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Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.

Author: pewd  Date:   2009-01-17 22:07 you have to balance 'passion' with 'reality'. loving the clarinet is nice, but it is very difficult to pay the bills with a music degree. in my case, i went for a computer science major - and spent most of my college years living in the music building. computer science paid the bills, allowed me to retire young, and today i play in a symphony with MRN - and teach clarinet on the side. but i never would have made enough money to raise a family had i majored in music. i often times wonder what my life would have been like today had i done so. i managed 5-6 hours a day on the clairnet, plus a science major - but it took me 5 1/2 years. i did not major or minor in music ; my minor is in chemistry. i really think i would have been better off today with the music minor. music does teach you a tremendous amount of self discipline, useful in whatever path life leads you down. a double major is doable, if you want it bad enough. in my case, i spent 20 years in computers, then dumped that for music. so both courses of study served me well. i ended up using both ; i'm still middle aged , no telling what will happen the next 30 years. if a double major is your goal and passion ; then by all means go for it. if economic success is a goal - then perhaps a minor in music is more realistic. good luck! keep us posted on your progress . *edit: and never learned to spell 'clarinet' apparently - Paul Dods Dallas, Texas Post Edited (2009-01-17 22:11)

Topics	Author	Date
College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	clarinet977	2009-01-15 02:08
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	EEBaum	2009-01-15 04:30
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	William	2009-01-15 15:22
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	dgclarinet	2009-01-15 16:09
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	Dan Oberlin	2009-01-15 16:23
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	EEBaum	2009-01-15 19:16
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	clarinet977	2009-01-15 21:00
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	ginny	2009-01-15 22:39
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	Rob Vitale	2009-01-16 00:26
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	mrn	2009-01-16 00:29
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	Bluesparkle	2009-01-16 00:34
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	clarinetist04	2009-01-16 01:26
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	mrn	2009-01-16 02:08
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	bcl1dso	2009-01-16 02:36
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	Ebclarinet1	2009-01-16 19:01
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	Jacob S	2009-01-17 17:34
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	pewd	2009-01-17 22:07
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	clarinetist04	2009-01-17 22:37
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	clariknight	2009-01-17 23:40
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	voodoosausage	2009-01-18 01:56
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	C2thew	2009-01-18 02:42
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	EEBaum	2009-01-18 06:12
Re: College--Auditions, double majors, etc.  new	clariknight	2009-01-20 02:18

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