Klarinet Archive - Posting 000272.txt from 2005/06

From: "Wes Kilpatrick" <whkilpatrick@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Marc Tree (was Clarinet Concerto progress)
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:21:00 -0400

Gee, I hope that my Doctor of Medicine has a "practical qualification."
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From: "Matthew Lloyd" <matthew@-----.uk>
To: <klarinet@-----.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:46 PM
Subject: RE: [kl] Re: Marc Tree (was Clarinet Concerto progress)

> Doing a recital isn't research.
>
> It's hard work, no doubt, but research it is not.
>
> A degree is an academic qualification, not a practical one. Or at least
> that is what it should be.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cjarrett1@-----.com]
> Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Marc Tree (was Clarinet Concerto progress)
>
> Anyone who has earned a DMA from Iowa or any other respected music
> school
> knows exactly how much research is necessary to earn a doctorate. It is
> no
> cakewalk. Three recitals, original research paper ( thesis), etc. etc.
> etc.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Lloyd" <matthew@-----.uk>
>>I may be being dense here, but how on earth can you be a "Doctorate of
>> Percussion?"
>>
>> A doctorate is an academic (higher) degree earned by research.
>>
>> Playing percussion (or any instrument) is a practical skill.
>>
>> They are simply incompatible.
>>
>> Matthew
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