Klarinet Archive - Posting 000637.txt from 1997/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Graduate schools for clarinet study
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 06:03:13 -0500

At 12:19 AM 11/19/97 -0600, you wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Roger Garrett wrote:
>
>> While the competition and the level of performance is at least
>> the quality of other conservatories, UM is a state school.
>
>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. I found myself thinking along the lines of quality education
>rather than adhering to the proviso that there be a conservatory
>atmosphere. Regardless of the general education requirements,
>the physical environment is also not particularly "conservatory-
>like", so UM might drop out of contention if the conservatory
>aspect is particularly important.
>
>Neil
>
U of M is most emphatically a state funded school.

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