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Middlebury College – Music

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DESCRIPTION

Our music department courses, ensembles, lessons, and other activities are equally available to non-majors and majors alike. The curriculum for music majors offers a balance between thoroughness and flexibility, offering each student a chance to develop areas of strength in the context of a broad liberal arts education.

A wide range of lessons are available, covering the gamut from piano, voice and most orchestral instruments to folk fiddle, bagpipe and blues harmonica.

ADVANTAGES

Facilities include a gorgeous small concert hall, an electronic music lab with six keyboards and eight computers, a 51-rank Gress-Miles pipe organ, a student-run recording studio, a French double-manual harpsichord built by William Dowd in 1964, a three rank portatif organ, 9 practice rooms, a state-of-the-art music library with reference, CD/tape/record, book, and score collections, videos and instructional computer software in the field of music.

THINGS TO CONSIDER

The Music Department offers many ensemble performance opportunities, including choirs, orchestra, jazz ensembles, musicals, and chamber music opportunities

FINANCIAL AID

Middlebury makes every effort to help all candidates obtain the financial aid they need in the form of grants, loans, and work/study jobs. In the case of international students, Middlebury follows a need-aware admissions policy.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Scholarships are available.

CERTIFICATIONS

Middlebury College and its affiliated degree granting programs–the Monterey Institute of International Studies, the Bread Loaf School of English, the summer Language Schools, and the C.V. Starr-Middlebury Schools Abroad–are accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE), part of the regional accredit ting agency, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).

SUMMARY

Middlebury’s music department puts student creative work in the spotlight. There are opportunities to compose and perform; courses in popular music and jazz; choral, orchestral, jazz and chamber ensembles; and annual music theater productions.

Los Angeles City College (LACC) – Music

admin — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:06:14 +0000

DESCRIPTION

Los Angeles Junior College was established on September 9, 1929 by the Los Angeles Board of Education. The college offered “semi-professional courses” for students who wanted to limit their college education to two year, and “certificate courses” for those looking to continue toward university work. The first Associate in Arts degrees were conferred June 19, 1931.

With the establishment of its Commercial Music curriculum in 1946, LA City College became the first college in the nation to offer a degree in jazz. Indeed, numerous important jazz musicians attended LA City College, including Herb Alpert, Chet Baker, Irving Bush, Eric Dolphy, Bob Florence, Herb Geller, Jerry Goldsmith, Les McCann, Charlie Mingus, Lennie Niehaus, Tommy Oliver, Jack Sheldon, Julius Wechter and Hal Owen.

ADVANTAGES

In 2011 Los Angeles City College will begin renovations to its Music Department building. The construction budget allows for upgraded systems, seismic upgrades, renovated classrooms and practice rooms.

The full scope of our project includes a new 150-seat lecture hall, expanded 200-seat recital hall, state-of-the-art electronic music studios, brand new music library and additional practice rooms.

THINGS TO CONSIDER

Our faculty members are dedicated teachers who are active in the music industry as arrangers, copyists, composers, theorists, sound engineers and performers who play and sing regularly as soloists and with professional ensembles

FINANCIAL AID

We participate in various federal and state financial aid programs to help our students pay for college expenses.

SCHOLARSHIPS

Each year, the Los Angeles City College provides students with scholarships to allow them to continue to excel in their educational career

CERTIFICATIONS

Our school is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

SUMMARY

As a comprehensive community college, Los Angeles City College offers life-long learning opportunities and provides programs, coursework, support, and guidance to develop and sustain a community of learners–both near and far–with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for optimal growth and achievement in their personal and professional lives.

FULL SAIL – Music Business (Bachelors Program)

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:42:18 +0000

DESCRIPTION

Full Sail University’s Music Business Bachelor’s Degree Program is designed to give you a practical, real-world music business education. You’ll get training in the core fundamentals of business like marketing, advertising, finance, and accounting. You’ll also get the specific inside knowledge you’ll need to make it in the complex and unique entertainment media industry as our instructors cover topics like intellectual property, artist and product management, publishing, and distribution.

ADVANTAGES

The Music Business Bachelor’s Degree Program is open to graduates of any of Full Sail University’s degree programs, as well as to outside students with a minimum of an associate’s or bachelor’s degrees in related technical or business fields, and will result in a bachelor’s degree in Music Business when completed.

THINGS TO CONSIDER

Although every job in the music business is unique, they all need to work in harmony to maximize an artist’s potential. This broad-based real world approach is at the heart of Full Sail’s Music Business Bachelor of Science Degree program, which will give you in-depth knowledge of multiple aspects of the business. To be an effective player in the music business, it’s not just important to be good at what you do, but also to be well-versed in the many different roles within the industry. For example, a band’s publicist may not need to book a tour, but being aware of how and why that tour is routed a certain way is invaluable knowledge when it comes to forming a media strategy. By teaching you about the many different roles in the business, the Music Business curriculum allows you to not only focus on what you do best, but also to ensure that your contributions to the big picture are as effective as possible.

FINANCIAL AID

Financing anything – whether it’s a home, a car, or your education – is no small matter. That’s why we have a 74-person Financial Aid Department dedicated to working with you to make this sometimes confusing process easier.

SCHOLARSHIPS

In an effort to encourage and develop future generations of media professionals, Full Sail has developed the Merit Scholarship Program. Eligible participants may receive a Merit Scholarship towards the tuition of any one Full Sail degree program.

CERTIFICATIONS

All Full Sail Degree Programs are accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges of Technology (ACCSCT).

SUMMARY

You’ll learn through courses in music-specific business subjects like Artist Development, Music Copyright and Publishing, Concert Management and Publicity, and Record Label Development, as well as general business concepts like marketing, distribution, and law. After you’ve absorbed all the necessary knowledge from these varied courses, the Music Business Bachelor of Science Degree program culminates in a final project in which create a music business thesis specific to your music business interests.

Video

http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/ an overview of the business degree options at full sail university

http://www.fullsail.com/entertainment-business-masters/overview-video.html?video=5314