sweetheart, relax. You've missed the point. If you google me you will find out I used to teach at UWO and I still adjudicate music festivals all over Canada and am a senior examiner for the Royal Conservatory, and am now in NYC teaching. I am not in Canada at a school anymore, but still know many who teach. It is not a big fat zero on the helpful scale. You have missed the point. Your question was wide open. It gave no specifics. TMR was simply trying to get you to be specific FOR YOURSELF. You are obviously young and inexperienced and there is no shame in that, but the sooner you discover WHAT you are asking and WHO you are asking it from, the more the answers will make sense to you!
If you read the forum and learn something, you will find that you need to research the teachers that teach at these schools and between you and your current teacher you have to figure out what you are looking for in your undergrad teacher so you can be more specific. You aren't going to know if you click, but you can start making enquiries, email and speak to teachers. Now you've given the specific schools you have applied to. Good. That gives us something to work from.
What are you wanting from the program? Ask yourself specific questions because knowing these answers will make your enquiries more specific and more deliberate. The more professional you can be the more people will take you seriously.
All music schools these days are very competitive. You need to know WHY you are going there and make contact with some faculty members in order to find out whether you need to bother. My first recommendation - find out WHO is teaching there - and email the head of voice to give them some of your background/experience and tell them you are applying - and would there be a specific teacher or several teachers you could contact in the likelihood you were accepted.
If you can get into an email discussion regarding YOU with anybody then that is a place to start! If you would like to email me specifically please feel free!
I hope that isn't a big fat zero in response! Just be cautious in your reactions - you don't know who is reading or who is responding to you.
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