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Hey everybody. Its my junior year this year and im beginning to look at colleges to go visit and I was wondering what colleges I should consider. I have a few Im going too visit but there are always schools that Id never thought about or that Ive never even heard of. Thanks for the help.

Preston

Im sorry. Im looking at majoring in Music Education. I live in TN but I dont really have a preference on where or how big/small. I just want to got to a good tuba music school. Thanks again.

Preston

Austin Peay State University in Clarksville TN is a great university. It has a great Music Ed. program, the band is well respected and the students and faculty are great. Students in the studio are taught many aspects of music education and music performance. If you want more information just drop me a line and I can give you more info.

Depending on where you live in TN, you might be close to Western Carolina University and Appalachian State University (both in NC). You also might be within striking distance of University of Georgia at Athens. Towards the middle of NC, there are a couple of options: UNC School of the Arts (Winston-Salem), UNC Greensboro, and UNC Chapel Hill. Closer to the coast is Eastern Carolina University (congrats on another [football] upset). In SC, the University of South Carolina Columbia (middle of the state), Winthrop University (just south of Charlotte, NC), and Furman University (in Greenville, SC) all have good music programs.

It's a little further away, but you might want to consider the University of North Texas. The music education program is top notch. Dennis Fischer is a great conducting teaching and also has a class that teaches you to manage you budget as a band director. Don Little is also a great teacher with many other great players there to listen to. Don and Dr. Bowman are great at bringing in guest artist as well as Richard Murrow at TCU, which is just a quick burn down the highway. Good luck in your search and I hope that I could help.

For music ed, you could always consider Lee University in Cleveland, TN (near Chattanooga.) They have an outstanding Wind Ensemble under David Holsinger, and a surprisingly good jazz program. I know that they will give you the option of driving to Atlanta every other week to study with Michale Moore, or you could stay in town and study with the principal trombonist of the CSO.
They offer lots of different music scholarships, especially if you join a touring ensemble. Plus, they have half and full tuition academic scholarships depending on your SAT or ACT scores.
The campus is absolutely gorgeous and they are putting up 1-2 new buildings a year. Cleveland is a small city (or big town) and is withing easy driving distance of Chattanooga and not too far from Knoxville.
You will probably student teach in the Cleveland schools, which has one of the best marching programs in TN. They have been to BOA regularly and their top band (of three) plays grade 6 for concert season.
Go to http://music.leeuniversity.edu/. If you audition, tell them I sent you. They will remember me. Trust me.

In Tennessee you also have UT-Martin. Dr. Bradley Coker is the tuba professor there - he's a great player, great teacher, and all-around nice guy.

I will have to second Bradley. Great guy, great teacher. I knew him at UNT and took lessons from him for a couple of semesters. Has a lot of great musical ideas and is able to articulate his thoughts very well

Mr.T439 wrote:Austin Peay State University in Clarksville TN is a great university. It has a great Music Ed. program, the band is well respected and the students and faculty are great. Students in the studio are taught many aspects of music education and music performance. If you want more information just drop me a line and I can give you more info.

I'll second the recommendation for Austin Peay. I earned my BBA there and got to know some of the music ed majors and profs. Gil Long, principal tuba of the Nashville Symphony was teaching there, I don't know if he still does or not, but he's a fine player and a good teacher, too. OK, I just checked . . . I guess Bernard Flythe is there now. I don't know him, but the school is a good one.

Another school to consider might be MTSU. I have had several of my private students go there. At the time, there seemed to be some scholarship $ in it for them, too.

tubadaddy92 wrote:Im sorry. Im looking at majoring in Music Education. I live in TN but I dont really have a preference on where or how big/small. I just want to got to a good tuba music school. Thanks again.

Preston

If you were thinking out-of-state could be a viable option, Michigan State would be an excellent choice. It is one of the premiere music education schools in the country and Phil Sinder is a wonderful and knowledgeable teacher. The university bands are also very very good.

Good luck with your search!

