Grad School advice

I am still a junior, but I am beginning to look at graduate schools for music Composition.

I am at a big school now, and I kind of want to go to a smaller school for the experience. I also think it would be nice to attend a school with no doctoral program, (like Bowling Green) that way as a Master's student I get first pick of guest composers, and the option of teaching since there are no doctoral students to do that.

Does anyone have any suggestions about good places? I am not really looking for suggestions like "Oh, try Eastman or Yale", but more like "Oh, try New Mexico", and other ideas that I might not think of.

Any help tho is MUCH appreciated!:happytears:

I was going to say Duke, I'm looking into that as well

I went to Texas Christian University (in Ft. Worth TX) for my masters. It has a strong music program- and no PhD/DMA students. Dr. Blaise Ferrandino was my comp professor while I were there and he is AMAZING!

The great thing about the music program there is if you're a good enough player (or student) you can often get a full ride. I did. I actually made money while getting my masters instead of having to get loans or pay the university.

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Nate

Hmm, i'm actually applying for TCU as well.

I go to Oklahoma City University. It's a pretty small school, but it's still easy to find performers. There's no doctoral program. Dr. Knight is an AMAZING teacher. There's a lot of advantages to going here as a graduate student.

Whats California Institute of The Arts like?

Any other suggestions? Or, not even a school with a terminal masters degree, but just schools with assistantships available to masters students.

Another excellent place to apply is City of New York's Graduate Center. The system is very large an with your background you could probably get an assistantship or paid teavching gigs in NYC. The department head is David Olan. I inquired and he was helpful. The only drawback is the administrations can be overwhelming -- but you'd have great access to players from Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard, Mannes, Queens College, Brooklyn College etc.