Originally Posted by trumpetdad

So I'm looking for a school that would allow very eclectic musical education: modern orchestral-style playing, as well as maybe baroque music, music scholarship, new music development, improvisation and jazz, maybe even voice, conducting, etc. I have no idea which directions my kid might eventually head toward, but it seems to me that at the undergrad level anyway, the more diverse the educational possibilities, the better.

I don't want to start arguments about which music schools are better than others, but I'd be interested in students' and teachers' insights in which sort of programs seem to be more compartmentalized on learning to play trumpet as well as possible vs. programs that might be more allowing of kids studying a wider variety of musical skills. Sort of narrower education in playing the trumpets as well as possible vs. a broader education on being the best musician possible with trumpet as a main instrument.

Thanks in advance.