Meet with a Music-Specific College Admissions Advisor

Dr. Annie Bosler is available for individualized advising and college prep sessions. She specializes in working with middle and high school students on time management, practice habits, audition preparation, and goal setting. She has a 100% track record of students getting into music schools. As part of this process, she enjoys helping students choose their list of colleges using the matrix she has developed. The matrix has led to her own students having very successful college outcomes.

 

Some of ANNIE’S SPECIALTY TOPICS:

  • Supplemental Recordings

  • Music Scholarship for Non-Music Majors

  • Majors in College

  • Double Degree Questions

  • College Application Organization

  • Portfolios

  • Senior Projects

  • How to Tour a Campus

  • Organizing Audition Repertoire

  • Resume Design and Creation

  • Creating a Repertoire List

  • Financial Aid Packets

  • Appeals Process

  • External Scholarships

  • Summer Festivals

  • Internships

  • Ways to Save for College

  • How to Get More Aid/Money When in College

  • Practice Efficiency

  • Injury Prevention

  • Ergonomics

  • Practice Systems

  • Practice Habits

  • Time Management

  • Transfer Process

Dr Annie Bosler with College Prep for Musicians

Dr. Annie Bosler is a professional musician, teacher, and a music-specific college admission specialist.

She has a 100% track record guiding high school students through the music admissions process and has placed students into almost every major conservatory across the country. Annie believes that each student who has a passion for music should use it to make their applications in college stronger whether it means making a supplemental recording for a non-music major, applying for a double degree, or understanding the differences in careers in music and choosing music as a major.

  • While she currently maintains a private French horn teaching studio and is the professor of horn at California State University, Northridge, Annie understands the rigors of the college music audition process having held teaching positions at the Colburn School, University of California Irvine, Pepperdine University, El Camino College, and Pasadena City College. In addition, Annie acted as the horn consultant to actress Shailene Woodley on The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Named a TED Educator in 2017, Dr. Bosler co-wrote How to practice effectively…for just about anything, which received over 34 million views.

    As a professional French horn player, Annie has insights into the music industry that few college counselors do. She has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and San Diego Symphony and has toured with John Williams’ Star Wars in Concert and with Josh Groban. She has appeared on Dancing with the Stars, The Ellen Show, PBS’s Live from Lincoln Center and shared the stage with Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney on CBS’s The Beatles: The Night That Changed America. She played with both Arianna Grande and Chance the Rapper at THE GRAMMYs, Sean Combs (P-Diddy) at The American Music Awards, and Wu-Tang Clan at Coachella. In addition, she has recorded for many motion pictures, TV shows, and video games. Annie holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University where she played varsity tennis, and a MM and DMA from the University of Southern California. She has a love for teaching, writing, producing film projects, Instagram, agriculture, traveling, playing tennis, and watching college football. For more information, visit: www.anniebosler.com