Klarinet Archive - Posting 000170.txt from 1998/07

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: what am I going to do?
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 16:26:54 -0400

On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, Dr. Michael Thrasher wrote:

> As an instructor at a two-year school, I can say that there are a number
> of community/junior colleges that also offer fine departments of music.
> At North Central Texas College, we have an outstanding choral program, a
> growing band program, and courses in applied music, music theory & aural
> skills, music history & literature, and music appreciation.

I'm sure you have a very good program. Please remember that the original
poster was suggesting that the student attend a community college but not
take music, rather "getting the general studies out of the way."

In this part of the country, there are several two-year institutions which
have music programs, but unfortunately, students who come out of them are
not very well prepared to enter the third year in a University with
fairly rigorous academic and musical standards. Such students almost
without exception find that it takes them more than two additional years
to complete a four-year degree.

I'm glad to hear that your institution is an exception to that rule.

Ed Lacy
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