How Competitive Are Music Schools?

old_music_prnt
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:13:35 +0000

I think that is a good attitude, also to not necessarily follow what others say are ‘the best programs’ or ‘the ones that will get you into a good music school’, that fails because the first is an opinion that lacks context, the second because there is no such thing in music education/experience. Programs can help a kid focus on what they want to do, drive them forward and introduce them to possible teachers/networking, but I don’t know a program that acts like that (it isn’t like prep schools with Ivy league football). Obviously if a program really hits home with a student, then doing it again may be a good thing. But in music diversity does help a great deal, most musicians end up having multiple teachers for example or coaches. The one truth path nonsense I have heard is just that, there are benefits to things in music, there are things that help pave the way, no doubt, but one true path, no. My son’s group is very successful, they are getting up there in terms of audience and bookings and the like, they did a competition and were told by a member of the jury (this was a European competition) that unless they went and studied in Europe, they would never amount to anything shrug .