Many music students have asked about the choice of going abroad, want to go abroad for undergraduate or graduate study, which country is good for music study abroad? So today, the advisor of art study abroad in the United States will introduce to you which country is the best for music study abroad?
The countries that music majors often ask about include the UK, the US, Canada, and Australia.
First of all, in terms of application, the application procedures of these four music study abroad countries are more or less the same, then the American line Siyuan Xiaobian on the different points to introduce to you:
1, application and deadline
From the time of application, these four types of music study abroad countries are open for application in September and October, then the United States Conservatory of Music at the end of November on the deadline for application, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are relatively later, the United States, Canada and Australia. The United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are relatively to be delayed 1 to 2 months cutoff. But also according to the institutions of specific specialties to determine. For example, the British musical theater majors compared to the American voice, piano professional deadline to late, and the British Conservatory of American voice, piano and other majors in October there is a deadline for applications. So Mr. Xu reminded students who want to study music abroad to prepare in advance.
2. Language
100% of U.S. colleges and universities recognize TOEFL scores, while 90% of colleges and universities similarly recognize IELTS. So music students considering the US who want to prepare for IELTS are perfectly fine. Then Commonwealth countries such as the UK, Canada, and Australia are advised to prepare for IELTS, and in addition to the UK, Australian and Canadian music colleges also accept TOEFL scores to some extent.
3, admission time
Except for the United Kingdom in the admission time will be issued conditional acceptance until you test to the qualified language scores, the rest of these few English-speaking countries are unified under the admission results. Some undergraduate conservatories in the US will open up their language programs for students who do not meet the language requirements but are very good at their majors. Therefore, Mr. Xu's music team will make a detailed time plan for you after you set the country and school to ensure that you can perfect more application materials on the designated date.
In addition, music students will also consider the choice of country from the top of the good and bad majors and emphasis: which country is good for American voice, piano, violin, saxophone? Musical theater study abroad suitable for which country? How about employment? Which country is better for music production? Which country has better future prospects for music business or music therapy?
First, the pure classical performance class, such as American voice, opera, piano, violin, saxophone, trumpet, cello, etc., in the English-speaking countries more inclined to the United Kingdom and the United States, if the family conditions are limited, the opera and the piano can also be considered in Europe, small language countries (small language countries compared to the next issue of our details), in addition to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Australia, is also a good choice. Then Canada in addition to the University of Toronto Conservatory of Music, some other comprehensive university inside there are relatively good classical performance majors, but relative to the United Kingdom and the United States, selective less, and Canada basically does not have an independent conservatory of music exists, which want to improve the technology and performance of students, is not a very good choice.
Secondly, many students are now paying attention to musical study abroad, and many domestic institutions have begun to pay attention to the popularity and opening of the musical theater program, so which country is good for musical theater majors to go abroad? Musical theater undergraduate U.S. colleges and universities have a lot of options, such as Boston Conservatory, Manhattan School of Music, NTU, etc. Whether it is the independence of the Conservatory of Music or comprehensive university inside the Conservatory of Music have a lot of choices. However, if you want to study musical theater graduate school in the United States, the choice is not so much, Mr. Xu suggested that musical theater students applying for graduate school can consider the United Kingdom, more colleges and universities, and the West End of London is also a musical theater development place.
Third, the music production we are familiar with Berklee College of Music, it has a lot of sub-directions: film and television soundtracks, music production engineering, recording engineering, jazz composition, singer-songwriter arrangements and so on, of course, like the New England Conservatory of Music, this kind of classical ranking of the Conservatory of Music inside there is also some electronic music production majors, Mr. Xu suggests that students consider the United States of America's East Coast and the West Coast, the future development, as independent musicians or as a music critic, the United States, the United States and the United States. The future development, to be an independent musician or into the film and television companies are very helpful.
Fourth, there are also a few emerging programs, such as music business and music therapy, that many students are considering. From 13 years to now, more and more students are getting cold majors such as music therapy and music business under the guidance of Mr. Xu, and they have 100% employment rate, and the annual salary also reaches 300,000 US dollars. So which country is good for music therapy or music business? At present, only the United States of America's music therapy program system is set up very well, Temple University is also the United States of America's first to establish a music therapy program system of colleges and universities, there are also some institutions have a separate music therapy room as well as biological research room, will be the combination of the medical and music professions, the specific institutions recommended that you can consult with Ms. Xu.
The above is a good recommendation of which country to study music in, which is explained to you by the editor of the U.S. Bank of America. The best way to choose a country to study music is to consider the actual situation, the characteristics of the country and the institution, and the application requirements, and then choose the country and the institution that suits you. If you still have any hesitation about which country is good for music study, welcome to consult with the art study adviser of the American line, ready to answer your questions and solve the problem.