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RE: Which is better...

Author: STuart
Date: 1999-07-07 20:45

Dear Clare,
I found that my process of choosing a college was over informed by the schools themselves, my peers, and my teachers. Looking back, I often wished I had studied elsewhere or with a different concentration. I would spend hours looking through these magazines telling me about their magical schools, and I was completely swept up. I hated the philosophy of the department I choose, which I couldn't have forseen and ended up bouncing around until they graduated me. I never felt like my school was at the center of my development as a musician, and have been undertaking a lot or re-learning. Maybe if I had taken some time off things would be different.
I encourage you to think about what you really want to accomplish in school and how possible that is. I wanted to do everything, but one by one, areas of study became more meaningless to me. What was left was just a basic desire to comune with other souls and reflect on the mysterious experience of life.
I don't know where your intrests are, but I would say it is always a good principle to go for the great instructors over the topics or the ensembles. And if the teacher doesn't rock your mind, complain and take another class, your education is too precious and expensive to be wasted on some of the BS they'll try handing you.
Good luck with your descisions, and become as familiar with your choices as you can. Talk to the students before you read their bullitens and stuff. - Stuart

Adios, amiga!

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