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From:  Gina <classicalsinger@e...>
Gina <classicalsinger@e...>
Date:  Wed Feb 21, 2001  2:48 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] the value of a music degree


> her ignorance was
> > painfully obvious.
>
> Is a degree necessary for this?
>
> What does a college degree give that one can't put
> together better, living in a city (San Francisco, in
> my case) and studying
> languages/theory/piano/voice/coachings on my own,
> reading music history and autobiographies, going to
> the symphony and opera and ballet and concerts? What
> could a degree program possibly provide me with that I
> can't recreate on my own?

Nothing besides the "experience," although I don't knock a music degree
or deny its worth... I have 3 of them! There are other routes to
education and career.

Take care,
Gina



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