Klarinet Archive - Posting 000073.txt from 2004/11

From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Clarinet vacancy
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:14:13 -0500

Fernando,

Unfortunately, the core problem has nothing to do with being a good
professor. It has to do with saving money and prioritizing seniority over
content knowledge and teaching effectiveness.

Why hire a full time clarinet professor, saxophone professor, and
musicology professor when you can hire one person to do all three jobs
badly? A rhetorical question, I might. From a short term economical point
this makes sense. From a long term customer satisfaction point of view,
perhaps not such a great choice.

Of course, there will always be high school students who show up at their
local college and decide to be music majors without even considering who
their applied teacher is or who else is on faculty. A shame, but a reality.

As an aside to any high school students. If you are applying to colleges
MEET WITH THE APPLIED LESSON TEACHER BEFORE YOU DECIDE. I don't care if
you're going to Curtis or Outer Mongolia State, you have to make sure your
teacher fits you. The most prestigious school doesn't necessarily equate to
the best clarinet teacher for your particular personality. Remember,
unlikely almost any other undergraduate major, you'll spend 4 (these days
probably more) years with this person.

I really wish it were only about the definition of a being a "good" professor.

-Adam

At 02:43 PM 11/3/2004 +0000, Fernando Silveira wrote:
>Thanks for answer the problem for me.
>When you became a professor at university you have to teach not JUST
>clarinet, but a wide diferent disciplines.
>What you said is that you know a lot of very, very good teachers that do
>not have DMA. I AGREE. You can find them teaching in several another
>institutions but almost never on Universities. In my oppinion is because
>the landscape of what would be a "good" professor go through another concept.
>Or we change that concept or the universities showld change its admission
>policy. Who will win???

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