College Guide for Performing Arts Majors 2008: Real-World Admission Guide for All Dance, Music, and Theater Majors (Performing Arts Major's College Guide) [Paperback] Review

My son asked me to buy this, he wants to be a music performance major.Helpful features in this book: the nuts & bolts of auditions, how to communicate with the college, knowing your teacher before you decide on a college, questions to ask on a college visit, 12 pages of universities/colleges that offer every imaginable music major/concentration, and facts concerning 500 music schools (number of full & part-time faculty, programs of study).My big problem with this book: out of 500 conservatories/colleges/universities listed for music, two excellent universities were left out:Yale University in Connecticut and The Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester) in New York.Both of these are listed as having excellent music programs in the Fiske Guide (which only lists 12 conservatories, 17 universities and 17 colleges in the nation).It appears that the author, the former Julliard admissions director (New York), did not want to list their competition?

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Visual & Performing Arts 2006, Guide to (Peterson's Professional Degree Programs in the Visual and Performing Arts) [Paperback] Review

I bought and then returned this book.From the description I expected a guide with detail about the different schools and programs, as well as inside information on the schools.Instead, the book contains a couple pages about audition procedures (a much better description is in the Performing Arts Major's College Guide) accompanied by basic information that is easily available off of the school websites (location, number of students plus number of students majoring in the discipline, teacher/student ratios, etc.).It was impossible to tell which programs had a good reputation or better quality.Save your money, and get the information off of the school websites.

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Product Description:
This newly updated guide contains more than 1,100 updated descriptions of dance, music, theater, and visual arts programs. With more programs in more discipline than any other guide this annually updated resource helps readers plan how they're going to make a name for themselves on stage, on canvas, or in an orchestra.
Features and benefits include:* News on summer pre-professional courses and programs* Perspectives from graduates and industry professionals* Tips on assembling a portfolio and preparing for an audition

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