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As a young music student playing an orchestral/band instrument one can eventually wonder and hope to get a job in an orchestra or maybe a military band. However, it is something that has gotten somewhat harder over the years simply because there are so many of you out there competing for the same few spots.  Having an idea about what is necessary to prepare and win an audition is what I’ll attempt to discuss in the following piece. 

In 2021, Bob Mulvey joined the team at Inside Music Schools (IMS) as a special advisor to help music school applicants to improve their learning and organizational skills. Bob came to IMS after a highly successful career as an educator and counselor working with young people ranging from middle-school pupils to college students. In this blog he shares his thoughts on helping applicants overcome challenges en route to their dream career.

This 3-part series will look at a few ways to help make sure you enjoy a long, productive career in music. That means focusing more on you than higher education because attending to your viability as a musician, or even a music industry professional, will be an endeavor that will endure well past your days as a college student.

This 3-part series will look at a few ways to help make sure you enjoy a long, productive career in music. That means focusing more on you than higher education because attending to your viability as a musician, or even a music industry professional, will be an endeavor that will endure well past your days as a college student.

This 3-part series will look at a few ways to help make sure you enjoy a long, productive career in music. That means focusing more on you than higher education because attending to your viability as a musician, or even a music industry professional, will be an endeavor that will endure well past your days as a college student.

You play an instrument in High School, but you’re not sure how well you stack up against others who are potentially college bound. There are many people who might find themselves in an identical position. At this point, you need to ask yourself the following questions…

In this post, Inside Music School’s David Fish interviews Tanisha Lokwani who is in her second semester at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. She originally hails Bombay, India, but lived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for most of her life. She came to Berklee planning to pursue a double major in Music Production and Engineering and Film Scoring with a minor in musical theater production.

How can YOU make college more affordable? There are quite a few things you can do. Some of them begin while you are still in high school.

For many students, the investment in a college education is one of the largest they’ll ever make. Financial institutions, the government, and schools themselves continue to offer ways in which more students can afford higher education. And, while our music college contacts have weighed in on the subject, paying for a college education today knows no one major or educational category.

How does one evaluate their teacher? This is a tough one to answer primarily because it is virtually impossible to know during a short trial lesson everything you’d like to know about someone and how they will react to you as a student. No matter how famous they are as a performer or a pedagogue and how many successful students they’ve had, how they might work with you or what you can expect from them is an important thing to try and figure out if possible. 

You play an instrument in High School, but you’re not sure how well you stack up against others who are potentially college bound. There are many people who might find themselves in an identical position. At this point, you need to ask yourself the following questions…

We recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Tatiana Penagos MA, MT-BC. Tatiana is a Music Therapist, who was happy to share stories about her career, and the role music has played in shaping her life. After positive feedback, we decided to go one step further and outline a few of our recommendations for Music Therapy Programs. We hope this list, as well as our previous blog: Introducing Music Therapy to masses, assist our prospective students in making big decisions about their musical future.