studying music overseas

[CATFANNY]

HI everyone, I want to study a bachelor degree of music in the coming year. I want to go to Australia or Canada to study music. However, I don't know which school is better. Can anyone give me any suggestions? Thanks in advance~~

Fanny
(HongKong)

[keys]

I'm not sure how the conservatories compare in Australia and Canada. Which schools are you considering? The University of Toronto, The University of British Columbia, and Brandon University (in Manitoba) all have impressive faculty. The Glen Gould School is by far the most distinguished conservatory in Canada. If I were you, I would check out the faculty biographies, check out the music facilities, and find out how much tuition is and which scholarships are available. That usually narrows things down.

Other things to consider in the obove mentioned Canadian schools:

The Glen Gould and the University of Toronto are both in Toronto, the most metropolitan city in Canada which attracts the best musicians on tours etc. It's in that little East Coast music grouping with Boston and New York, so there's a nice variety of cultural things to get involved with.

The University of British Columbia is in Vancouver, and they have by far the best weather.

Brandon University is in the middle of no where. The closest city is Winnipeg which is alright, but it's soo cold in the winter. Brandon is probably the easiest school to get into, a good "safe" school. They have some incredible teachers and students.

[CATFANNY]

Actually i am not so sure as well. I just compare the cost of universities in different countries and I can't afford the fee in UK and USA.

Thx and I will look up these universities that you have mentioned~~

Fanny

[Eusebius_dk]

Actually i am not so sure as well. I just compare the cost of universities in different countries and I can't afford the fee in UK and USA.

Check out the European Continent. There are many fantastic institutions, and most of them are free of charge.

[Eusebius_dk]

By the "European Continent" I mean all of Europe except for the British Isles...

Sorry!

[CATFANNY]

thank you~
But would you mind giving me some of the schools' names?

I have checked that some schools in Australia. I am interested in Melbourne University. IS it hard to enter in?

thanks everyones' help~

[quantum]

If you are considering Toronto, Canada also look at York University.  Not as big as University of Toronto, but has good faculty.  Some things York is good for:  interdiciplinary work - if you like colaborating with artists of different diciplines; huge ethnomusicology and world music program; nothing is too avant garde - new inovative and controversial approches are welcome; in a year a new state of the art Fine Arts complex will open, with all new music facilities.  The atmosphere is friendly and collaborative, it is easy to get together with people in the music department you don't even know and just start making music. 


About University of Toronto:  (I did not go here, but I have friends that do); much harder to get in; many people audition here; many more do NOT get in, not because of audition results but because too many people apply;  most of the people I know there did not get in on their first audition, but did after 2 or 3 years of trying.  U of T is a big school, with larger classes; they do have probably the most extensive music library in all of Canada.  The atmosphere can be quite competitive at times. 

Glenn Gould: don't know much, but what I've heard is extreemly good.  I heard the Glenn Gould orchestra play Beethoven's 9th, then the Toronto Symphony Orchestra a couple years later.  From what I remember the Glenn Gould student orchestra's interpretation was better!!!


If you want to know more about schools in Toronto area just ask. 

[Tash]

we had a similarish thread, hmmm maybe not that useful though...

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/topic,7124.0.html

with a good old rant on UNSW in Sydney by my and galonia haha:)
melbourne uni's pretty good, i'm not sure how hard it is to get into though. i know my freakishly smart friend (got a UAI of 99.85) applied for a scholarship there and didn't get it so didn't go. it'd probably be easier than getting into sydney conservatorium though.
i'm more knowledgable on uni's in sydney...