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Absolutely!!!
Most small private liberal arts schools with a band or orchestra would kill to have a good tuba player. I am not that great a player--decidedly decent but not excellent and I got a top-notch scholarship at my school.
And don't say you can't afford a private school. I will admit they are expensive but in my experience if you have good grades and skills ( tuba, athletics, acting...) just about anyone can get great scholarships and at the school I am at many of the good students who work hard and are/were involved in some activity are paying less than what they would at a state school. The major expensive at a private schoool is that many FORCE students to live on campus therefore nto allowing to them control cost as well. Feel free to PM if you would like more info or more specific info.

Amy

vaulter dude wrote:I'm pretty sure I want to be an engineer with tuba as a very strong part of my life. What kind of opprotunities are there for music loving person that isn't going to double major?

It's going to be difficult for a music department to justify spending money on you when you won't have the words "Fine Arts - Music" on your degree (or something similar).

Depending on the depth of the talent pool, you might be able to perform quite a bit with the college. I had one friend who was an atmospheric sciences major, and he played bass trombone in wind ensemble & jazz band.

vaulter, im doing something very similiar, cept ima just double with performance music, this way since I won't be doing education i'll have alot more electives which can be used toward engineering and it won't take me much longer.

As far as non music scholarships, i know some places around here give like max 2000-2400 (Cant' remember) for a non music, and a music can get 3600$... these are per year scholarships.

From what i've seen you can get money but you get much less then someone just as good as you that majors in music:D

Engineer? $$ for non music major? Purdue.

They don't offer music as a major, and there are a few dollars that are available for scholarships.

If I remember right, my son got about 1500 for playing cello in the orchestra, but he had to compete against band students, so the $$ was open to everyone. I think it was only for 1 year though.

This was in '97 so my memory may be faulty or things may have changed.

At my school for non-majors they will let you take band or chamber ensembles for free. That is if they want a person.






Ralph