Klarinet Archive - Posting 000173.txt from 1998/10

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Grad School
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 08:22:58 -0400

Excellent advice for graduate study in ANY field, with suitable details
changed. My only reservation is that ultimately you must take your shinney
new degree and get a job, and at this point, the perceived reputation of the
institution will matter. This will wear off in time as your own reputation
becomes more important, but it can be crucial in getting the "foot in the
door" which makes your personal reputation possible.

(This is the viewpoint of a professional Biologist and educator - take it
for what it may be worth in music.)

George Kidder

>Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 13:14:57 -0400
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>From: "line ringuette" <lringuet@-----.net>
>Subject: Re: [kl] Grad School
>Message-Id: <199810021710.NAA22642@-----.net>
>
>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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