Performing
So over the past 2 weeks, i've been going back and forth on what I want my major to be: music education, music performance, or both.
And I'm gonna be music performance. Just music performance. I talked to my friend lisa today. she used to be a music ed major and after her first semester, she decided that her heart's not in teaching. And I don't think mine is either.
Steve sherts used to be music management and performance. Now he's just performance.
And what she said all makes sense. I was right the first time. The bottom line is- why the heck am i taking all these music ed classes- intro to music ed, brass methods classes, technology for music ed class... why am i taking education classes when I don't even want to teach?? I want to perform. so i should get a performance degree. makes sense to me. why kill myself and do all that extra work that I'm not going to use?
The other day, after brass class, they gave us all a rental trombone. and i'm sitting in a practice room trying to figure out how the thing works. After half an hour, I pick up my horn and start practicing. and my whole embrochure feels weird... the horn mouthpiece feels different. And that's when it hit me- WHAT AM I DOING?? I'M NEVER GOING TO PLAY THIS THING AGAIN AFTER I GET A PERFORMING JOB. And it applied to my other music ed classes too.
A lot of people, teachers, peers, have said to me "well, at hartt music ed and performance are the same. you get the same lesson time. and you don't need a performance degree to perform. if something goes wrong, at least you'll have that music ed degree to get you a paying job. And you'll be competing against people from Julliard, Eastman, Curtis, Manhatten SChool of Music..."
I don't need a performance degree to perform. But why take music ed classes when I don't want or even HAVE to teach? it doesn't make any sense. And I learned today that the difference between me and Julliard or any of those top music school people will HAVE to be that I WANT THE JOB MORE
As for a backup plan- I have one. If I can't find a performing job after the dozens and dozens of auditions that I take or if I get bored of performing; basically in the case that I HAVE to teach- my backup plan is to come back to fill in the two years for a masters in music education.
I'm still young :)
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
And I'm gonna be music performance. Just music performance. I talked to my friend lisa today. she used to be a music ed major and after her first semester, she decided that her heart's not in teaching. And I don't think mine is either.
Steve sherts used to be music management and performance. Now he's just performance.
And what she said all makes sense. I was right the first time. The bottom line is- why the heck am i taking all these music ed classes- intro to music ed, brass methods classes, technology for music ed class... why am i taking education classes when I don't even want to teach?? I want to perform. so i should get a performance degree. makes sense to me. why kill myself and do all that extra work that I'm not going to use?
The other day, after brass class, they gave us all a rental trombone. and i'm sitting in a practice room trying to figure out how the thing works. After half an hour, I pick up my horn and start practicing. and my whole embrochure feels weird... the horn mouthpiece feels different. And that's when it hit me- WHAT AM I DOING?? I'M NEVER GOING TO PLAY THIS THING AGAIN AFTER I GET A PERFORMING JOB. And it applied to my other music ed classes too.
A lot of people, teachers, peers, have said to me "well, at hartt music ed and performance are the same. you get the same lesson time. and you don't need a performance degree to perform. if something goes wrong, at least you'll have that music ed degree to get you a paying job. And you'll be competing against people from Julliard, Eastman, Curtis, Manhatten SChool of Music..."
I don't need a performance degree to perform. But why take music ed classes when I don't want or even HAVE to teach? it doesn't make any sense. And I learned today that the difference between me and Julliard or any of those top music school people will HAVE to be that I WANT THE JOB MORE
As for a backup plan- I have one. If I can't find a performing job after the dozens and dozens of auditions that I take or if I get bored of performing; basically in the case that I HAVE to teach- my backup plan is to come back to fill in the two years for a masters in music education.
I'm still young :)
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee