Music colleges in US?

Question:im planning to go to a music college for guitar. porblem is dunno which one. i live in the philippines now and im going to the states next year for college. i wanna play mostly rock/metal so maybe you could recommend me some colleges that specialize in those genres. and lastly, i probably going to live in NYC, so it would really help if the schools youll give me are just nere that area.

thanks in advance!!!!

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: im planning to go to a music college for guitar. porblem is dunno which one. i live in the philippines now and im going to the states next year for college. i wanna play mostly rock/metal so maybe you could recommend me some colleges that specialize in those genres. and lastly, i probably going to live in NYC, so it would really help if the schools youll give me are just nere that area.

thanks in advance!!!!

You'll be happy to know that many US university programs offer a guitar major, and it's generally thought that the student should learn jazz and rock styles as well as classical.

The most famous music schools are Julliard which is in New York City, and Berklee, in Boston. Those are very competitive schools in terms of admissions, so unless you are fabulous you might not get admitted; in that case, there are many universities that have excellent guitar programs; two I'm aware of are University of Cincinnati college-conservatory of music (in Ohio) and University of Miami (in Florida).

IF you already play and are very good try Julliard.

try Berkeley College in Boston.

an excellent music school, couple of my friends go there, and John Mayer attended the school too.

There is an organization known as the National Association of Schools of Music that publishes a catalogue and keeps a website of accredited music schools in the state. Follow the link below.

Another popular one is
Musicians Institute in Hollywood, Ca.
I really don't know if they other campuses in the other states, but you can check on their main website for locations.

www.mi.edu

Good luck