“Campus musicians balance classes with trying to make it big” (news item)

Colleges & Universities Princeton University
1

<p><a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/04/23/news/18210.shtml[/url]”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/04/23/news/18210.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“A decade ago, they were banging on pots and pans and messing around with dime-store guitars, but now they’re selling out venues in New York, Chicago and Princeton.</p>

<p>“Four University students, Anthony D’Amato '10, Phyllis Heitjan '10, Jason Harper '09 and Steven Kim '09 each balance a semiprofessional music career with academic work.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.phyllisheitjan.com%5B/url%5D”>http://www.phyllisheitjan.com</a> = Phyllis Heitjan
<a href=“GarageBand for Mac - Apple”>GarageBand for Mac - Apple; = Phyllis Heitjan</p>

<p><a href=“Featured Content on Myspace”>Featured Content on Myspace; = Jason Harper</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.myspace.com/anthonydamato[/url]”>http://www.myspace.com/anthonydamato&lt;/a&gt; = Anthony D’Amato</p>

2

<p>These are rock musicians, by the way. And the “balance” has been tough at least for one of them, who said that "the pressures of school have prevented him from devoting more time to performing; “I would love to put in more time to music,” Kim said. “The fact of the matter is I barely have enough time to juggle orchestra and academics.”</p>

3

<p>why doesn’t he opt for a reduced courseload. I read in the undergrad announcement that if you have a REALLY special skill you can ask to focus on it as (sort of) your major. perhaps i understood it wrong.</p>