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Author: rbl7490
Date: 2011-10-19 03:01
What are some good graduate programs on the east coast that offer fellowships/assistantships/other forms of financial aid? I am applying to get a masters in clarinet performance and I am not necessarily looking for a conservatory setting.
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Author: Tony Park
Date: 2011-10-20 13:24
The last I checked, Carnegie Mellon University (Michael Rusineck) offers a full scholarship for their artist diploma students. Doing a master's at Yale (David Shiffrin), I believe, is still free. When I was applying at Carnegie Mellon for their graduate program, the lady at CMU that I was corresponding with said although the tuition isn't cheap, there is a lot of scholarship opportunity, including Teaching Assistantships after which the tuition fee gets reduced significantly. I am studying at McGill with Simon Aldrich at the moment and (only) my first year is entirely paid for. At the same time, I know a lot of people here that are not any under scholarship.
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Author: SteveG_CT
Date: 2011-10-20 14:19
Not being a music major myself (aerospace and mechanical engineering in my case) I can't speak about music-specific scholarships but I will tell you that there are many ways to get the school to pay for the majority of if the the entirety of you tuition and boarding fees outside of traqditional scholarships.
Bob's suggestion of volunteering to become a Resident Advisor (RA) of a dorm is a good one. This will usually net you free room and board and you will usually get the nicest room in the dorm as well (generally one of the covetted single person rooms). When I was in school the RA positions were generally given to grad student who were seeking financial aid so there is probably a reasonable chance you could secure one.
Also I would suggest contacting professors at the schools you intend to apply to and inquiring if they need research assistants. I've found that there are often paid research positions in almost every subject that will provide you with cash to put towards tuition and will often net you some acedemic credits to put towards your degree as well. Again, these positions are generally reserved for grad students looking for financial aid.
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