Klarinet Archive - Posting 000391.txt from 2001/08

From: Colleen Janssen <Colleen@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] I'm new with questions
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 16:46:26 -0400

It's really hard to explain my question. I'm not a musician, but my 14 =
year-old daughter plays clarinet and wants to study classical performance. =
She has no interest in teaching, and her ability to earn a living is not =
our primary concern. She thinks that Postal Carrier would be a good day =
job, leaving her evenings free for music.=20

I realize the value of private music instruction and practice, but I'm not =
sure what the value of college is. Looking at college web-sites, it looks =
like the first two years are spent on academics and they only accept =
advanced clarinet students. Do they ever teach clarinet?

I'd like to put her on a path to become a musician, but honestly... this =
makes no sense to me. I would be charged the highest college tuition =
rates and wouldn't qualify for any financial assistance. I could buy her =
an awful lot of private lessons for less than the cost of college, and I'm =
wondering if that would be better.

I can't figure out what playing in marching band has to do with any of =
this (that is my impression of high school) and it's giving me a headache. =
Can somebody explain how this is supposed to work?

=20
-Colleen =20
colleen@-----.com=20

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