Getting admitted to a music conservatory

musicprnt
Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:19:23 +0000

One added thought, I think you need to make sure your daughter understands what she is getting into, more then your wife. I have seen a lot of talented, gifted young musicians, who thoroughly believe if you get into a top conservatory program, win a few competitions, whatever, that when you come out you will immediately be able to jump into a lucrative career, with a major orchestra like the NY Philharmonic or be the next big soloist like Sarah Chang, Itzak Perlman or Joshua Bell, that going to the high level program is going to be the road to a lucrative career…and quite frankly, for most musicians, if it does become lucrative it takes a while to establish a career, while the path itself is/can be a struggle. I realize your daughter is a bright child, is intellectually advanced, but has she talked to people about the reality of it, that no matter how good she is there are a lot of people out there who may be as good or better more then likely? Has she read the threads on here about reality of going into music, or talked to musicians about it? She needs to understand the reality more then your wife, that the life of a working musician has rewards in playing incredible music and living into it, but it also is a struggle for most to make a decent living.