Which schools should one consider for DMA (violin)?

musicprnt
Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:08:01 +0000

@compmom-
Agreed with the term degree inflation, and it isn’t a negative, it reflects competition and the general state of things out there. I wouldn’t be surprised that with music teaching (talking performance, not academic, which already generally requires a DMA) that a DMA will become desirable, a generation ago many teachers had only a BM, these days a fair share of newer teachers have an MM, in the future (I am talking at the college/conservatory) it may be a DMA.

A generation ago, a lot of music students would get a BM then go out into careers, these days, in large part because of the competition, most get an MM, lot go for AD’s and such, too, because the level of playing is that high. When I hear stories on here, about how they knew someone who majored in art history then got into an orchestra, or the person who took up the instrument at 16 and ended up at a top music school then a career, it always was from people a while ago, the level has gone up so far. It is the reality of music, where opportunities are very different than they once were, competition is often a lot stiffer, so that is not a surprise that the credentials go up.