Good music colleges?

What are some good colleges for music?

• I was wondering what colleges would be good for me if i want to major somewhere in music, like music performance and production. I am 17, self-taught in music(guitar, bass, drums, vocals, small amount of piano and saxaphone). I wish to take some music theory and chord theory class(are those the same thing?) and whatever else it is musicians take that allow them to know so much of scales and how they work and how to use them. If i had the resources, i'd be playing way more instruments, probably everything. But anyway, what are some good colleges for music? Maybe in California for me?

• Answer:

  There are two - everyone else is not them but want to be: Berklee College of Music in Boston for commercial music The Juilliard School in New York for classical tradition There are some conservatories of music that are also good but don't have the same weight as those two: Oberlin, Peabody, Curtis, Shenandoah, Cleveland, Boston, Eastman, Manhattan, Thornton, etc... In California: Thornton at USC, UC-Berkeley, SFSU "whatever else it is musicians take..." would typically be: 4-6 semesters of music theory and applied musicianship, 8 semesters of applied music (lessons), 8 semesters of ensembles, 1-2 semesters of conducting, 1-3 semesters of advanced theory/arranging/composition, 1-2 semester of class voice or class piano (or both), 2 semesters of music history, 1-2 semesters of music literature, 1 semester each junior and senior recital, ... pedagogy courses for music ed types, additional applied and ensembles for performance types, more composition and theory for comp/theory types, more history for the musicology types, and churchy stuff for the church music types. Understand though - almost every college has a music department that teaches theory. You don't have to be a music major to take those but you will need permission from the department.