July 28, 2000
Teaching Music Students to Make Music for Love, Not for a Living
Most students who graduate with degrees in music performance should not expect to make their living playing music. Since only a very few of the best students from the top conservatories in the United States can realistically expect that their dreams will be fulfilled, we should teach music not as a trade, but as a liberal art.
How many history majors become professional historians? How many English majors become brilliant novelists? Very few, but we
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