Music universities

[Hellhounds On My Trail]

Hello guys, i'm in need of your help here...I'm looking for some music universities, colleges etc. preferably in Europe because i'm considering studying music abroad but I can't find enough information. So what i'm asking is the qualifications needed in order to study in the universtity, prices etc...I' be glad if you could help me because now that i finished school i'm considering studying music abroad and that will be something very difficult for me!!!Sorry for the bad english and thanks in advance...

 

[vikk]

ZOMG Sibelius!

 

[Mystique1721]

train your ears!! Every major in music that I've looked into, at any university, will test you in sight-singing and probably dictation as well. get started on this if you aren't already proficient at it.

 

[Swabs]

Damnit, you edited it

 

[Mystique1721]

lol yeah. my brain hasn't been working too well lately

 

[666laiho_4evacobhc]

KNOW YOUR SHIT! I auditioned to the best school in Montréal ( which is one of the best musical school in the world) and didn't get accepted (that's why I'm in Physics now!). Three good advices they gave me : 1. Theory over skill : No one give a damn if you can plan an arpeggio or whatever if you can't name it. ; 2. LEARN READ SIGHTING! If you can't read (and by read I mean a GOOD reading skill) music, you'll get nowhere. No musician will play with you. And no school will accept you. That is all. And 3. BE DIVERSE. I know metal sounds like the shit, but can you play other styles? Musical schools don't need shredders (they have PLENTY of these, trust me, and they are WAAAAY better than me and you!). One week before my interview I learnt a "non-metal" song because they wanted me to learn 2 songs ( the first was COB's Bed of Razors). I screwed up so bad, it's not not even funny. My point is, "non-metal" is has much difficult to give (emotionally), than metal music (Off topic : I HATE metallers who think metal is the only shit).

 

[Mystique1721]

^hey sexy.

 

[CliffBurton]

train your ears!! Every major in music that I've looked into, at any university, will test you in sight-singing and probably dictation as well. get started on this if you aren't already proficient at it.

Yes, this is big, although many schools will teach it from the start as most people don't do proper ear training. Do alot of singing, and practice solfege (spelling - Do rai mi fah...).

KNOW YOUR SHIT! I auditioned to the best school in Montréal ( which is one of the best musical school in the world) and didn't get accepted (that's why I'm in Physics now!). Three good advices they gave me : 1. Theory over skill : No one give a damn if you can plan an arpeggio or whatever if you can't name it. ; 2. LEARN READ SIGHTING! If you can't read (and by read I mean a GOOD reading skill) music, you'll get nowhere. No musician will play with you. And no school will accept you. That is all. And 3. BE DIVERSE. I know metal sounds like the shit, but can you play other styles? Musical schools don't need shredders (they have PLENTY of these, trust me, and they are WAAAAY better than me and you!). One week before my interview I learnt a "non-metal" song because they wanted me to learn 2 songs ( the first was COB's Bed of Razors). I screwed up so bad, it's not not even funny. My point is, "non-metal" is has much difficult to give (emotionally), than metal music (Off topic : I HATE metallers who think metal is the only shit).

Sight Reading is more important than ALL of this. Learn that shit, HARD.

Diversity should just come to you. If you only like metal, you don't like music enough to be going to music school. Besides, music is generally all the same shit anyway from a technical point of view.

Be veeeerrry sure its what you want to do. Be prepared to spend 3-6 hours a day locked in a tiny stinky room, going up and down drills, and reading sheet music. If you don't like spending 3-5 hours a day practicing, then you shouldn't be going to music school. I spent a year in college doing music, and didn't fully realize I totally hated what I was doing until 2nd semester when I had wasted a shit-ton of money.

Also yeah, theory over skill. No one cares about how fast you can play, at all. You need to be perfectly clear, on time, and know every pattern and chord you are playing. You can do a solo in all half notes as long as its clear, and those notes were chosen well.

Know all your modes and basic scales. Know your chords, including 7ths. Know how to play a basic jazz song from a lead sheet.

 

[Hellhounds On My Trail]

KNOW YOUR SHIT! I auditioned to the best school in Montréal ( which is one of the best musical school in the world) and didn't get accepted (that's why I'm in Physics now!). Three good advices they gave me : 1. Theory over skill : No one give a damn if you can plan an arpeggio or whatever if you can't name it. ; 2. LEARN READ SIGHTING! If you can't read (and by read I mean a GOOD reading skill) music, you'll get nowhere. No musician will play with you. And no school will accept you. That is all. And 3. BE DIVERSE. I know metal sounds like the shit, but can you play other styles? Musical schools don't need shredders (they have PLENTY of these, trust me, and they are WAAAAY better than me and you!). One week before my interview I learnt a "non-metal" song because they wanted me to learn 2 songs ( the first was COB's Bed of Razors). I screwed up so bad, it's not not even funny. My point is, "non-metal" is has much difficult to give (emotionally), than metal music (Off topic : I HATE metallers who think metal is the only shit).

Yeah i'm actually preparing fror all these styff you wrote...But what I don't know is what requirements do they need in order to accept you...do they jus audition you and see if you are capable of or something else??

 

[valkokukka]

Yeah i'm actually preparing fror all these styff you wrote...But what I don't know is what requirements do they need in order to accept you...do they jus audition you and see if you are capable of or something else??

