The Experts' Choice: Options for the Musician Who Doesn't Want to Attend a Conservatory

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Belmont University (Nashville, TN)

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Boston College (Chestnut Hill, MA)
Boston University (Boston, MA)

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Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
Columbia College Chicago (Chicago, IL)
Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN)
Lawrence University (Appleton, WI)
Lebanon Valley College (Annville, PA)
New York University (New York, NY)

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Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
Rice University (Houston, TX)
Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY)
St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN)
Susquehanna University (Selinsgrove, PA)
University of California — Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
University of Denver (Denver, CO)

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University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA)
University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA)
Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
Yale University (New Haven, CT)

About This List

Conservatories are great for the musician who eats, sleeps, and breathes music. Other music students want a little more variety in their classes--and a little less of opera divas wailing in the dorms. These schools are for them.

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Bradley University

Peoria, IL

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