Author: ww.player
Date: 2008-07-22 17:20
You make some good points, Norbert. I know schools aren't going to change. I actually addressed that in my original post but deleted it because I didn't want the post to get too long.
IMO, schools should be required to publish the employment stats of their music students. This should include the percentage of those starting a music degree that actually finish it. They should also have to provide the percentages and average salaries of graduates, by instrumental concentration, that:
1) get jobs in music.
2) make a living exclusively from playing.
3) make a living from playing and teaching.
4) make their living teaching.
I know in the US that about half the students that start a music degree never finish it. Based on my experience, I would also say that half of all people with a music degree are not working in the music field anymore. My guess is, many students would be deterred from being music majors if they knew their chances of actually ending up with a job in the field were, at best, 25% starting out, especially if their odds of making a living playing are 1/10th of one percent.
Because many music majors end up in something other than music, I do like your idea of a more varied education, especially including IT. It’s amazing how many times I have to help colleagues, friends, and family out with their relatively simple computer problems.
BTW, Norbert, I think I may know your friend, the CEO. Does he work for TI?
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