Getting admitted to a music conservatory

SnowflakeVT
Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:02:54 +0000

Violinparent, you are what I was, the parent of a musician that could be a doctor. We didn’t have rules like your wife, but my husband did voice his strong concern when my daughter was a senior in high school about paying for college for a music degree versus pre-med. He didn’t mean for it to stick, but it did, so my daughter steered away from music at first thinking she would do music on the side. My daughter spent 3 semesters at a good school studying pre-med, but in the end, her musician heart pulled harder, so she re-applied to music schools this past summer, and now will be transferring to a full-time music school in January. (I realize that your daughter already has a BS degree, but is she also applying to med schools now?) If you daughter wants to be a musician, she really needs all the support you and your wife can give her. Find out what really makes her tick, and allow her to follow her passion. Happiness will be in the career that she is passionate about, not the one with the money. Since your daughter is obviously talented and academically smart, chances are that she will also find other ways to grow her career beyond being a violinist. My story isn’t like yours, but my point is that you have to find out what your daughter wants and back her up 100%. If she can’t decide, then maybe now is a good time to take a year off? Or pick a school like another poster suggested that has a med school very near an excellent music school. Good luck to you … hopefully your wife will come around about her rules.