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Mar 31, 2022 · When I was a senior in high school, the decision to attend Yale came down to four main factors (in no particular order): resources, musical opportunities, academic flexibility, and the people I met. I’ll go into each of these in greater depth below:
Mar 31, 2022 · After nearly four years at Yale, I can certainly say I've learned a lot. Not just in an academic sense, but about myself, other people, and what I want out of life. With so much more context now than I could have possibly had while making my college decision, here are the reasons I'd choose Yale today if I were making my college decision:
Students who love their school are more likely to be active and happy students—and later, active and happy alumni. In short: your essay should show the admissions committee that you really love Yale, which will make them feel more confident that you'll be a great addition to the campus.
Apr 10, 2022 · Yes, just one word. And whether or not you think you’ll go to them, it can be useful to ask about what they’re like at a given school! Do most people dance? Do they wall-hug? Is the music, on average, good? Or is it that most people cannot be trusted with the aux?
- Columbia College
- Berklee College of Music
- USC Los Angeles Thornton School of Music
- The Juilliard School
- UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
- The San Francisco Conservatory of Music
- Eastman School of Music
- The Oberlin Conservatory of Music
- New England Conservatory of Music
- Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
Chicago Columbia has been trending steadily upward on THR‘s survey for the past few years and in 2022 finally hits the top of the list. The Illinois-based school offers a two-year master of fine arts program in music composition for the screen, headed by Kubilay Uner, focusing on film, television, advertising, video games and other interactive medi...
Boston Berklee’s screen scoring program, chaired by Sean McMahon, offers bachelor’s degrees in film and media scoring and game and interactive media scoring as well as options to minor in screen scoring or take a specialization in the video game scoring course. Berklee alumni and Stranger Things music editor Lena Glikson helped create one of the ye...
USC’s 20-student master’s degree program in screen scoring is now run by Jeanine Cowen, the previous Vice President for Curriculum and Program Innovation at Berklee College, succeeding interim director Patrick Kirst. Cowen and Kirst point out that USC’s faculty and student body has grown substantially more diverse this year, with Sony/ATV Music Pub...
New York As one of the world’s most renowned conservatories, Juilliard has been known more for pure music education, with even some graduates acknowledging that the school hasn’t dipped its toes in media scoring until the past few years. Its Center for Innovation in the Arts originally promoted interdisciplinary work and experimental art projects t...
Los Angeles While the Herb Alpert School is a more traditional conservatory, its master’s and Ph.D. programs offer a specialization in either composition or composition for visual media. “[Students are] being fully trained as composers in the big picture,” says Peter Golub, who teaches film scoring at UCLA and USC. “I work with the ones who are int...
SFCM composition chair David Conte teaches a music for film class, and the school also partners with the San Francisco International Film Festival to allow students to work directly with filmmakers. A one-year professional studies diploma provides studies in workflow technologies, including composing at the keyboard; sound recording and sound desig...
Rochester, New York Founded by composer Jeff Beal (House of Cards) and directed for the past two years by composer Mark Watters, Eastman’s Beal Institute for Film Music and Contemporary Media offers a two-year master’s program that accepts no more than six students a year. The school boasts a strong working relationship with the Rochester Institute...
Oberlin, Ohio Chaired by Tom Lopez, Oberlin’s bachelor of music: technology in music and related arts degree trains students for graduate study in electroacoustic music, interdisciplinary performance and digital media. The program combines music technology studies with conservatory classes in music theory, aural skills and musicology as well as ext...
Boston NEC celebrates its 255th year as one of the nation’s most venerable and prestigious music schools. Located a block from Boston’s Symphony Hall, NEC boasts long-established working relationships with the Boston Symphony, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Emmanuel Music and the Boston Chamber Music Society. The school’s Robert Ceely Electronic Music...
Bloomington, Indiana Jacobs’ music scoring for visual media program director is associate professor Larry Groupé, who modified the program in 2019 to include a master’s degree, undergraduate and doctoral minors and two certificate degrees. Students engage in recording sessions at the Joshi Studio, work with the Media School and IU’s film program on...
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This video celebrates the Yale School of Music’s mission of cultivating and sharing great music. It was written, directed, and scored entirely by graduates and current students of Yale University, and features musicians from a variety of YSM Ensembles.
