Creatives are the new athletes.
CommonTime gives students a way to be discovered and colleges a way to find, recruit and fund creative talent.
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For Students
Your music is worth more than you think.
Millions of students spend years making music, then enter the college search assuming it only matters if they major in it.
Students don’t know which schools want them, or what their music could be worth.
For Colleges & Universities
Everyone is fighting over the same music majors.
Institutions are under pressure to hit enrollment goals, but most are competing for the same traditional pools of prospective students.
Meanwhile, millions of creative students are hiding in plain sight.
The students colleges are looking for are already playing in high school bands
There’s a disconnect in college recruiting. Students don’t know their music can create opportunities. Colleges don’t have a system to find them. CommonTime changes that.
THE OPPORTUNITY
“I thought music wouldn’t matter for college unless I majored in it. CommonTime showed me schools where I can keep playing and study what I want.”
— Aaron T., High School Marching Band Trumpet Player & Engineering Major
"We had no idea how many colleges actively recruit non-major musicians. My son found schools he’d never considered and two of them had scholarships we could qualify for."
— Maria S., Parent of a saxophone player
HOW IT WORKS
Explore. Match. Connect.
Search college programs and scholarships specific to your musical goals.
See your best fit schools with our Commonality Score™.
Message faculty directly, attend virtual events, and build connections.
PARTNER WITH COMMONTIME PATHWAYS
For Colleges & Universities
Learn more about how your institution can nationalize your recruiting pipeline and start building your next class, faster.
FAQs
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CommonTime Pathways is a recruiting platform that connects student musicians with college programs and scholarships. We are providing you with the same networking and recruiting opportunities that student athletes have enjoyed for years — finally bringing the power of athletic recruiting to the music world.
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CommonTime Pathways is a social platform designed specifically for music recruitment. Students create profiles, upload performance videos, and share their academic goals and preferences. Colleges can discover these students, and students can also explore and connect with schools directly. This mutual connection helps both students and colleges find their perfect match.
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Absolutely not! This is one of our biggest misconceptions to clear up. You don't need to major in music to contribute value to a college campus. Many of our opportunities are for non-majors who want to participate in marching bands, orchestras, choirs, and other musical ensembles while studying engineering, psychology, pre-med, or any other field.
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Traditional music recruiting often relies on limited channels — competitions, expensive summer programs, or chance encounters with faculty. This has created barriers for many talented students. Our platform opens up year-round recruiting opportunities where colleges actively search for students, regardless of whether they’ve participated in traditional recruiting pathways.
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We operate on a privacy-first model. We never sell user data to marketers or third parties. Your contact information remains private and is only shared with an institution when you explicitly choose to connect with them. You retain full control over who has access to your profile.
OUR PRIVACY COMMITMENT
You control who sees your contact information. Always.
CommonTime Pathways was built on a simple principle: your contact details belong to you.
We do not sell student information. Ever.
Your contact details stay private until you choose to share them with a school.
Students and families maintain full control over their profile at all times.