Hi MT gurus, I've been learning a great deal on the music major forum, and am hoping for some cross-pollination advice here. My D (like most of your kids I know) is multi-faceted - classically trained in voice/piano, loves everything about MT, and is a relatively accomplished singer-songwriter-performer.
She's determined to keep music and MT in her life, but also is very academically inclined (with stats to at least give a shot at any school), and is very attached to the idea of exploring academic interests at a LAC. So we've been digging into LACs with conservatories for the dual degree possibility, and LACs simply with great music programs.
Given she's not ready to dive full throttle exclusively into either a conservatory or an MT program, a sage on the MM forum suggested asking here for recommendations on LACs that are NOT pre-professional and audition-only but rather LACs that have a great student-led MT arena. The hope is such LACs may be places where non-MT majors could still participate extensively in MT, possibly even writing MT and acting in one's own production.
Suggestions? Since she's looking for academic rigor (yes, her emphasis, not my limitation) ideas of schools in the top 50 more or less (and yes we take the rankings with a very healthy dose of salt) would be most helpful, but don't necessarily limit to those. Also, private U suggestions are welcome if they have low walls/open doors between schools/departments. To kick off your thought processes, a few LACs she's looking at from the music side include Vassar, Oberlin, Macalaster, Pomona/Consortium, Barnard/Columbia, Colorado College, Lawrence U and Vanderbilt.
Thanks!
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