| While I think most people use VP to mean voice performance, I believe the answer to BobSB is the same whether it is voice, violin or viola. The job market for any position in the music business that pays a living wage is already flooded and things do not look like they will be getting better anytime soon. There are an awful lot of recent (and not-so-recent) grads out there scrambling for music jobs while working at something else to make ends meet. Female vocalists, particularly sopranos, are a glut on the market. If your daughter would be happy doing anything else for a career, then she should strongly consider that direction unless she is at the very deepest part of the talent pool or is a very rare voice type.
That said, many who become performance majors simply cannnot picture themselves doing anything else with their lives. They know the numbers going into the process and hope to defy the odds. There are a handful of good jobs out there (the Metropolitan Opera chorus for example) that somebody is going to get. |