What Ivy League schools offer French Horn scholarships?

I am an aspiring French Horn player. I really want to go to an Ivy League school, but I want to know if I can get a scholarship to an Ivy League school by agreeing to be in their band. I can’t seem to find anything about it- but I am very interested in the subject. Please answer- thank you!

I found some info about getting this scholarship online in this scholarship database – education.mypressonline.com

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ownpoolApril 27th, 2010 at 1:17 am

You are much more likely to qualify for a scholarship at any of the Ivies if you can play the French horn well enough to considered for an eventual first chair position in their orchestra. The orchestra repertoire for this instrument is much more difficult and and much more important for the ensemble than it is for the band.
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xo379April 27th, 2010 at 1:43 am

Couldn’t find any Ivies specifically for French Horn, but schools I did find:
Calvin College
Louisiana State
Winthrop University
Ohio State
Ball State
Juilliard (best music school in the country)

But there are many music scholarships: http://www.musicscholarships.us/
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RidiculousApril 27th, 2010 at 2:02 am

you should probably think about this logically. all of the ivies get tons of great applicants, many of which play instruments. why would they give you a scholarship for playing when they know that they could easily accept someone else who plays and not give them a scholarship? that person would still play in the band if they liked playing french horn enough.

playing an instrument doesn’t make you special.
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LarryApril 27th, 2010 at 2:42 am

I found some info about getting this scholarship online in this scholarship database – education.mypressonline.com
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ClayApril 27th, 2010 at 3:29 am

I found some info about getting this scholarship online in this scholarship database – education.mypressonline.com
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MusicNovember 10th, 2010 at 8:55 pm

You should check out Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. They have an amazing brass faculty! The two horn professors there are both members of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

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