grad school

[elsie07]

I'm interested in going to graduate school once I finish my initial degree.  I don't need to go to grad school, but I love studying and learning and I think I would enjoy it.  And it can't really hurt my career.  I'm majoring in music education for my bachelor's, but there are several areas that I am interested in for grad work: piano performance, music education, music history, and choral conducting.  Obviously, I can't do all of those (well, theoreticaly I could...but it would be difficult) so I would need to choose one or maybe two.  I'm wondering, if I want to do grad work in performance, do I need to do a performance major as an undergrad?  What about music history or choral conducting - maybe not an undergrad major, but perhaps an emphasis as part of a B.A.?  I'm planning on talking to a professor when I go back to school, but I'm doing some research now and I didn't want to wait too long to find out.

Thanks

[faulty_damper]

If you want to go on for a Masters degree in performance, a Music Education degree will work because you will have to do a solo recital as part of your graduation requirements.  It's not necessary to major in performance.

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This is well beyond what is immediately in front of you but there is no career with a music degree.  There is no career with a Masters degree, either.  The only silver lining to how this story ends is that you'll have extremely fierce competition fighting for that one opening position with a Doctorate degree.  That silver lining is lined with teeth.

[elsie07]

Thank you!