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How to Tune Your Academic Skills as a Nontraditional Music Student
It's never too late to return to school or pursue your passion for music! Use this advice to dive back into music education as a nontraditional student.
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Great Colleges and Universities for Performing Arts in the Midwest and West
Looking for a college or university with great Performing Arts programs? These schools across the West and Midwest may have just what you're looking for.
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Great Colleges and Universities for Visual Arts in the Northeast and South
These schools in the Northeastern and Southern US offer amazing Visual Arts programs. Your dream school could be only a button click away!
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Great Colleges and Universities for Performing Arts in the Northeast
Planning to study Music, Dance, or Theater in college? These performing arts schools in the Northeastern United States are great places to earn a degree!
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Great Colleges and Universities for Performing Arts in the South
Do you have a passion to perform ready to burst from you? These arts schools in the Southern United States are great places to earn your degree and shine!
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Great Colleges and Universities for Visual Arts in the Midwest and West
Start your visual arts college search with this list of colleges and universities in the Midwestern and Western US that are looking for students like you!
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What You Need to Know About Theatre Programs and Admission
Interested in pursuing Theatre in college? Learn about admission, auditions, curricula, degree options, and so much more with this comprehensive guide!
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Music Students: Is a Double Degree Right for You?
If you're a musician who wants to study music seriously in college but is also committed to academics, a double degree might be a good fit for you.
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What Are Music School Auditions Really Like?
Here's everything you need to know about the most important part of your music school application: the audition.
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How to Make Your Portfolio Pop for Art School Admission
If you're planning to continue your arts education in college, you'll need a strong application portfolio. Here's how to build the best one possible.
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What Can You Do With an Arts Major?
There are plenty of jobs to be found for arts majors, no starving required. Take a look at what these former arts majors did with their degrees.
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Where to Find The Best Monologue for Your College Audition
Finding the perfect college audition monologue can be hard, but sometimes the best monologues can be found in the most unlikely of places.
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College Audition Do's and Don'ts
Strengthen your college auditions and wow the judges with these tips and tricks!
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Choosing Art Pieces for Your College Application Portfolio
Tips for selecting your best work for your college application.
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Out of the Spotlight: All About Behind the Scenes Majors and Careers in Theater
From directing to costume design, there are tons of off-stage career options within the theater. Let's explore some crucial backstage roles you can pursue.
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Unique Careers for Visual Arts Students
Art inspires us and takes us to new places. It helps us see the beauty in the world and feeds the soul. It also happens to be a very hard field to get into...if you don't know where to look.
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How to Stay Involved in the Arts as a Non-major
Love the arts but not majoring in them? You don't have to give up your watercolor-painting, tap-dancing, horn-playing habits just yet!
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Insider Tips for Preparing an Art and Design Portfolio
Compiling an art portfolio is unique to traditional college application materials. Here's how to give it the "wow factor" admission officers look for.
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Getting Your Graphic Design Degree
Are you in graphic design? Or planning to be? If you're considering pursuing new opportunities in graphic design, check these suggestions on securing and thriving in a graphic design job.
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Performing Arts Majors and Potential Jobs
Art in its many forms, all those things of beauty for beauty's sake, may not bring home the bacon all the time, but they certainly nourish the soul. Here we explore the most mainstream avenues of the arts and the surprisingly varied careers to which they may lead.
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Portfolios, Home Tests, and Other Special Art School Applications
If you're planning on applying to an art or architecture school, be prepared for a few extra requirements along with your typical college application.
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Music Therapy
"Music is a complex form of expression which defines us as human. It opens us to vivid images, moves us to tears, speeds up our heartbeats, and transports us to other places and times."
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Dance and Art Therapy
Recreational therapy, including specialties in dance and art, may be the ideal way to combine a love of dance, art, or music with the desire to make a difference in the lives of others.
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