<p>Spoke with my DS last night at about 9:00PM. He attends SUNY Potsdam and the Crane School of Music with a double major in Euphonium Performance and Music Ed. Not technically a conservatory or a major university but nonetheless this was his schedule yesterday: </p>
<p>8-9AM - Trombone Tech
9-10- Principles of Music Ed.
10-11 no class - Practiced Piano
11-12 - Statistics
12 - 1:45 Part Time job
2-4 Symphonic band
4 - 4:30 Snack
4:30 - 6:00 Practice Euphonium
6-7:30 - Brass Quintet Practice (plays euph and trombone)
7:30 -8:30 Dinner with Girlfriend
9:00 Called home
He said that after he was going back to play euph for another hour and then studying and tying up loose ends on some assignments due today.
He said he’ll hit sleep by 2:00AM</p>
<p>While his schedule obviously varies each day that’s pretty much what he does everyday except for weekends. On weekends he will play about 4 hours a day broken up through the day. He will also practice piano, trumpet and trombone assignments for ed tech classes, french horn which he plays in the community band on Tuesday evenings. Figure he has a mouthpiece to his lips on the average 5 - 8 hours a day. Personally I don’t know how he does it but he rarely complains and absolutely loves being a music student :-))</p>