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Topic: What do you do if you don't teach or accompany but still perform? (Read 1774 times)

Bob

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What do you do if you don't teach or accompany but still perform?

on: August 13, 2009, 01:50:28 AM

For a living as a pianist.

If you're not a teacher and you don't want to accompany, but your skills aren't good enough to be out on the world stage. How do you survive, if you plan on making a living as a pianist?

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Re: What do you do if you don't teach or accompany but still perform?

Reply #1 on: August 13, 2009, 05:24:44 PM

Well, if you're not good enough to play a lot of concerts and make money that way you pretty much either have to teach or do something none-musical.

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Re: What do you do if you don't teach or accompany but still perform?

Reply #2 on: August 13, 2009, 08:28:13 PM

Not

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Re: What do you do if you don't teach or accompany but still perform?

Reply #3 on: August 13, 2009, 10:49:17 PM

Is there anything else performance-related that is not a large concert or accompanying?

Maybe running around on the college recital "circuit" but that still wouldn't pay much.

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The Prodigy Who Saw Into the Future – Lili Boulanger’s Piano Music