Lots of places offer music education degrees. But in each region of the country, there are usually an established few schools known to be music education powerhouses. Many of these schools combine their established reputation with a reasonable price tag and...
This series is divided into five parts: Part 1 – Preface: My Strange Path Through the Music World Part 2 – Building My Freelance Career Part 3 – How Sinking My Freelance Career Helped Me Part 4 – Teaching High School (what you’re reading) Part 5 – Building My...
This series is divided into five parts: Part 1 – Preface: My Strange Path Through the Music World Part 2 – Building My Freelance Career Part 3 – How Sinking My Freelance Career Helped Me (what you’re reading) Part 4 – Working in Education – What My Career Looked Like...
I went through music school with one goal… Get… an… orchestra job! This was my Holy Grail. The pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The early part of my career is a good example of what happens with someone on that path doesn’t get an orchestra job. This...
For the last few months, I’ve been thinking about writing something about music careers. Maybe I’m feeling the itch because I see more people focusing on the hot topic of musical entrepreneurship. I’m not sure. I’ve written about the topic of careers in music quite a...
