Son accepted into 5 very different trumpet programs...what next?

Bobbi
Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:04:04 +0000

My D is in voice, not trumpet, but I would urge any music performance major that if it’s at all possible to go back to revisit the schools at the top of his list, and take another lesson with the desired teacher. My D revisited two, and she realized that although one of the teachers had a great reputation, neither the first or second lesson had done anything for her at all. Then at the other school, the second lesson was terrific. And a year later, my D is still thrilled with her teacher. I think that after eliminating schools where the social and living environment is just not what you want, that the most important element is the teacher. And by the way, the only school that you sound 100% enthusiastic about in your comment is Virginia Commonwealth. That must mean something.