Music College Prep & Counseling

• Performance – Contemporary, Classical, Jazz or Popular

• Composition – Jazz, Classical, Film Scoring, Gaming

• Songwriting / Popular Music

• Recording & Production / Music Technology

• Music Education

• Music Therapy

• Musical Theater

• Music Business & Industry

This program is specifically tailored to produce results aligned with the student’s chosen major and college requirements. Each student is assigned a mentor who will guide them through musicianship classes, skills-building on their instrument, and small combos consisting of professional musicians for performance, songwriting, or composition majors. Additional private lab work is available for those looking to major in music production, technology, or industry.

SAMPLE WEEKLY CURRICULUM:

• 60-minute private lessons to include sight reading

• 90-minute group musicianship classes (theory, keyboarding, ear-training)

• Two-hour workshops with top-tier industry professionals in chosen major

• Mock auditions and interviews

Additional Music College Counseling services available for a separate fee

Music College Counseling - Overview of Services

• Preliminary musical evaluation

• Customized list of schools

• Organizational timeline and tracker

• Identify scholarship opportunities

• Meetings with college department heads and faculty

• Coordination of lesson plans with college application requirements

• Academic/musical resume and social media presence

• Interview skills and essay writing

• Mock auditions and admission interviews

• Pre-screening audition recordings

• Review of applications, college essays, and letters of recommendation

Most college music programs require applicants to submit a prescreening video demo. Our staff has decades of experience with all aspects of putting prescreening demos together. You will walk out with professional quality videos, and the peace of mind that you have met all the requirements for your submissions.

We provide complete project overview by a Musical Director, including preparation of repertoire, hiring of musicians, and creation of backing tracks, as necessary. All on-site recordings are done in our fully-equipped video and audio recording facility by our professional recording engineers.

Bard College

Barnard College

Bates College

Belmont University - School of Music

Berklee College of Music

Boston University

Brown University

Bucknell University

Case Western Reserve University

Catawba College

City College of New York

Colgate University

Colorado College

Columbia College of Chicago

Columbia University

Connecticut College

Cornell University

Drexel University

Eastman School of Music

Elon University

Emory University

Five Towns College

Florida Atlantic University

Fordham University

Georgetown University

Goldsmiths, University of London

Hamilton College

Harvard University

Hofstra University

Hudson Valley Community College

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Iona College

Ithaca College

Johns Hopkins University

Kenyon College

Lehigh University

Lehman College

Lewis & Clark College

Liberty University

Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA)

Macalester College

Manhattan School of Music

Marist College

Maryland Institute College of Art

McGill University - Schulich School of Music

McNally Smith College of Music

Mercy College

Middle Tennessee State University - College of Media and Entertainment

Montclair University

Muhlenberg College

New School, The - Mannes School of Music

New York University (NYU) - Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music

New York University (NYU) - Steinhardt

Northeastern University Northwestern University

Oberlin Conservatory of Music

Ohio Wesleyan University

Penn State University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Royal Academy of Music - University of Surrey (UK)

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

Skidmore College

Stanford University

Stony Brook University

SUNY Binghampton

SUNY Geneseo

SUNY New Paltz

SUNY Oneonta

SUNY Purchase

Syracuse University

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

Tufts University

Tulane University

Union College

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Chicago

University of Colorado Denver - College of Arts and Media

University of Edinburgh

University of Hartford - Hartt School of Music

University of Memphis

University of Miami - Frost School of Music

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota

University of New Haven

University of Rochester

University of Southern California - Thornton School of Music

University of Surrey

University of Texas at Austin

University of the Arts

University of Vermont

Vanderbilt University

Vassar College

Virginia Tech

Wesleyan University

Western Connecticut State University

Williams College

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Yale University