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So just how well did Peabody go?, you ask
As most of you know, composers don't have to do a performance audition, we just have interviews with the relevant faculty. So when I say audition, I don't mean getting up and playing something, I mean sitting in front of a panel of professors and answering questions. Believe me, this can still be very nerve-wracking, especially when asked really opened-ended questions like "How would you describe your music?", or when asked very specific questions about a piece you wrote in 1996.
However, my interview with the composition faculty went really well. The seven professors seemd to like me. They knew my previous teachers and asked me how they were doing. Although they asked a couple of hard questions, they didn't seem hostile or skeptical. And several other applicants who had their interviews before mine came out of the room saying things like "I was getting a good vibe from the right side of the room, but not the left side". I walked out thinking that it had gone surprisingly well.
Peabody is a really good school, with great facilities for composers. Hell, they have an electronic music studio just for graduate students. However, Baltimore is not as nice a city as Boston or Chicago (where the other schools I applied to are). It's not a complete pit, like say Newark or Bridgeport, but it's not wonderful either.
Oh well, I don't have to decide yet, since I don't have any decision letter aside from Princeton's rejection at this point.
However, my interview with the composition faculty went really well. The seven professors seemd to like me. They knew my previous teachers and asked me how they were doing. Although they asked a couple of hard questions, they didn't seem hostile or skeptical. And several other applicants who had their interviews before mine came out of the room saying things like "I was getting a good vibe from the right side of the room, but not the left side". I walked out thinking that it had gone surprisingly well.
Peabody is a really good school, with great facilities for composers. Hell, they have an electronic music studio just for graduate students. However, Baltimore is not as nice a city as Boston or Chicago (where the other schools I applied to are). It's not a complete pit, like say Newark or Bridgeport, but it's not wonderful either.
Oh well, I don't have to decide yet, since I don't have any decision letter aside from Princeton's rejection at this point.