Klarinet Archive - Posting 000630.txt from 1997/11

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: Graduate schools for clarinet study
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 02:34:48 -0500

On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Neil Leupold wrote:

> To my understanding, the University of Michigan is actually
> a private institution. Michigan State University, on the
> other hand (where I assume Elsa still teaches), is a state
> school, receiving funding through Michigan's education budget
> and subject to review and regulation by Michigan's powers that
> be.

Two points: (1) Both the University of Michigan and Michigan State
University are state funded and controlled institutions. (2) In my
original message on this topic, when I referred to conservatory atmosphere
or orientation, what I meant was that no matter what the size or type of
control and funding of the institution, the primary concern within the
music unit would be performance; there would be relatively large numbers
of students who were preparing for careers as performers, and this would
be their central focus.

Ed Lacy
el2@-----.edu