As a middle school student, I have already made up my mind to become a professional musician; however, I need to figure out a clearer "route" to take. I've already heard of Julliard and the California Institute of the Arts, so if you know more about those, just tell me. I will probably major in music performance and music theory and composition, so I am looking for colleges that offer those. BTW, if you can,let me know about any tips to reaching success in the music world. Thanks a bunch!!! :)
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Julliard is your best bet right now, if you are thinking about the best and most rewarding experience that you can obtain locally. Use these years to tweak and hone your skills. Equal focus must be placed on the technical as well as the creative, artistic side. The latter will help to display your style and consequent uniqueness which can set you apart from the rest of the applicants.\n\nThinking along a wider spectra. Might I recommend University of Leeds: School of Music. This quaint English university not only allows you to compete with the best in your country but the creme de la creme of the world. \n\nYou being on the other side of the world and closer to the European territory will be immersed in a plethora of musical talent. It was in this region that the very violin you played originated and the myriad of techniques tried and proven to be worthy of the musical community. \n\nThe European territory was where the legendary musicians where birthed and what an experience it would be to follow their very paths which to them to renowned heights!
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Oh there are soo many awesome careers available.  A major choice you will eventually have to make is if you want to be a professional performer or not.  Performance is great, but endless practice, stress, and competition.  I think it would be neat to get into composing, especially for film, and a piano major focusing on composition would be ideal for that.  Check out this link from Berklee.
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takes a deeeeeep breath- \nWe all go through these thoughts at every stage of our careers as musicians. There are of course, only four horn positions open in any major or minor orchestra, so the competition is fierce. It is a fine education for the mind, and you as a professional musician can contribute valuable things to your community with your playing and your education. But you have to get the stars out of your eyes as soon as you can, and adapt the attitude that you are willing to be a musician in whatever form is most useful and most financially rewarding to you and your area. So keep at it, go for it, be realistic, practice your hind end off, NO practice breaks in the summer, go to the BEST conservatory you can. I suggest the Cleveland Institute of Music, my Alma mater, where your horn prof will be a member of the Cleveland Orchestra. www.cim.edu \n Or Eastman, Julliard, Oberlin, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Indiana, or Curtis Institute.
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My daughter didn't know what she wanted to do after graduating high school, so spent the next year working in a resort community. After getting to know the police officers there, she started to look into being a police officer. She's now close to graduating from college, and is attending the police academy. What I'm saying is that many kids don't know what they want to be until they get involved with something. Then, their natural talents kick in, and they begin to realize what they're good at. So, look at your talents. What are you really into? What feels more like fun than work? I think it's great to hear someone say that they get to work at what they love and ,oh by the way, they get paid to do it too! When you're excited about your job, you know that that's where you need to be. Whether that's waitressing or wheeling & dealing with corporations, enjoying your job is much better for you all around. Of course, having ANY job now days is better than nothing. I guess you need to look at the reasons behind you wanting to transfer. Don't just go to a college because of where it's located. That can get boring really quick. Look at what they have to offer. Also, look at your own talents. Line up what you have with what these colleges have to offer and see what sticks out. If your grades have been really decent, most colleges would be glad to have you. If your grades weren't so hot, you might consider going to a tech school, and get trained for a specific trade. It's cheaper and quicker. Hope you have much success in your career choice. <*)))><
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Oboe can be a good experience if you are willing to work! It is never too late to start learning how to play! I teach private oboe lessons and I have a man in his 50's that is just learning how to play. I would highly recommend going to a local music store and seeing about renting an oboe. They are very expensive instruments (A student oboe will cost about $2,000+ and a prof can cost up to $12,000). I dont have any of my students actually buy an oboe until they have played for a while and know it is something they are going to stick with. It's a big investment!!\nAlso, find an oboe teacher in your area. There are a lot of wrong ways to play the oboe and very few right ways, and people who try to just teach themselves end up with very bad habits that are hard to break or they just never figure it out and give up. It's a very hard instrument to learn and its very important to have someone who plays it to teach you. Music stores might know of local players. You can also check local colleges and universities. If the school has a music department then chances are good that they will have some oboe majors floating around that will be more than happy to teach you for a small fee. You can also try local orchestras. Sometimes their oboe players will give lessons.\nYou can also check with your high school band director. They might be able to put you in contact with a local oboe player.  \nHope this is enough information to get you started! Being a successful oboe player is a very rewarding thing. Since it is such a hard instrument there are very few decent oboe players which means it is fairly easy to find gigs. You can also get good college scholarhips too! Schools always need oboe players! \nIf you want anymore information please contact me and I will be more than happy to help you out! :)\ndixieland_delight24@hotmail.com
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Check at guitar shops and in paper .Make sure the person you ask to teach you can play the type of music your into.If your looking to learn on music theory i strongly recomend a teacher.There is books out there about it but i just could not get it all out of a book.Reading tabliture was huge for me once i learned that i really became a better guitarist mastering all the old metallica albums.Theory though helps open your mind to so much more and you already know what your doing before you do it.Example with theory mastered you could listen to a guitar part and now exactly were to go to play a solo or what scale would fit.\n       Good luck to you and remember the biggest thing that will make you improve as a musician is,practice i cant stress this enough
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no you are not to younge. jojo was what 13. but you do need to be on your toes and aware of what and who you are and what you want to do. the industry is crazy and can be deviouse and you do need to find a good agent and be open to critisism. and i suppose music college couldnt hurt.
