out about their music program without us. I figure this one is a troll.
Mark C., who's <b>way</b> beyond his "jealous" years.
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Author: Julia Meyer
Date: 2001-04-11 00:29
Whoa...Mark, that's harsh!! Give her a break!
Amy,
If you're not sure you want to do music as a major thats fine...make sure you go to a university that will challenge you academically and has opportunities to develop as a musician as well. THis type of thing would tend toward a small music school within a larger university. (Like Syracuse University...which isn;t known particularly for its music school--but the professors are great, and everybody knows everyone else, and a friendly atmosphere prevails)
Either way, do what you think is best for right now...you can always change your mind. You don't have to decide your entire life now...thats ridiculous! Just try out a lot of options, keep them open, and good luck!!
Julia
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Author: Cathy
Date: 2001-04-11 02:45
Amy- have you visited any of these schools' campuses? If not I would suggest that you try to, and see where you feel more comfortable. I visited multiple schools and though some might seem more "prestigous" than where I am currently going to school ( Western IL University), we actually have an excellent music department. My decision was clinched after just getting a "right" feeling when I visited the campus. My school feels just like home to me and I wouldn't trade it for any other school in the world. In any case where ever you decide to go no one should laugh at you, if they do, then they have no social graces, and you should just ignore them. Also life is confusing, and its ok to change your mind on a major or even transfer schools if you feel that is neccesary. Hope this helps! ~Cathy
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2001-04-11 06:59
If you like clarinet, you chose a wrong ivy league university.
You should have enter Princeton, where Charles Neidich works as a professor.
Do not forget New England Concervatoir. Practice place maight be more difficult to get in Boston. I read in a Sax magazine a Jazz player ,when he was young, got a practice place there in night time or during holidays although he was not a student or a part-time worker there.
I have a recording of Harold Wright, where he plays with a very good community orchestra. If you can locate its secretary, he/she may be a help to you.
Another idea is the Museum of Fine Arts. During night they often hold small concerts. Why not talk with players there?
p.s: I like 'little necks' at Boston Columbus bay restaurants with Samuel Jhonson beer. Sorry off-the-topic.
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Author: Jun
Date: 2001-04-11 15:20
Excuse me....young people like us would come to a cross road at some point including myself...i am at point now in choosing whether to study music as my profession or taking a major in chemistry and a minor in music....and which schools...where.....missing my parents during my studies......cash....
.a saying in my homeland...every school is the same but whether you yourself are able to make it to the grade...some went to prestigous schools and flunk until their pants dropped....
Maybe you should try to talk to your parents or your future teachers in Harvard..it doesn't matter to me if you go to any school...as long as you are able to make it till you get your degree....
does your first love is in music itself ? are you following your heart? take time to think about the questions...slowly as it will affect what you are later in your life?
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