Music school recommendations?
in Students & Teens ·
Betty Kelly3 said:Could someone give me some insight into what attending music school is actually like? I’m curious about the curriculum and how everything flows...
To be honest, my family is fully behind me enrolling, but I do wish they had asked if I even wanted to play anything when I was younger. Because of that, I'll probably be the oldest person in a class full of ten-year-olds, but at least I'm doing this because I actually want to, not because I'm being forced.
A few specific questions: 1. Roughly how much are the monthly tuition fees? 2. How many times a week are classes held, and are there any other little details you think I should know before diving in?
I’m looking at applying to the Juilliard School, so if anyone here has experience there, please drop some advice! I would truly appreciate it since enrollment starts in just nine days, and I really want to go in knowing what to expect. Thanks in advance 👍
hey Juliet95!
I was in the exact same boat at your age! Look, I’ll tell you right now: go ahead and enroll in music school, but choose solo singing, and then just get private guitar lessons from one of the teachers there. Yeah, it means you'll be paying double, but I managed to pull it off while finishing business school, and now that I'm in college, I've been taking regular guitar lessons for six years and I sing and play in a band. Honestly, the worst part was when my mom took me to sign up for guitar when I was 15, and the principal told us the Department of Education wouldn't allow it. Man, I was so crushed... but I ended up taking her advice and went with singing instead.
Best,