College Music Administration

lorelei2702
Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:14:47 +0000

An additional observation: while not impossible, it is difficult for performance faculty to make the decision to move to the administrative ranks. Time for ones own practice will be limited, and keeping a studio intact is very difficulty. If the faculty member is the only teacher of the instrument, that means someone new will need to be hired, and ones identity within the faculty becomes difused. It is more likely that an academic musician can rearrange the schedule, teach fewer sections, etc., and conductors come into the job with special talents of coordinating the artistry and contributions of the individuals for the common good of the whole.