Hi, I'm a junior in high school and I'm in band. I noticed that you go to Furman (don't worry, I was scrolling through the Furman tag). I'm completely in love with everything about Furman and I am planning on studying music there (I might double major). I also love marching band, so I will definitely be involved with that. I have been to a few concerts this year and met with Dr. Hicken. I was wondering if you could give me some extra advice on how to get accepted into the music program :)
Oh man i might not be the right person to ask since I'm a non-major in the program and I'm not a music scholarship. But I might be able to direct you to someone who might be to give you some more insight to how to get accepted into the music program (generally everyone who auditions gets accepted, the difference might be just with how much scholarship money you would receive) I have a 2 friends who are in the music department as majors with scholarship on tumblr that you could contact who I'm sure would be more than happy to talk to you about the audition process and such. their URLS are akacara and sherlockbringthejamakacara is a horn player who's in all the ensembles here including marching band and on a music scholarship and sherlockbringthejam is a vocal person who is also on a music scholarship. I will say it's good to communicate with members of the department early on, and speaking with Dr. Hicken is a great start. I'd advise keeping in touch and going to as many open events that the Furman Bands program hosts during the year (the marching band has a high school day when students are invited to come spend the day with us. I guess the key is a good audition and a solid application to just Furman itself. I'm not sure what instrument you play, but possibly send an email to the professor who teaches lessons on your instrument and talk to them a bit about where you are in the process of applying and they should be able to give you some pointers in the right direction. Im glad you're interested in Furman! Especially the music department since it's really wonderful!
