Klarinet Archive - Posting 000336.txt from 1998/12

From: Maestro645@-----.com
Subj: [kl] Thoughts About College Auditions
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 22:25:26 -0500

Hi everyone!
After quite a bit of time "lurking" (I've been EXTREMELY busy - and that's
putting it mildly!!!), I have two questions regarding college
auditions/majors.
The first one deals with majors. As I've said before, my career choice is to
become a symphony maestro. I want to go all the way and get my Ph.D and
obviously conductiong is the major to go for. However, it is only offered as
a Master's degree on up at the colleges I'm interested in. What would be a
more ideal bachelor's degree major, in your opinions, to start with?
Performance, Theory, Education? I highly doubt Education because I was told
it was more for teaching school, which I have no real desire to do. Or could
I take a non-music major and then take some music classes and ensembles, and
then do my Master's in Conducting?
Second quesion: If I have a music major (say if Performance was the the way to
go), when I audition for scholarships, etc., do I need to stick to one
instrument, or can I do several (I just made All-State Chorus, so I was
wondering if I could use that to help me get scholarships.)?
Thanks for your opinions!
Chris Hoffman

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