Importance of competitions

musicprnt
Mon, 08 Dec 2014 18:15:57 +0000

@‌ bluemeringue-
“Many of the top musicians at his pre-college conservatory and at BUTI were planning to drop music just as soon as they got accepted into Harvard, Yale, etc. I think it’s sort of sad.”

It was sad to see in the program my son was in. There are generally 3 distinct groups in programs like that, and it goes something like this 1)The kids who are musical, who intend in some way to do music through their lives, either going to music school in college UG, or planning to do it post UG 2)The kids who are musical, who want to do music, but who are only allowed to do music because their parents see it as a great influence on getting into an EC. These kids when they get to college will probably continue playing (if their parents decide it isn’t too much time wasted from studies), and are sad because some of them would really love to do music but won’t because their parents would never allow it 3)the kids who don’t really want to do music, don’t really care about it, but were pressured by their parents into doing it, and as soon as they get into college, they drop it gladly, and watching them play was so painful, it was quite obvious they hated it. I also felt for the kids in group 2, because it was apparent they loved music but never had a chance. Fortunately or unfortunately, music does offer benefits on admission, so a lot of parents glom onto it as as ‘magic’ ec…