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A fair question I get asked every couple of days is the following: “Is college even necessary for a music career?” I get what they are asking… Beethoven did not go to college for music. Neither did Taylor Swift. It is true that plenty of musicians did not go to college for music. At the end of the day, what is true no matter what is that as long as you play music that people like, or do...

I’ll never forget the first time I met another music student in college. It was orientation at the University of Michigan, my undergraduate alma mater. I had struck up a friendly conversation with another student in my group, a percussionist. I immediately noticed something I could never forget… A sense of liveliness, passion, even determination in her eyes, for the journey she was about to...

Auditioning is at the center of music school admissions. If you are applying to music school, chances are you have to audition. What do schools expect to see in a great audition? They’ll tell you “excellence of technique” and “interpretation.” These are true, but also very broad. In my experience, my most successful students tend to do specific things winning them admission into music school....

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