Mandatory Class List

 

Every time I talk about music school with other musicians, we have a similar conversation. It goes a little something like this:

”How did we not learn this?!” “Why did we have to do that?!” “I felt so demoralized that I almost quit playing.” “I think that I actually got worse while I was there.” “Orchestra was just. awful.”

Music school, like all of us, definitely has some room to grow. Along those lines, here’s my recommendation for what courses music-schoolers should take during our time being music-schooled:

  • Bookkeeping for Freelance Musicians

  • Score Study and Marking

  • Arranging Jazz and Popular Music

  • Special Topics in Music Law

  • Suzuki Piano Accompaniment

  • How to Lead Group Classes

  • Public and Video Speaking

  • Adobe Creative Suite

  • Conductorless Chamber Orchestra

  • Music Learning Theory 101

Equipped with these tools, our young musicians would enter the workforce better prepared to tackle the real-world creative challenges that we face on a day-to-day basis.

 
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