Here you can find Sibelius Academy (Finnish Music University) admission criterias for international students for this year. You have to be really good to get in, it's considered to be the most difficult Finnish University / faculty to get in. Usually people who get in have been playing and studying in conservatory & music schools since little kids.

 

[SteveMCsteve]

I think for some schools, they interview you as well.
Questions like why you want to go into music and such.
I think they also review how you were involved in the music department of your school.
For example, playing in your school jazz band, orchestra, and bands.

 

[vitorias123]

Hello guys, i'm in need of your help here...I'm looking for some music universities, colleges etc. preferably in Europe because i'm considering studying music abroad but I can't find enough information. So what i'm asking is the qualifications needed in order to study in the universtity, prices etc...I' be glad if you could help me because now that i finished school i'm considering studying music abroad and that will be something very difficult for me!!!Sorry for the bad english and thanks in advance...

You should pay attention to prices,costs of living and so on.If your english is not the best,you should improve it.I know a girl which goes to Music Academy in Wien,but then again she transffered from Academy in Belgrade.I guess it could be one of the possibilities is to start studing in your country and then to transfer to some europian Academy(i must say this Sibelius academy sounds very interesting).

 

[innuenDO]

If you really want to study an instrument:
The first question you'll have to answer: What do you want to do after university?
The amount of people who can live from their income from their band is very very small. You don't much skill for that. You'll have to be lucky Kirk Hammet (just an example) might be a bad guitar player but he had luck that he met 3 other guys with them he got succes.
So be prepared to give guitar lessons to teenagers for the next 30 years or give music lessons in school.


Usually you need a relative pitch. They play a 2 score (what I is that there are to instruments) choral to you and you have to write it down by ear.
Usually you have to play one main instrument and a second instrument.
In the audition you have perform a song they gave you 2 minutes before which probably never heard before.

If you have the money: Go to a private university. Since there not that much applicants you have a higher chance to get a place.

 

[Hellhounds On My Trail]

If you really want to study an instrument:
The first question you'll have to answer: What do you want to do after university?
The amount of people who can live from their income from their band is very very small. You don't much skill for that. You'll have to be lucky Kirk Hammet (just an example) might be a bad guitar player but he had luck that he met 3 other guys with them he got succes.
So be prepared to give guitar lessons to teenagers for the next 30 years or give music lessons in school.


Usually you need a relative pitch. They play a 2 score (what I is that there are to instruments) choral to you and you have to write it down by ear.
Usually you have to play one main instrument and a second instrument.
In the audition you have perform a song they gave you 2 minutes before which probably never heard before.

If you have the money: Go to a private university. Since there not that much applicants you have a higher chance to get a place.

yeah i'm aware of that and i know it's very difficult...any info on private universities?

 

[StoneWoman]

Hello! First of all, I wanna wish you good luck at the auditions/exams.
Then again, it depends on what you want to do, which section you want to go to. I for example, will apply to the classical singing section and the theoretic exam is only sight-singing and intervals intonation. If you're planning to go to the instrumental section, dictation will probably be required too, just like in the composition and music pedagogy section.
Anyhow, some music universities require none of these. My friend went to study at the "Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini" in Florence, at the classical singing section, and all she needed to do was to send a DVD/CD with a recording of her singing 2 arias and 2 lieds. She had no exam for theory and she was on the top position at the section she applied for. Apparently, at her University, the most difficult aspect of theory are rhythmic solfeggios. On the other hand, she has to work really hard at singing and needs to prepare some 12-15 songs for the final exam.

 

[Hellhounds On My Trail]

Hello! First of all, I wanna wish you good luck at the auditions/exams.
Then again, it depends on what you want to do, which section you want to go to. I for example, will apply to the classical singing section and the theoretic exam is only sight-singing and intervals intonation. If you're planning to go to the instrumental section, dictation will probably be required too, just like in the composition and music pedagogy section.
Anyhow, some music universities require none of these. My friend went to study at the "Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini" in Florence, at the classical singing section, and all she needed to do was to send a DVD/CD with a recording of her singing 2 arias and 2 lieds. She had no exam for theory and she was on the top position at the section she applied for. Apparently, at her University, the most difficult aspect of theory are rhythmic solfeggios. On the other hand, she has to work really hard at singing and needs to prepare some 12-15 songs for the final exam.

i want to study music in order to become a guitar teacher or something like that...the uni in florence has a guitar section?

 

[innuenDO]

yeah i'm aware of that and i know it's very difficult...any info on private universities?

No, i'm sorry.

In Mannheim (Germany) is a university especially for pop music. http://www.popakademie.de/

If have been told that muisic colleges in the Netherlands have a very good reputation.

 

[Altitudes]

^hey sexy.

Fetzer?

 

[the phenom]

Fucking hell, all these posts point out just WHY I have decided to forget about deeper (actual) music studies and take something like production and sound engineering instead.

I actually enjoy doing that shit but hate music theory and sight reading and whatever. It doesn't interest me the slightest and I don't see why it should...I play for my own sake and I really don't want to be doing anything involving theory or stuff like that anyway.

 

[Altitudes]

I need to re-learn how to read sheet music. I am starting to learn piano, and figuring out chords on sheet music is confusing. Sight reading melodies? Yes. Sight reading large and complex chords on the go? Hell no, haha.