Music school: and then what?

The Children’s Music School has commenced its academic year. In addition to the excitement that comes with discovering new music and instructors, young musicians frequently complain that they don’t have enough time for studying or that they dislike going to solfeggio classes. As a result, parents must once more decide whether to send their child to music school.

What benefits will it offer him? What career options are available to a child music school graduate who wants to pursue professional music education? And what prospects will someone who chooses a different career in the future have thanks to the "music school’s" mastered curriculum? We’ll discuss today about the possible outcomes for those who choose to link their destiny with music.

There are lots of other options available to young musicians if attending a music school or conservatorium is not their ideal but they still don’t want to give up music.

You can make music your hobby, and sometimes quite serious

Participating in an amateur orchestra, like the well-known DK "Academy" orchestra of folk instruments, which has been playing at respectable venues for many years, is one example. Alternatively, consider the academic choirs at NSTU and NSU, which feature students, faculty, researchers, and retirees singing… These kinds of groups abound, and joining one can turn involvement into a serious aspect of life complete with friends, practices, trips, and vacations.

You can also form your own group and work your way up to perform in more and more places while gaining followers; this is how many well-known performers got their start on the big stage.

Playing, singing, composing new music, and arranging existing works all benefit greatly from a foundational education in music. Even the ability to read notes well will come in very handy! It’s also difficult to predict if playing music will become your primary passion, open doors to an artistic career, or just be a soul-satisfying hobby.

You can make music a profession or a part of it

It’s likely not common knowledge that music education is required of kindergarten teachers, primary school teachers in educational institutions and colleges, and music instructors, even if the student has never touched an instrument before. Thus, it will be helpful to familiarize yourself with the piano and choir.

And trust me when I say that it can occasionally be very helpful to be able to learn a song with the class or, if needed, to accompany dancing kids from your group!

Even though their salaries are typically quite low, jobs like those of a kindergarten music worker, a school music teacher, and a school choir or ensemble director are still vital and in demand. Of course, there are now more options available to students who attend educational institutions, colleges, or colleges of culture and art than just specializing in one area of study. Graduates of these schools include, among others: sound engineers; directors of a broad range of musical groups, including rock bands and folk orchestras; private music instructors, etc. d.

"Purely" musical education – what"s next?

However, let’s assume that this is all very serious! The children’s music school graduate plans to pursue further education professionally. In addition, the graduate has a stack of laureate diplomas from competitions of all levels. The graduate received straight A’s. What is in store for him down the road?

Strangely, though, very few music college students will say they envision themselves working as a teacher at a children’s music school when asked where they see themselves in a few years. Despite the fact that this is the primary field of study for them, the majority of graduates work in it! It seems that even at the age of 16 or 18, it is still hard to picture yourself teaching violin or piano. However, this is a very unique career because it involves creativity, mentoring, and one-on-one interaction!

Still, it is worthwhile to enumerate a number of potential career paths for graduates in music. college, conservatorium, and the infamous music school:

• college or university teacher, methodologist, etc.p.;
• musician in an orchestra (philharmonic, opera house, operetta theater, radio and television. );
• soloist (philharmonic, opera, etc.d.) – it is clear that this is the path of very few;
• leader of a folk group – an orchestra, choir at universities, cultural centers;
• sound engineer;
• sound producer, writing music tracks for videos, films, programs.
• "free musician" – from performing at events and various venues by invitation to "streeters" on the streets and in metro passages.

It is obvious that there is more to this series.

Thus, teaching in the field of special education has gained a lot of popularity lately. This is seen in vocal studios, various "developmental" schools for children, and special education centers.

Among the alumni of the conservatory are, for instance, ministers of culture, lecturers, journalists who specialize in musicology, head teachers and directors of music schools and colleges, and heads of private music development centers!

Like representatives of other professions, musicians generally have access to a variety of opportunities to use their abilities. Additionally, there is a sizable disparity in their income. Of course, only a select few go on to become celebrities or extremely anxious educators, and all musicians have to put in a lot of work just to stay in form.

Thus, you can advise those who wish to make music a part of their lives by saying things like, "Yes, go and learn more! But only in the event that you are unable to survive without music.

20.06.20 Julia Vorontsova; updated 30.09.22

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Yellow Pink

Learning to play an instrument is only one aspect of musical education. First and foremost, this is the growth of reasoning, cognitive skills, knowledge, emotional intelligence, memory, persistence, focus, and the capacity to think creatively and act promptly to reach the best conclusion.

As a result, you can respond to the query succinctly and laconically: sure, you should enroll your kids in music classes or a music school!

