<p>I spent 2 years at a conservatory and 98% of my time was spent in a practice room. I had a few music history classes and language classes that were time consuming, but for the most part it was all musical work.
I am now at a state university and the book work is killing me. My general education requirements were very different in the conservatory. I have to take 36 hours of gen ed courses. There are far less performing classes, and more book work. Its a fact of life, and its a bummer I wont lie!</p>