How would you approximately rank the difficulty getting accepted to the following music conservatories in Jazz Music Performance?
I would say the most difficult on your list are Juilliard and Eastman. Both schools have only 1 or 2 jazz bands, and are not really looking for many more people than that. Eastman only accepts about 6-8 jazz majors a year (that’s majors of any instrument, so not like 6-8 jazz sax players, 6-8 jazz majors period); when Juilliard started its jazz program it only had 18 kids (enough for 1 jazz band), and I’m not sure how much they’ve increased the size. Juilliard gives free tuition to grad. students still Binx. Being a sax player won’t help your son, as that is probably the most competitive instrument in jazz schools, at least that’s what NEC informed me. I would say the next level of difficulty would be NEC, Oberin, and Manhattan, I’ve known people who have gotten into Manhattan and not NEC or NEC and not Manhattan. Your next level would probably be your university jazz programs, Umich and Umiami being the hardest, with North Texas following closely behind (North Texas has one of the bes