,Mila (Guest)

Sergey (Invited) Sergey, you spoke so beautifully and honestly about your musical life! I appreciate your genuineness. These are things that every music student ought to be aware of!

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Mari (Guest) wrote:

Music school is engaged in drilling students: some piece is memorized for performance at the next concert . the child does not receive any creative development, many teachers are elderly with a bunch of illnesses, and even disabled .

I do not agree with you, children do learn classical pieces and bring them to perfection, to pass an exam or prepare for a competition. But if a child is musical, he can invent his own music in his free time, download the notes of the composition he likes and play them or just pick up on rumor. My son studies at a music school in the 6th grade and does so. Of course, he, like most children, does not particularly like to study, but does not want to leave music school, he understands what it has given him and is giving him. And if you treat it as a drill, then of course it is not needed.

Mari (Guest)

Students at a music school are being drillsed; they are learning a piece by heart in preparation for the upcoming concert. The child is not given any opportunity for creative development, and many of the teachers are old, sick, or even crippled.

Irina_sb

A future career does not require attendance at music school. It simply has a significant impact on how a person develops intellectually, spiritually, and culturally. I am so grateful to my parents for helping me get there because I remember myself. and refused to let me give up as a teenager.)

Jane72

pros, cons. all this is very individual. and what kind of teacher you get and your own attitude.but it is clear that a music school gives the opportunity to work individually with your child.and free. and music teachers are sometimes psychologists and a shoulder to cry on, and a firm hand that will pull out all the skills. It is unlikely that a mathematics teacher will delve into the world of a particular child if he has 30 people in class.Well, any child will be able to learn the verse, and even a student is not able to play an elementary manner on a tool, he will not be able to. To learn a musical work is other connections in the brain work, which means that it develops, and this helps the head work better, more diverse. well, you can also study language and chess. you never know.

Natalia Markina

Salutations for the afternoon! Is there anyone who knows anything about the "Tutti" school and the music lyceum in St. Petersburg? How do you get in, how do they teach, and where can you go after receiving such an education?

Yalt@

I am still FOR the music school. My son graduated – 6 years on the guitar, about 10 years when he went to study. He studied without fanaticism, it was just like a second school for him. At the same time, he was also in the orchestra. While I was studying at a music school and in other clubs at the same time, I was constantly busy, I also studied well at a regular school. And when I finished music school in the 9th grade, everything. I had a lot of free time and immediately started playing computer. games with friends all the time. I haven"t picked up a guitar since I finished music school, but what age is he, it"s better to master an instrument and return to it if you want, than not to master.

My daughter attended music school as well. Regarding the flute. She has been going for the second year; she is still studying, but I can’t say that she is happy. She also didn’t like the choir at first—at all. After that, the teacher switched, and she now loves choir and solfeggio (still taught by the same person), but she finds the flute teacher challenging. Having a good teacher is crucial—it accounts for 80% of success.

I believe that attending music school is beneficial to a child’s growth, particularly if the child enjoys it.

Guest

1st year. Wow, music! Cool! Notes – in a week, the year"s program – in a couple months. A fight at home over a tool. The whole family goes to school concerts.
2nd year. Teacher"s verdict: "Children should participate in competitions!". The whole family is on hand, we learn notes and the differences between a prelude and a fugue in old age. We have all bought a subscription to "symphonic music" for a year.
3rd year. Teacher"s motto: "Whatever you do, you have to do better!" Diploma winners and laureates of competitions.
4th year. Teacher"s motto: "You are dumb, but someday it will dawn on you!" Laureates of international competitions.
5th year. Son: what, competitions again?! In November he drops out of school. Daughter is learning the program with her back left, according to the principle: "I"m pretending to study". The appearance is successful. By the end of the year she understands that during the year only four etudes and four pieces were prepared, the names of which she forgets immediately after (and sometimes before) the exam. During the summer she does not go to the instrument suitable. Son walks around the school in a radius of 1 km. Doesn"t sit down to play a tool.
6th year. Daughter: "And where will I fit in all these extra hours of solfeggio, literature and choir? God, two hours of choir instead of one!" After some hesitation, I write a statement that I am taking her out of school. A week later I realize: how happy I am that music school is over for me!

An acquaintance of the family who completed music school 20 years ago and hasn’t picked up an instrument since: "Well, it was enjoyable!" (whispering: It took me ten years to realize that the teacher was correct when she called me stupid).

