Tuba Players get an Edge in Ivy League Admissions

[bberlien]

As a tuba student at the Yale School of Music, I would like to assure everyone that there is absolutely no GRE requirement for the School of Music (there's not even a spot on the admissions form for your GPA). If someone wanted to study music history or theory on a graduate level, only then would they be required to take that exam.

As mentioned previously, the Yale School of Music (an independent professional school within Yale University, but not directly affiliated with Yale College (undergrads)) recently received an anonymous $100 million donation which allows the school to let every graduate music student attend tuition free (like Curtis). Financial aid was already quite generous, as half our students already had free tuition.

The undergraduates at Yale tend to be brilliant, and well rounded. I can see where a student's musical activities would aid in admission. Yale's volunteer undergrad orchestra is better than most conservatory orchestras.

Anyone interested in attending Yale, go to our front page for most musical activities at Yale: www.yale.edu/music


Ben Berlien
Yale School of Music '06

[sloan]

Yale's volunteer undergrad orchestra is better than most conservatory orchestras.

Why are those American Civilization majors wasting time on music? Shouldn't they be working hard, getting the most from Daddy's money, training to be professional American Civilization-ists?

[windshieldbug]

Just goes to show what I've always maintained... don't disappoint ANYONE who might be carrying a reed knife...

[iiipopes]

A reed knife? When did we let pipe organ jargon in here? Do you tune on the cone or on the wire? Do you adjust your voicing by the boot or by the scroll slot, or both? Does your hautbois have a secondary notch where the pipe metal flare meets the hoytmetal body for voicing? Reed pipes: the only place where giving a shallot a tight wedgie is a good thing!

[iiipopes]

So what if I were, like, a cimbasso (contrabassoon, contra clarinet, english horn, contra flute, contra trumpet , wagner tuba, soprano trombone,...) specialist?





Bob1062"who, though never having even touched a cimbasso, is leaning toward that direction"

And don't forget to add a hobby of collecting obscure operas.