View Full Version : Best contemporary music (non classical) universities in the US?
Voyageman
Oct 27, 2007, 03:24 PM
We have identified several below. Any other suggestions? Thanks
Berklee –Berklee.com (http://www.berklee.com)
MI - Best Music School in Los Angeles, Guitar Lesson Colleges, Music Business College, Recording Schools LA, Musicians Institutes (http://www.mi.edu/)
Fullsail Full Sail: School of Film, Art, Design, Music & Media Production (http://www.fullsail.com)
McNally Smith College McNally Smith College of Music | Music Degrees From the Top Music Business School and Music College (http://www.mcnallysmith.edu/)
PointBlank Point Blank Music College | Music Production Courses, Ableton Live Course, Music Courses, Online Music School, Sound engineering Courses, DJ courses, Singing classes, Logic courses, Reason Courses, Music courses, Music technology courses (http://www.pointblanklondon.com/index.asp)
LA Music Academy LA Music Academy: The direct path to becoming a great musician (http://www.lamusicacademy.com/default.asp)
lipstick79
Jan 31, 2010, 02:21 AM
I'm not sure who wrote the above but most of the schools you listed are not universities and not top-tier contemporary music programs. In my opinion the best graduate programs for contemporary music composition in the United States are (in no particular order) Columbia University, UC San Diego, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Brandeis, Cornell, Northwestern, Harvard, Princeton, NYU, Indiana University, Eastman, Manhattan School of Music, Duke, University of Michigan, and a few others...
katinburns
Jul 24, 2010, 12:55 PM
None of those schools you mentioned are contemporary music colleges
eagleray92
Oct 11, 2010, 02:14 AM
MI is a contemporary music college. I know for a fact because I am currently attending it. Berklee counts as a contemporary music college even though it shouldn't because it's only contemporary for certain instruments. Full Sail IS a contemporary music college - I got recruited by them and have seen their catalogs. Their specialty is audio production, which is a huge plus in the makings of a contemporary music college.
I do not know about the other schools, but I have told u all I know about those 3 I do know about.
eagleray92
Oct 11, 2010, 02:18 AM
I'm not sure who wrote the above but most of the schools you listed are not universities and not top-tier contemporary music programs. In my opinion the best graduate programs for contemporary music composition in the United States are (in no particular order) Columbia University, UC San Diego, Stanford, UC Berkeley, Brandeis, Cornell, Northwestern, Harvard, Princeton, NYU, Indiana University, Eastman, Manhattan School of Music, Duke, University of Michigan, and a few others...
Several of the schools you mentioned are not contemporary - they are classical. Columbia, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Manhattan, Eastman, NYU - None of them are contemporary schools. And UC Berkeley doesn't even have a music program. You're referring to "Berklee" which is located in Boston.
eagleray92
Oct 11, 2010, 02:18 AM
none of those schools you mentioned are contemporary music colleges
MI is a contemporary music college. I know for a fact because I am currently attending it. Berklee counts as a contemporary music college even though it shouldn't because it's only contemporary for certain instruments. Full Sail IS a contemporary music college - I got recruited by them and have seen their catalogs. Their specialty is audio production, which is a huge plus in the makings of a contemporary music college.
I do not know about the other schools, but I have told u all I know about those 3 I do know about.
lalalaleora
Oct 29, 2010, 04:07 PM
Those are mostly conservatiores- the opposite of a contemporary music program