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Originally posted by Rob Channell
I don't fully understand the requirements anyway.
Why 4 years of English and 3 of History, but only 2 of Math and 1 of Science?
Band geek here. One year, at band camp.........
Considered music as a major for a short time. Do you know what a professional Trombone player says when he gets to work?
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I have to disagree with your rag on English requirements. Nobody reads anything, much less writes anything these days. You pack up a student with loads of technical and theoretical skills and no way to communicate any of it and you've just created another green-card carrying imported engineer. Fantastic
We're seeing a shortfall of engineers and scientists coming out of America though, so maybe we need to ratchet the req's up a bit. Maybe 4 years of both English and Sciences is the way to go.
I'm another trombone band-geek: 4 years of camps, some of the best groups in the country, ensembles, multiple styles, solos, etc etc. Also considered performance major but decided that playing horn 9 hours a day to be able to buy food wasn't a good way to live. However, if you can maintain your training on a day to day basis, in 20 years you'll be good enough to get a seat in a major symphony and then you can charge $100/hr for your services.... but it takes 20 years, minimum.