Guidance for Majoring in Music
by Barbra Weidlein
Guidance for Majoring in Music
by Barbra Weidlein
If you're a music major and your focus is performance or a performance-related area, you will be taking what are called "applied lessons" on your primary instrument (including voice). ...
A local plumbing and heating truck passed me as I was taking a walk. Its giant-font logo, adorning its right side, screamed “WHY WAIT?” Obviously, the message referred to the small faucet drip that can mutate without warning into a major, expensive plumbing job. But what if the message w ...
There’s an interesting discussion on one of my LinkedIn music groups about instrument hygiene. Who's job is it to teach this to student musicians? ...
Take every chance you get to stand up for music in the schools. Send an email, sign an online petition, write a letter, or speak out at a school board meeting when you hear that music programs are on the chopping block. And not just in your own neighborhood. ...
So, is music really an employable major? These days, every major in music seems to require some kind of business and communications savvy: the ability to fundraise; the ability to use social media and stay on top of its rapid-fire changes; the ability to promote yourself and your ideas; the ability ...
A worried parent of a music major confided in me that the four years her daughter had spent as a music major might have been put to better use. The daughter, who had joined the Peace Corps after graduation, discovered an interest in public health, and wanted to pursue a master’s degree in that field ...
Spring graduates of the University of Colorado Boulder chose Mary Poppins to deliver their commencement address. Dame Julie Andrews, as she is now known, imparted far more useful wisdom than “just a spoonful of sugar…” ...
How to best celebrate a high school or college music grad is a challenge. The've probably already received more than their fair share of mugs, instrument sculptures, and neckties, all with musical note themes. ...
The May 1st deadline for a final college decision is just around the corner –– if your son or daughter hasn't yet decided on a music school, here are 5 pointers for parents to help you survive the next few days! ...
Presenting yourself as a serious music school candidate before it's time for them to make their decisions can work well in your favor, especially when they have two or more candidates with equally strong auditions, grades, accolades, and recommendations. ...
