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<p>Even for straight performers (study performance) are going to need a lot of skills if they want to be working musicians/performers and that doesn’t matter what kind of music it is. In classical music more and more is about performers managing their own careers, putting together their own gigs and such, so understanding about the broader picture cannot hurt. The other thing to think of with any program is going to be the ability to network, to meet people in the industry and learn what’s what.</p>
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I would be pretty concerned if I were in your shoes in this case, then. I think you might want to present that MAXIMUM COA CONTRIBUTION you can make NOW to her, evaluate the full freight cost of the schools in question, review the scholarship spreadsheet, and then have her reconsider an expanded list with an academic AND a financial safety – or a gap plan – or a singing-on-a-cruiseship-for-a-year-to-make-save-money plan. Or something that helps keep her grounded and keeps some skin in the game. It’s not an industry where a grad can actually predictably afford to pay off the kind of student loans the schools on your list might entail.</p>
<p>So perhaps laser-focus needs to be tempered with fiscal viability.</p>