Anna (Guest)

Everything is fine as long as the child has musical abilities. When they do not have them, and they try to teach him according to the general program and oppress him for the fact that he almost does not succeed in anything, then you will not get any love for music, you will get a neurotic with hatred of any musical instrument and an unwillingness to learn anything at all. Here you need to either get an individual teacher, and not an ordinary one, but one specifically for a problem child, or stop this torture and send the child somewhere else where he will succeed. There is a third way, so to speak, chemical, but it cannot be written here, in order to avoid.

TEAMAGuest

"For"! Only "for"). All three of mine went to the "music school" and graduated). I brought them to the teacher and said that we are for ourselves, for development!) Studying there not only develops fine motor skills and brains, but also eradicates many complexes! A child who goes on stage will never be afraid to answer at the board. And the feeling of elbow and collectivism in orchestras and choirs. And the sense of responsibility!! And the word "must", when you can no longer?). The strongest in spirit reach graduation!). What can I say – children with cerebral palsy and asthmatics studied at our school! Send your children to wind instruments if they have breathing problems- helps! Only "for"!

Lipisinka

The middle daughter is very musical. She has been studying vocals since she was 5 years old, now she is almost 12 years old.
Last year I asked her to enroll in a music school.school. Passed the exam, enrolled in the piano class. We bought an electronic instrument so that while studying we would not disturb anyone (you can use headphones).
She was very lucky with her teachers! She studies with great pleasure, she is very successful! She goes to school with great desire and interest.
In the summer, I was really looking forward to classes, I analyzed works, which made the teacher very happy.
The eldest plays the guitar. She studied not in a music school, but in the studio of Bander"s song, just for herself.
The youngest daughter is also musical. She wants to go to a music.school now)) while she is 4 years old.

Sergey (Guest)

And what can I say about music…))) My childhood was spent in a military town. My father served the Fatherland, Mom worked in a rural library. No one had a musical education. An ordinary childhood, a child in a remote military garrison. Happy).. When I was in the 3rd grade of a secondary school, a music school opened nearby (15 km). In this radius, a recruitment of students was carried out in the same)). At the entrance exam, I tapped out something successfully and sang "Katyusha" a capella on one note (my mother later said that she was ashamed of how I blew out this song))). They didn"t take me to the piano class, apparently because of the lack of prospects)) But for the crowd they enrolled me in the accordion class. The euphoria passed quickly. And I was also unlucky with the teacher ((In short, in the second year I quietly decided to finish my studies and stopped going to classes. This lasted about a month. Then I was exposed, flogged and put back into the bosom of the Holy Children"s Music School))) To give credit, the director of the school was moved and took me to his class (by a lucky chance, he also taught accordion). Without enthusiasm, but calmly, I graduated from the Children"s Music School, passed the final exam, received a Certificate of Completion, which I solemnly handed to my mother, saying, "Mommy, you really wanted it, and I promised! Here is your Certificate, but I will never pick up an accordion again. Never. I finished 8th grade in a regular school. I did not keep my word)) In 9th grade, with the guys, we decided to organize a VIA. In six months I mastered the guitar. We started playing at school parties. It turns out that my voice has emerged)). Then there was VVMU. After the 1st year, when I came home for the holidays, I saw a dusty case with an accordion in the closet. I took it out. You won"t believe it – it poured out. This is despite the fact that during my studies at the Children"s Music School I could not pick out anything by ear))) Then, already in college, I continued to play in the VIA at dances. I really liked it. Since then, I have a reverent attitude to music. It is always with me. I have lived for a long time)) When I served in the navy (Severomorsk), I taught 8-10 (?) children of friends to play the guitar. Almost everyone continued))) These are the kind of jokes from music))) And also. Actually, I am a pure techie, in life. Exact sciences have always been excellent!) I read somewhere that in the time of Descartes, music was a section of mathematics. Maybe that"s why everything was OK with the exact sciences. In conclusion, I want to say – music education should be. Thanks to my parents and teachers for their patience (especially my father, who spanked me!)) I only regret that I did not graduate in piano (( True… But I mastered the Yamaha synthesizer, I have it at home))) Something like that..

Notabenya (Guest)

If a student decides to pursue music as a career or just wants to play for fun as a lifetime hobby, attending a music school can open doors to a variety of paths. It doesn’t matter what path a person takes after graduation—skills like perseverance, creativity, and discipline are invaluable.

The belief that music education is challenging and demanding was fostered and reinforced by certain officials and individuals who shared their views, who coincidentally were music educators. These officials have since moved on to other roles, and the conversation is progressively dying down. Parents are prepared to fight for the idea and continuation of music schools as they are starting to realize how much experience their kids are gaining. Furthermore, I sincerely hope that teachers will no longer only act as providers of educational services now that music schools have been granted special status.

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