Let us put you on the right track.
Whether in person or virtually via Lagond Connect, we will give you everything you need to prepare for the music college and conservatory application, audition, and interview process. We will also help with the planning and execution of pre-screening demos required for admissions, scholarship applications, and competitions. Each student’s needs are different. We develop an individualized plan to meet those needs. We mentor students and guide families through the entire process, tailoring a consultation package that suits the student’s goals and works within the financial budget of the family.
A proven track record since 2002
Lagond’s proven approach regularly gains students acceptance to prestigious music colleges and Ivy League schools, including Berklee, USC, MSM, and Harvard. Our 20 years of experience has positioned many clients who have studied with us to win national and international competitions, and routinely receive acceptance to their top-choice schools. Our seniors accrue some astonishing merit scholarship numbers extending all the way to full tuition, including room & board.
Click Here to Request More Information
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OVERVIEW OF MUSIC COLLEGE COUNSELING SERVICES:
- Conduct a preliminary musical evaluation
- Propose a focused plan of action for applying to a customized list of schools that fit the student’s goals and abilities
- Customize a college timeline and strategy that allows students to organize and manage the college application process
- Identify competition and scholarship opportunities
- Arrange introductions with college department heads and faculty
- Coordinate college requirements with your private teachers’ lesson plans
- Craft an academic/musical resume and social media content, and establish a professional network
- Learn interview skills and how to present yourself in written statements
- Hold mock auditions and admission interviews
- Advise or produce pre-screening audition recordings
- Acquire appropriate letters of recommendation
- Review college essays and applications
PARTIAL LIST OF COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES BY LAGOND MUSIC STUDENTS:
| Bard College | New School, The – Mannes School of Music |
| Barnard College | New York University |
| Bates College | Northeastern University |
| Belmont University – School of Music | Northwestern University |
| Berklee College of Music | New York University (NYU) – Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music |
| Boston University | New York University (NYU) – Steinhardt |
| Brown University | Oberlin Conservatory of Music |
| Bucknell University | Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Case Western Reserve University | Penn State University |
| Catawba College | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| City College of New York | Royal Academy of Music – University of Surrey (UK) |
| Colgate University | San Francisco Conservatory of Music |
| Colorado College | Skidmore College |
| Columbia College of Chicago | Stanford University |
| Columbia University | Stony Brook University |
| Connecticut College | SUNY Binghamton |
| Cornell University | SUNY Geneseo |
| Drexel University | SUNY New Paltz |
| Eastman School of Music | SUNY Oneonta |
| Elon University | SUNY Purchase |
| Emory University | Syracuse University |
| Five Towns College | Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance |
| Florida Atlantic University | Tufts University |
| Fordham University | Tulane University |
| Georgetown University | Union College |
| Goldsmiths, University of London | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Hamilton College | University of Chicago |
| Harvard University | University of Colorado Denver – College of Arts and Media |
| Hofstra University | University of Edinburgh |
| Hudson Valley Community College | University of Hartford – Hartt School of Music |
| Indiana University of Pennsylvania | University of Memphis |
| Iona College | University of Miami – Frost School of Music |
| Ithaca College | University of Michigan |
| Johns Hopkins University | University of Minnesota |
| Kenyon College | University of New Haven |
| Lehigh University | University of Rochester |
| Lehman College | University of Southern California – Thornton School of Music |
| Lewis & Clark College | University of Surrey |
| Liberty University | University of Texas at Austin |
| Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts (LIPA) | University of the Arts |
| Macalester College | University of Vermont |
| Manhattan School of Music | Vanderbilt University |
| Marist College | Vassar College |
| Maryland Institute College of Art | Virginia Tech |
| McGill University – Schulich School of Music | Wesleyan University |
| McNally Smith College of Music | Western Connecticut State University |
| Mercy College | Williams College |
| Middle Tennessee State University – College of Media and Entertainment | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
| Montclair University | Yale University |
| Muhlenberg College |
Click Here to Request More Information
or
Call Us Today
(914) 345-0512 x 103
