Making the Grade: Why Academics Matter for Music Majors 

High school students work together on a project.
Ok, we get it - you love music! You want to perform, create, and make music all the time.   Spending countless hours practicing, taking lessons, rehearsing, and performing to hone your skills means you sometimes don’t have time to focus on other things. How much does your high school academic performance matter when you are preparing to apply to or attend a top music school or university music program? Well, the short answer is, that it could matter a lot.

How to Prepare and Win your Audition!

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.