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Re: Double Major

Author: Pappy
Date: 2004-06-04 13:03

msloss wrote:

> Nicole -- What really goes into a performance major that you
> can't get in an education major? As long as you find a program
> that gives you the opportunity to take lessons with the top
> faculty instructors, play in the good ensembles, and take
> electives in your instrument of interest, how much more is
> there? I switched from performance to composition half way
> through my program and ended up taking nearly all the same
> courses, just with the addition of composition classes and
> private instruction. Plenty of band and orchestra directors out
> there that are also working musicians. One discipline does not
> exclude the other.

I agree. It is also possible to supplement you BME with "extra" performance courses/work, thus making your BME lean more to performance without a true double major. MANY working musicians I know today are Music Ed folks....some don't teach (other than privately) but are primarily performers.

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