Asliuf :
I’m 17 and a Junior in High School. I’m pretty set on studying music in college. I would like to study Composition, and perhaps eventually Conducting. A list of some of the schools I’m considering:
Mannes
Manhattan
Julliard
Ithaca
Eastman
New England Conservatory
Boston Conservatory
Longy School of Music
UCLA
USC
San Fransicso Conservatory
Peabody
Curtis
Lawrence
U michigan
Clevland Institue of Music
Oberlin
Indiana university
U of I
As a reference to how ‘good’ a musician i am (silly as that sounds…) I’ve attended the Illinois All State convention for french horn, I also qualified for voice. I’ve performed on WFMT, Chicago’s classical radio station on piano. This summer i was accepted to both Interlochen and NHSMI’s composition programs; I will be attending NHSMI for five weeks. I also plan to learn violin this summer. (uber excited about that!)
My questions are very open: I invite anyone who knows anything in particular about the above (or other) music schools to tell me what they know about the composition department, the campus life, or anything at all. Based on my (admittedly brief) resume, are schools like Curtis and Julliard out of my league? what about schools like Oberlin and Lawrence? Are schools like USC, U mich, still good pathways to a successful music career for a composer or conductor, or something else? Which schools offer good merit aid? General Career advice also welcome.
(Disclaimer: Obviously this site isn’t the best source for information, but there seem to be some pretty knowledgeable people who peruse the classical music section. I’m doing other research as much as possible, and I figured I’d give this a try, too.)
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Thanks so VERY much for reading all this, any advice or knowledge you could impart is appreciated greatly.
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del_icious_manager :
A couple of questions over the last couple of days have prompted me to ask this question. What entitles a film score to be embraced as ‘classical music’ (if at all)?
Is being composed by a ‘classical’ composer enough? What about Malcolm Arnold’s music for ‘Bridge on the River Kwai’? Could that be considered ‘classical’? What about Bliss, Corigliano, Frankel, Honegger, Korngold, Prokofiev, Shostakovich Vaughan Williams and Walton? Are their film scores ‘classical’ just because THEY wrote them?
What about if concert music has been extracted from a film score? Things like the suites from Bliss’s ‘Things to Come’ or Shostakovich’s ‘Hamlet’ and ‘The Gadfly’ or Walton’s ‘Henry V’ or Prokofiev’s cantata ‘Alexander Nevsky’? What if the film music is transformed into a symphonic work, such as Vaughan Williams’s ‘Sinfonia Antartica’ or Korngold’s Violin and Cello Concertos or Miklós Rózsa’s ‘Spellbound Concerto’?
Finally, whether you think film music can ever be ‘classical’ or not, what score (or scores) would you put forward as the finest of their kind?
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I didn’t think I would need to make this clarification, having put ‘classical music’ in inverted commas throughout my question, but there’s always a new smart*** on the block (me, I’m of the old school!).
I am using the term ‘classical music’ in its generic form, meaning ‘western art music’ or ‘common practice’ music. Had I used either of those terms in my question, I would either have been derided for being a pedantic snob or had some people scratching their heads wondering what on earth I was talking about.
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piano_cat :
Hello!
We generally call “classical music” every piece of music written in the past.
But many of these works was written by composers for entertainment, and they never thought that those pieces are going to be played in 200 years in concert halls. (e.g. Haydn wrote a lot of symphonies for the court, Strauss’ Waltzers, Piazzola’s Tangos, etc) Many of these pieces were at that time just pieces for dancing at balls. During the centuries, these pieces of music became “classical”.
Following the same line, I would say that in the next 100 years ABBA’s pieces or Queen’s pieces would be the next “classical” music. And I personally think that it would be a better scenario than our contemporary music played in 100 years as classical music.
Two months ago, I was at a very interesting concert at the Philarmonica in my hometown, and in the second part they played some Queen pieces arranged for choir and orchestra:
- One Vision
- The Show Must Go On
- Who Wants To Live Forever
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- We Are The Champions
It was a very interesting idea: playing Queen in a concert hall, in the same concert with Mendelssohn!
Seeing this opinions also inspired me to ask this question:
http://sg.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AiIUJyExEYl3W2dVM6TECDv44gt.;_ylv=3?qid=20090427130936AAQ84W9
I know that neither Beethoven or Brahms were understood at their time, but I really don’t think that contemporary music nowadays will resist for centuries.
My personal opinion…
What do you think?
Please share your opinions.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers!
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Sorry, sorry, sorry!!!!!!!!!!!
Of course I know what’s the difference between “classic” and “classical”. That’s a matter of language. English is my second language and that’s a mistake of language. In my first language, we use the same word for the musical period (1730-1830) and for classical music, in general.
Yes, “classic” is Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven.
You understand what I mean… Sorry again! How embarrassing!
Thanks for your answers since now (they’re great!) and thanks for telling me about this mistake. 
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Okay so Im 17. I write tons of songs and I am good at singing. My dad insists and yells at me all the time that I should do education first for like 5 years and then start my career a little. I DONT WANT TO start my career when Im 27! Why not start it now and improve myself with the time and with the money I earn? its just better for me. my dad criticizes me ALL THE TIME. I finished 2 songs and my dad is extremely happy with the result but he always tells me i need an education and that i dont know anything to be a professinal etc.. my plan is in the other hand is to work with people who GOT education(aka guitarist or pianist). I cant play any instrument well but i know some notes cause I took piano lessons.
Im also a good composer and i know what would be great for the parts of the song etc. i edit the songs in garageband.
My plan is to record my first song professionally in a studio with a guitarist and then send it to this A&R that I already know. he asked me to send him…
and then he said he will see if he likes it.
Is it really impossible to have a career right now, when Im 17 and when I cant play any instrument well but I can write and sing?
this summer i will take vocal classes too. Its just my dad is soooo hurtful… he is no help at all he doesnt support me like this…
please tell me…
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mc :
I’m contemplating being a film composer and would like to know if LSU is a good place to go.
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godprayzer04 :
I am taking a class at my college for choral literature, and I have to compile, by the end of the month, a personal single copy library of choral pieces for the high school level. Various difficulty levels would help since this is the start of my personal collection as a future choir teacher. If anyone has recommendations for essential high school choral music, please let me know titles and composers. If you know of any useful websites please let me know those too. Thank you!
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Recall :
For a period of 180 yrs., give and take, we were inundated by what became, famous classical music composers. Why were they all men? Likewise, for artists.(painters, sculpturers,etc)
This is a well-intended question, please. Perhaps society demanded more of women to be home-based rather than creative?
Thank you.
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< r o x y 3 :
This type of msuic became as important as vocal music; 12 letters.
performing group that originated during the baroque period; 9 letters; -R-H—–.
Eperimentation with the use of —-T continued in Baroque works of art; 5 letters.
This man was a leading composer of opera (last name); 0 letters, 2nd letter: O.
Thanks!
The composer thing I already know.
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degraydog104 :
the charm school, i love money, flavor of love, elimination ceremony music?
it’d help me lotz. thankz!
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i see no point cause who’s actully need to now about the death (dog) composer beetoven
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