UNC Chapel Hill music?
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DD , a DMV kid, was just accepted at UNC Chapel Hill as a transfer student. She is currently at a good state school and is double majoring, with music performance being one of her majors. Other major is allied health field. The school is well regarded, but not nearly ranked as highly as UNC and doesn’t have as solid of a music program.
Having said that, she has made a nice life for herself at the school she has attended this first year. Friends, club participation. Anyone know anything about the music program at UNC Chappel Hill? Obviously, she has made friends at school #1 and we are weighing whether or not UNC Chapel Hill transfer would be worth leaving friends, clubs, programs for. |
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I'm an alumni and one of my children is getting a B.M. currently (not at UNC); we're familiar with the college music program scene.
I love(d) UNC, but it wasn't on any of the lists of top programs. I could definitely see choosing it for one of its health majors, like you said. But not for music. Maybe ask why your DD applied to transfer in the first place? It sounds like she likes her current school, at least the way you've described it, but surely she had a reason to apply elsewhere...? |
Anonymous
| Have your kid take a trial class with a possible professors in her instrument. |
Anonymous
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It’s one of their unknown programs (it’s a department within the college of arts and sciences). For music, App State and UNCSA are more well known.
UNCSA: https://www.uncsa.edu/music/index.aspx App State: https://music.appstate.edu/ |
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+1 |
Anonymous
| My DC is a freshman at UNC and is a double major, one being piano. The professor is amazing and very well regarded. Along with the music classes (and other classes in the other major), he has a lesson with her once a week. He is playing some incredible pieces. He really likes working with her a lot and values her input. |
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+10 |
TheSpanishDoctor
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All I can say about the music department is that as a grad student at UNC, I was very happy to listen to the jazz combo performances at the end of every semester. There's also a very special ensemble called the Charanga Carolina that plays Cuban music. I wouldn't know how the music professors there teach, but what I heard was wonderful.
Maybe it's not an Oberlin or Berklee, but the music students know that and probably have other reasons ::cough basketball cough:: for choosing UNC. The school spirit is incredibly strong and the people are very friendly. Your daughter should be able to carve out her niche there quite easily. |
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+10. |
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| I wasn't a music major, but did marching and concert bands at UNC in the early '00s and had/have a ton of friends who were music or music ed majors. I can't speak to the department's relative competitiveness or quality from a music performance perspective, but socially and faculty-wise, it's wonderful. It was a very close-knit environment and people (students and staff) really looked out for each other. I'd think the music department would be the perfect place for a transfer student to find their people. |
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| I think it's not a top tier program like you'd get at a conservatory, but a good program and the historic campus is lovely. |
Anonymous
| It’s a great option, especially for the health field. Like others have said, UNC is not a music conservatory but it’s is such a strong school. You can’t really go wrong there. Plus, it sounds like UNC is better than your child’s current school so seems like a great transfer opportunity. Chapel Hill is a great college town too. Congrats! |
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Michigan is conservatory level. One of the few public schools that are. |
Anonymous
We’re not talking about Michigan. OP’s child has a chance to transfer to UNC so that’s the school we’re discussing. |