Percussion H.S. freshman

cameraphone
Sat, 23 May 2015 15:17:19 +0000

All of my friends are music majors to say the least–really nice people. Here’s what you do: you can get away with a bachelor’s in music education, and it’s the “smartest” option that our music faculty suggests. You can teach with such a degree because a lot of programs will make you student-teach in the high schools or junior highs. You gain valuable experience on the job while as a student. No master’s required, but certainly fine to do. And you still do lots of performance which can qualify you for both performance and education jobs.

Majoring in performance however, that’s a different story. You have almost no education classes and instead it’s performance and theory. So then you’re able to think ahead for performance jobs like pit orchestras, but you’re shut out from a lot of music education jobs. It’s still possible to do it through certification and networking, but why not get the best of both worlds all in one go with a bachelor’s in music education.

How do you pay for school then? Avoid private schools. Make sure your son does well academically and does some SAT/ACT prep classes to get the highest scores possible for guaranteed merit aid and scholarships. If his SAT/ACT scores are bad, it doesn’t matter how good his grades are, you’re looking at very little scholarships.

And try doing some summer camps and all state auditions. Those’ll boost your profile if his auditions for music school go less than stellar because, hey–I’ve had less than stellar auditions before, particularly ones I practiced really hard for.

Best regards