I, Dr. Chris Vivio, am the current Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Austin Peay State University which is located about 30 min outside Nashville. We have a studio of eleven and an outstanding tuba/euph ensemble. If you want more information about the school and the music program please visit http://www.apsu.edu/music/index2.htm" target="_blank" target="_blank. If you want so more information about who I am and how I teach please send me a pm or request it on this post.

Hope all is well,

Dr. V

Great teachers... close to Nashville which has a fantastic music scene and a fantastic orchestra!

http://www.mtsubrass.com" target="_blank

bloke wrote:This is not a good place to get such advice.

Here's a better place to start: http://www.collegeboard.com/

I have two thoughts on a degree in music education that might help you decide were to go to school or just get me in alot of trouble.

First thought is that if music education is your true vocation and you have little interest in a full time career as a player than you need to go to a school that will give you the chance to do as many things as possible, such as marching, jazz, concert band, conducting a ensemble, managing ensemble tours, and other leadership roles. This will prepare you for the politics of being a music teacher better than just the theories learned in a classroom. That would make me say choose a school without grad students who usually get these jobs.

If you are more interested in playing but want the music education degree as back up than maybe you might look to doing a music degree with a business minor or a double major instead of the music ed. In this day I believe that most of playing for money beyond just having the chops is how well you can market yourself. You will then have the business degree to back you up as well.

Just my 2 cents (flame away)

Alex B

Scooby Tuba wrote:

pierso20 wrote:

tubadaddy92 wrote:Im sorry. Im looking at majoring in Music Education. I live in TN but I dont really have a preference on where or how big/small. I just want to got to a good tuba music school. Thanks again.

Preston

If you were thinking out-of-state could be a viable option, Michigan State would be an excellent choice. It is one of the premiere music education schools in the country and Phil Sinder is a wonderful and knowledgeable teacher. The university bands are also very very good.

Good luck with your search!

Of course, you'd have to go to school with Brooke if you went to Michigan State...

LUCKILY for you, I student teach in a year, so you wouldn't have to even know who I am...except when you hear about my AMAZING accomplishments...

Low blow....

Off to go ...at 7:30am...

Scooby Tuba wrote:

pierso20 wrote:Low blow...

Well, we are playing low brass...

You sound tired already!

AHHH!!!!!!! I was waiting for someone to make this comment......and now my day is accomplished.

pierso20 wrote:

Scooby Tuba wrote:

pierso20 wrote:Low blow...

Well, we are playing low brass...

You sound tired already!

AHHH!!!!!!! I was waiting for someone to make this comment......and now my day is accomplished.

what I mean of course is, the moment I typed "low blow" (and of course was joking) I KNEW someone would make a low noise tuba joke...

Hey Bernard is not there anymore, he is freelancing in Atlanta. The teacher there now is Chris Vivio.

"Just wanted to let everyone know that I am currently teaching Tuba and Euphonium at Austin Peay State University. For those of you who have helped me along the way thank you so much for your support and teaching. If it wasn't for my studio teachers I would not be in this position today. I also wanted to inform everyone that I have completed my DMA from the University of Memphis under the direction of Dr. John Mueller and Dr. Charles Schulz.

Thanks all!

Chris Vivio DMA"

Bill

goldtuba wrote:It's a little further away, but you might want to consider the University of North Texas. The music education program is top notch. Dennis Fischer is a great conducting teaching and also has a class that teaches you to manage you budget as a band director. Don Little is also a great teacher with many other great players there to listen to. Don and Dr. Bowman are great at bringing in guest artist as well as Richard Murrow at TCU, which is just a quick burn down the highway. Good luck in your search and I hope that I could help.

Bloke's advice to do your own research, is, of course, what you're attempting to do by querying the TNFJ. The post above, I think, shows you how to do that research...through curriculum as well as what teacher is at the college. The above curriculum would be very attractive to me if I were going to be an education major; it sounds like it has courses that would be of some value. It's pretty easy to get a copy of curriculum requirements from colleges you're interested in. I'd suggest doing that for a few and making comparisons. An education degree has to have more than just knowing how to toot at a basic level on all the instruments.

You've got a pretty big list of colleges that are fairly near where you live, and unless you really like to travel a lot (and can afford to do so,) these are a good place to start.

MA