Preparing to get my Masters in Music Education?

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Does Hope College in MI have a OK instrumental music program?

helpme asked:


Although we are looking at music education, my son may be good enough to go into performance at the Masters level and wants to make sure he is getting good enough training to do so.
My son would concentrate in Saxaphone, with a first love of Jazz.
They have an adjunct sax teacher, but a full time jazz program leader. He is also accepted at Central Mich and MSU, but we like the small liberal arts atmosphere of Hope.
I know Hope is undergrad only. I was assuming my son would transfer to get a Masters in Music. So perhaps the question is how would reputable Masters programs feel about Hope?

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Colleges/Universities for Music?

Falling Rain Petals asked:


Does anyone know of any good colleges or universities in the US that offer a good music/music education program?

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CSU Fresno or San Diego State?

S.C asked:


I am torn between these two schools, they are both my top choices, and they both have a great music education program, and they both have great marching bands, fresno is much cheaper, but san diego is in a much better community. What’s the better choice?

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What colleges offer both a language interpreting program AND a program in music performance?

admiral_n_20 asked:


I’m trying to figure out where I want to go to college. I’ve been debating between becoming an interpreter, as I love languages, and my mom is becoming an American Sign Language interpreter, I think that would be fun; and between music education, I’ve played guitar for 8 years, love it, and thought I’d enjoy teaching music at a college. However I think I’d prefer being an interpreter, and also I think part of the reason I’d want to do music is simply to have the chance of going through college focused on guitar, it’d be so enjoyable. So I decided I’d go for interpreting, and double-major in that and in music performance in guitar. However trying to look for colleges that would offer something like that is difficult. I live in Charlotte, NC and would prefer to go somewhere not TOO far away…hopefully within six hours perhaps. Please, suggest others, but consider that too.

Oh, and for my language, I’m native in english, and would be interested in interpreting Spanish or Japanese, initially at least. And for guitar, I’d prefer a jazz program over classical. Thanks so much for your help!

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Which university has a better music program, SDSU or UCSD? I’m trying to figure out where to transfer to. ?

Calixica asked:


I’m transfering from Palomar College and I want to stay in So California. Even though those schools probably aren’t the best known music universities, I’d like to know which one is better. Or, if you have knowledge of any music conservatories that offer a major in music I’d love to know. Also, I’m thinking of focusing on a Music Education major to try to become a University professor in the future. Thanks for your help!

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University of South Alabama - Good school to study music?

Stevie. [Gabor] asked:


I’m a junior this year, so college has been on my mind a lot lately. I really want to be near the coast, so I’ve been looking into University of South Alabama and University of Mobile. I don’t know what I want to study just yet, but it’s probably going to be either music or education. Which of these two schools would be better for me? (Also, I’m agnostic, which is why I would really rather not go to a private school, but I’ve heard UOM’s music program is much better.)

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music ed major- go to community college first?

Josh G asked:


i want to major in music education, and my parents want me to stay at home for first 2 years and go to a inexspensive community college first? is that a good idea? the community college only has 2 people in thier “band” so pretty much their music program really sucks. would i save a litle money by going to the community college first. or would i end up being in school longer??

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How do you get accepted to the fallowing colledges. for curiousioty?

Lakakookachoo asked:


ok, so here are links. i didnt do good back ground checks. im still in the process, i have time to make a disicion. i was wondering if mabey you could search these websites to help me out. i just need to find out what you need to get accepted. im trying so many sites out! GAH!!!!!!!!! if you do help me, can you post the actual link where it says what you need? or if you went to the colledge, then can you just tell me?
Here are the colledge links, thanks, this really means a lot to me. if you know any colledges in england or illinous, then that would be fantastic if you could give me a link to get to them. for thiose of you that know how old i am, (aka, i want to travel the world, sister dodo, and madeline) dont yell at me, its better then waiting to the last minute to panic! thanks again, Oh and i want to be magor in music education for woodwinds brass and percussion, and minor in counseling… and here are the links i promised oh so long ago!
http://www.niu.edu/about/index.shtml
http://www2.iwu.edu/music/departments/winds/index.shtml
http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/ca/
http://www.siu.edu/~music/programs/education.html

thanks. im SO STRESSED!!! i found if you get stressed, peppermint tea helps!
SHUT UP OBOUT MY SPEELING!!! IS THAT ALL YUO CARE ABOUT!!!!!!
screw you matt!!!!!!!! IM LOOKING NOW!!!!!!!!! im not waiting! and i wanttt to get my butt to england because
A.) its not here
B.) im gonna end up moving their anyways, may asa well have some friends.
C.) i have a chance of getting their accent <3
D.) i'll be with madeline
E.) ITS NOT HERE!!!!!!!
F.) mabey their, people will randomly give me hugs!

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i just don’t know what to do. i don’t know if i’m good enough, if i should do something better w/ my time.

scoot asked:


All i’ve ever wanted to do was sing, ever since i was about 3. i have taken dance classes, singing lessons, been in local musicals, in a show choir that performed at disney twice, and in church choirs ever since. i want to go to college for vocal performance and pedagogy, but i just don’t know if i’m good enough. i emailed one of my old vocal coaches to ask her what books a few songs were in because i was going to use them for my audition for vocal performance, and this is what she said (copied and pasted from the email):

“Hopefully you are getting some vocal coaching before your auditions. Have you thought of entering the music education program instead of vocal performance? I think you would make an excellent teacher.”

she’s always been sort of condescending towards me and my singing. she always told me i shouldn’t go for performance, but that i should go for music ed. which i sorta don’t want to do. i’d rather do private lessons.

and i have a new vocal coach now, and she’s
(continued) she’s supersweet, but when i told her i wanted to major in vocal performance in college, i could see in her eyes that she was thinking “WHAAAAAAAT?”

i just don’t know. it’s all i’ve ever wanted to do, and honestly, i can’t really do a whole lot of other things. i get good grades, and i make jewelry (whoopdy doo), but everything else i’ve done is singing, singing, singing. i just don’t know what else i’d do.

i just don’t know if i should forget about it and do something better with my time and stop fooling myself into thinking i can actually go to college for this and do something good with my life through singing. i don’t know what else i’d do, i have no experience in anything else. and when i apply to colleges, on the activities, it’s going to have years and years of singing experience and that’s it.

it’s just hard. i guess i’m just sorta stuck.
btw i sing classical music, and that’s the direction i want to go in. i can comfortably hit a high e above the staff. the colleges i’m applying to are state colleges.

i just don’t want to make a fool of myself.

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