TrumpetMaster - View Single Post - The performance degree...myth or reality?

rowuk · 01-24-2008, 06:49 AM

Great topic,
If we measure the success of education as how much we give BACK to society, we discover that there is little competition for music degrees. If we measure the success of education as how much money we can earn, we have to hit a moving target. It is up to each one of us to judge where we want to see ourselves.
Judging from what I have heard coming out of renowned music shools, it seems that they were not designed to give the players the skills to succeed at an audition. All of the pieces of the puzzle seem to be in the box, but the expectations are that the orchestra will put that puzzle together.
Regardless of the major, the people with the biggest picture are the ones that can most easily focus on what is necessary to get a job. We have the same problem finding good IT people, sales people or whatever.
Just maybe the last generation or two have through our affluence, forgotten how to "see" what is really important in life and rather concentrate only on "realizing" themselves. A generation of unemployed may change this focus in life.

01-24-2008, 06:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,365	Re: The performance degree...myth or reality? Great topic, If we measure the success of education as how much we give BACK to society, we discover that there is little competition for music degrees. If we measure the success of education as how much money we can earn, we have to hit a moving target. It is up to each one of us to judge where we want to see ourselves. Judging from what I have heard coming out of renowned music shools, it seems that they were not designed to give the players the skills to succeed at an audition. All of the pieces of the puzzle seem to be in the box, but the expectations are that the orchestra will put that puzzle together. Regardless of the major, the people with the biggest picture are the ones that can most easily focus on what is necessary to get a job. We have the same problem finding good IT people, sales people or whatever. Just maybe the last generation or two have through our affluence, forgotten how to "see" what is really important in life and rather concentrate only on "realizing" themselves. A generation of unemployed may change this focus in life. __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.