Klarinet Archive - Posting 000138.txt from 1998/10

From: "line ringuette" <lringuet@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Grad School
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 18:07:06 -0400

My sincerest advice is:

1)decide what you want out of this degree, why do you want to go to grad
school? what do you hope to learn? what sort of job/position would you
like to see yourself in the future?
2)if performance is important to you ....go and take lessons from
prospective teachers!!!!!!
students need to audition their teachers as much as teachers audition their
students!!!
find out what that teacher's strengths are....does his/her concepts match
with yours?
3)if you're going to major in something else, then go and visit the people
who will be your teachers....the internet is a great tool for contacting
people in say, the music history dept. at a school...find out what their
specialties are ....ex: if you want to do advanced work in early Baroque
hist., but most of the faculty specialized in 20th c. or Romantic...you may
do better elsewhere (this is esp. true for post-grad work).
***go where the teacher is*** i always say...
remember, just because a dept. is huge and prestigious that doesn't mean
it's 100% right for you.... (not that there's anything wrong with the huge
and prestigious--they got that way for a reason). but i would just like to
say that very good things can come out of small departments where there are
dedicated, involved profs., who give you their undivided attention. It's
not where you are as much as what you do with your time and energy while
you're there....

Line Ringuette
lringuet@-----.net

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> From: Michelle Wiggs <sunshine21mw@-----.com>
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: [kl] Grad School
> Date: October 2, 1998 9:52 AM
>
> Hello all! I'm a senior music education major with graduation just
> around the corner. Lately I've been thinking a great deal about the
> possibility of grad school. I'm looking for some ideas about repertoire
> to play for an audition, and ways to go about finding the "right school
> and the right teacher" to fit my needs and goals. Any suggestions or
> opinions you have will be helpful to me...at the very least to give me
> some food for thought. Thank you in advance.
>
> Michelle
>
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