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USC is good.  Check out UCLA also.  Think about this.  What kind of resources will be available to you if you go to school right next to hollywood.  Some people may say that if you enter into Hollywood, you are going to sell out or be part of some conformist machine.  Not true.  Sure Hollywood puts out a lot of crap, but you can really learn some good stuff, and most importantly make contacts.  Your professional network is really important to any career.  You should be working on this when you are in school, so when choosing a school, look at more than just academics.  Look at what extracirricular opportunities the school can afford you.  Good luck in your decision.  I have heard good things about Columbia.  If you choose Chicago, it will be a good decision.
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Learn the Circle of Fifths chart....It'll be extremely difficult at first but if your persistent and have a passion for music you should be fine! GOOD LUCK!!!!
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My senior year. I had the most fun because I joined a few clubs and was more active in chorus. I was in a trio that won first in state and a triple trio that won second in state. I also had lots of friends and fun. Unfortunately, I had a little too much fun and my grades fell so badly that I almost didn't graduate. I barely made it, but at the last exam, I gave it my all and passed. If I would have only done that throughout all of high school, I would have been an honor student, along with winning lots of scholarships and going on to college. But, alas, I didn't. Don't mean to bum you out, but it's true. I had more freedom as a senior, turning 18 in the middle of the year. I didn't handle 18 too well. I hope you do better than I did. Study hard. Get the best grades you can. Join a couple of clubs. Have fun. You'll only do this once, then it's gone. Learn from one who's been there, done that. Be careful. Be safe. <*)))><
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I would stay at the old school with the great  music and drama program, if you are really good you may go to college on a music or drama scholarship.\n\nCan you handle not being part of the "in crowd" in your new area?
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OK, I have a lot to say about this, so please give this a read. \n\nI have three college degrees. One is an associate's (I went to a community college), one is a bachelor's, and one is a master's. I didn't decide on my major until my junior year of college, and even then, I wasn't sure if I made the right decision. \n\nDO NOT let anyone tell you that you have to decide right away. You don't. Declare yourself a liberal arts major and take as many different classes as you can. Take what sounds interesting. Take internships. Take as much as you can! The only way to find out what you want to do is explore and experiment. \n\nAnd you don't have to know what you want to do for a living right out of high school OR college. I'm 28, and I've just decided what my "calling" is. It took me a long time, but I finally made it. \n\nBut I also want to go back to school for more education in areas where I didn't get to take classes. So, please, explore and don't let anyone pressure you into choosing a major.\n\nBy the way, I majored in English, and the only reason I did it is because I love to write. I didn't make the decision for careers because I'm certainly not making a lot of money off of my writing. :)\n\nGood luck, and my best to you with whatever decisions you make!
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Get a teacher. You will save yourself a lot time and you will gain knowledge from your teacher.\n\nPractice everyday. Be commited. Don't procrastinate. \n\nListen to all genres of music. You can't be a music lover if you don't listen to all forms of the art.\n\nPlay from your heart. Don't be like a computer, playing all the notes perfectly, with the perfect loudness and perfect rhythm... Do all that, BUT with playing from your heart as the main focus.
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Go to Carnegie Mellon University in USA. Web site is http://www.cmu.edu/.
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Music production is not a program that is normally 'rated' by statistical methods, so it would be difficult to say which one is 'best' like we do for Business, Medicine, or Physics.  But, the two that I know of that have strong music production programs are Belmont (in Nashville, a strongly Baptist school with an outstanding program in your field), and Full Sail (in Orlando, a more technically-oriented program without probably the same type of academic accreditation, but probably just as good or better technical training).  However, I'm sure that any of the major music conservatories (Julliard, Berklee, Rochester) would have excellent programs in this area too.  I just doubt you'll find any useful rating systems out there.
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Hi!  I'm Asian-American, I have a college degree in music, and my primary intrument is piano. I also have a few Asian friends and non-Asian friends who went to school with me.  \n\nAlthough both of my parents were born and raised in Japan, I would say that I grew up in a non-traditional Japanese family because I didn't become a doctor or an engineer.  This is nice, but probably has nothing to do with me becoming a professional musician.  I just enjoyed it and my parents allowed me to explore it.  And usually, when you enjoy something, you spend more time doing it and you get better at it.\n\nBelieve it or not, your private music teacher's ability to teach an instrument has more to do with your ability to succeed as a musician than your parents, or anything biological or mental.  Some teachers, quite frankly, are not not trained to teach music.  Most of the time if a teacher is an amazing performer, they're a horrible teacher because they can't explain what they do.  Some teachers are better at teaching beginning students and intermediate-advanced students should seek another teacher.  So, maybe it's time to find another teacher?!  \n\nFirst I'll list a few stereotypes I've heard over the years being a musician and an asian musician.  I've heard Asian musicians tend to be technical and mechanical.  They're good at Mozart and fast music, but can't really play the heavier Romantic stuff.  Basically, Asian musicians have the emotional equivalent of a computer.  These are all stereotypes.\n\nUnfortunately, these stereotypes become truths only when people start believing them. There is no reason a non-asian kid can't play just as well as an asian kid given the same training.  Believe that and it will become true for you.\n\nMusic is a very subjective field.  Of course, this is assuming you are playing all the right notes in a way that makes rhythmic sense.  Beyond the notes and the rhythms are interpretations that are very subjective from person to person.\n\nGood Luck with the viola!  And keep up the good work.