Advice for a Musical Director Hopeful?

<p>PS, I understand that you are skilled at and experienced as a performer. The issue is if you want to do a BFA in MT or not because if your sole aim is to be a musical composer and musical director, the curriculum itself is not geared to that in a BFA in MT program, and so you have to be willing to have the bulk of your coursework in singing, acting and dancing and realize that very little of it will be in music composition and directing, but you can get a lot of experience in those areas in the ways I mentioned above even if in a BFA in MT program. But if you mostly want training in music composition, stick with a composition degree. A BFA in MT program will give you training as a performer and then depending on the specific school, may also provide opportunities to musically direct and compose, but not much coursework in that area.</p>