Author: William
Date: 2014-06-27 19:21
My "humble" opinion has always been, getting a "performance" degree is a big waste of time as no audition committee will notice it anyhow. When it comes to a career in performance, the ONLY thing that counts is, HOW WELL YOU CAN PLAY, not how *much* you have studied or researched. And believe me, there are a thousand clarinetists "out there" who all can play all the correct notes and rhythms at least as good as you ever will be able to. The competition is tough and a lot of anyone's success comes down to who on the audition panel likes what an individual does--tone quality, technique or interpretation, etc--and not necessarily who is better. So, if you want to become a "professional" clarinetist, it is more important who you take private lessons with, not what university degrees you qualify for. Go to NYC, find the top teacher who will accept you and test your musical wings there. Like the tune says, "If you can make it there, you'll make it anywhere".
Option Two--go to a university music school, major in music education and take all the clarinet lessons you can. Then, if you find that the world of professional performance is not for you, you have an alternative career to pursue. Of course, there are other career options--a good local clarinetist friend of mine has played in major symphonies around the world and was a finalist for a position with the NYC Met. However, as a student he was a double major and now prefers to make his living working locally as a mathematician, his second academic degree.
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