any other music majors here?

Question

Currently a senior Cello Performance Major and just freaking out about getting a job after college. Everyone else has had all these opportunities in college and like on campus jobs and stuff and I'm just sitting here broke with nothing.

Answer

My husband has a tuba performance degree... and is going back to school for pharmacy.

It CAN be done, but expect to have multiple jobs (be in a number of orchestras, private teaching, one time only gigs...).  There can also be a lot of travel involved for jobs- that's the main reason he decided to change directions, he wanted to be more if a family man and stay close to home.

I do have a cousin who is a horn professor, but it took 10+ years, a masters degree, and living in almost nothing. He also is only now starting a family in his 30s.  I'm not saying is a bad thing to wait like that, but you have to evaluate what's right for YOU and what you want out of life.

I went to college and minored in music, which is how I meet my husband. I considered going to school for music (oboe performance), but I recognized that I didn't have the drive or desire to REALLY make it.

Even if you don't make it a career, many areas have community orchestras, and I've been in some small ensembles that play for fun with the occasional gig at a coffee shop for Christmas. I also have played with churches, and in the pit at my community theater.

Good luck!  It's ok too, if you ever decide to change your mind and follow a new dream, or come back to this one.

any other music majors here?

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