Klarinet Archive - Posting 000139.txt from 1998/10

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

oops... i forgot to mention one other important idea:

ask the grad STUDENTS who are there right now, what they think of the
programs!!!
when i was shopping around for a teacher/school, the clarinet teacher i
took some lessons from told me to call up his current students! they
agreed to talk to me if i called...so i did and it was the best thing i
ever did! it totally confirmed in my mind that this was the right teacher
for me....
the other students can really give you a clear perspective on what goes on
in the lesson/class!!!

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> From: line ringuette <lringuet@-----.net>
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Grad School
> Date: October 2, 1998 1:14 PM
>
> 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
>
>
> ----------
> > 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
> >
> > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
> >
> >
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