A MOMENT FOR SOME NUMBERS*- 80% of Arts graduates report being “satisfied” or “Very satisfied” with their salaries laries 46% of Arts ts grad aduat uates es donat ate e to artistic tistic causes uses 42% of Arts ts grad aduat uates es are emp mplo loyed ed outsid side e the arts ts $45,000 00 average erage salar lary y for r arts ts grads with th a BA, BFA A or BM 75% continue tinue to practic ctice e some me form rm of Art t regar gardless ess of main n emp mplo loym yment ent *Tak aken en from om the 2014 SNAA AAP repor ort (Str trat ategic ic Natio ional al Arts ts Alumni mni Proje ject)- http://s //snaa aap.india indiana.ed a.edu/p /pdf df/2 /2014/SN /SNAA AAP_AR AR_2014.p .pdf df
THE VALUE OF AN ARTS EDUCATION “My arts education has affected my civic and community life in a pleth ethora ora of ways. s. I am very y capable le at plannin ning g and manag aging ing comm mmun unit ity y events. ents. I am an effectiv ective e pub ublic c speak aker er at suc uch h events. ents. I am a l leade der r and have e confide idenc nce leading ding ot other hers. s. I speak ak mul ultiple tiple languages uages that t allow w me e to be effecti ective e in mul ultip iple le communi mmuniti ties. es. The e arts s trainin ning I receiv ceived ed has so ful ully y permeated my whole person that it effects everything I do. “ -SNAA NAAP respon ponden ent
Is Music the Key to Success? CONDOLEEZZA RICE trained to be a concert pianist. Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, was a professional clarinet and saxophone player. The hedge fund billionaire Bruce Kovner is a pianist who took classes at Juilliard. -Joan anne ne Lipma man, n, Wall Str tree eet t Journ rnal al, , Oct 12, 2013
Nobel l medic icine ine winn nner er says: ys: I ow I owe it t all to m my y bassoon soon teacher By Steve Harrow on October 14, 2013 Have you ever wondered "is it worth the sacrifice of having my child study an instrument, even if it will not be his/her chosen profession"? A Nobel Prize winner thinks so. Thomas Sudhof, who shares this year’s Nobel Prize for medicine and physiology, told The Lancet in August 2010 that he owes his powers of analysis and concentration to studying a musical instrument. When asked "who was your most influential teacher, and why?", he replied, "my bassoon teacher, Herbert Tauscher, who taught me that the only way to do something right is to practice and listen and practice and listen, hours, and hours, and hours."
Show me the money. . . Did you know that, “ 9 percent cent of the e 100 0 riches hest t peop ople le on the e Forb rbes es list studied udied arts in college lege — more re than n those ose who ho majored in economics (8 percent) and finance (3 percent)?” An An article cle on The e Daily Prince incetoni nian an highl hlight ghts s severa eral l corporat rporate leader ders s who o foun und suc uccess cess in the e corpora rporate e worl rld d by majoring oring in art histor ory.
TYPES OF TRAINING • Certi tifi ficate vs. Conse servator ory y vs. Libera ral Arts s vs. Compre prehe hens nsive Un Univer ersity sity • Certificate/for profit • Conservatory – Myths and legends • Liberal Arts and the Arts • Comprehensive University • Terminology? It all just depends on the college in the end. . .
BFA, BM VS. THE BA • Does it matter? • What about a “Safe” double major? • Can’t I just minor?
TIPS FOR COLLEGE VISITS • Best t to go wh when college is s in sessio ssion n (avoid d summer) er) • Don’t get too hung up on facilities Dance • • Participate in a class if possible • Musi sic • Try to observe a lesson with the teacher you plan on studying with – better than trying to take a lesson with an unfamiliar teacher • Theatr tre • Sit in on a freshman acting class, see how open and welcoming the students are (or are not) • Visua sual Arts • Ask about support and costs of materials, access to studio space, gallery space
ACCREDITATION ISSUES NASM NASD NAST Region onal l Ac Accredita ditati tion Why this does or does not ot matter er. . . .
DANCE Ballet et – years s of formal traini ning ng – studen udents ts start as young as 3 or 4, and train n for years. s. Speci cifi fic c body type pe and physic sical ability y needed d (thi hink nk Joffre frey y Ballet) et) infl fluen uenced d by classic sical al musi sic Jazz – can incl clude ude tap, not ot as formal mal a style yle, , heavily y infl flue uence nced d by m musi sica cal theatre atre Modern rn – Athlet etic, c, uses s a wi wide e va variety ty of musi sic. c.
WHAT DO DANCE PROGRAMS LOOK FOR? • Not “dance team” • Long, formal mal traini ning ng with th a rigor orous us progra gram • Summer er intens nsive e work rk with th a p profess essiona nal Dance comp mpany • Severa ral l years s back ground nd Audition n based • • Phot otos os required quired many time mes s for admiss ssion • Pre-Scre creen n vide deos os may be r required quired to be i invi vited d to auditi tion
DANCE AUDITIONS • Start t in October, , and conti tinue nue throug ugh h late March • In perso son n auditi tions ons are alwa ways s preferre erred • Some schools do regiona nal auditi tions ns • Stude udents nts have a p prepa pared red routin utine, then n take a c class ss at the auditi tion on Scholarships hips are tied ed to auditi tion • • Male dancer ers (espe peci cially y talent nted, ed, tall ones) are worth h their r weight ht in scho holar arship hip
SCHOOLS FOR DANCE Univer Un ersity sity of Illino nois-Urb rbana na/Cha Champa paign n Boston n Conse servator ory Illinois nois State e Univ. . Point t Par Park Univ. . Univer ersity sity of Miss ssouri uri – Kansa sas s City ty The Univ. . of the Arts s Western ern Michi higan gan University ty Univ. of North h Carolina School of the Arts Indi diana na University ty – Blooming mington on Southe thern rn Met ethodis dist t Univ. . SUNY Y – Purcha hase se Flori rida da State e Univ. . Fordh dham m / A Ailey Dance Progra ram The Univ. . of Michig higan n Domini nica can n Un Univ-Ca Calif liforn ornia – Alonzo Lines es Juill lliard d Ballet et The Hartt tt School- U o of Hartf tford d Univ. of Utah h Temp mple Univ.
MUSIC • In Instr strum umen enta tal • Voc ocal al • Ja Jazz or or Clas assi sical cal? • Musi usic c Bu Busi sines ness/ s/Pr Prod oduction uction • Mus usic ic Ed Educ ucat ation ion
WHAT DO MUSIC PROGRAMS LOOK FOR? • Instr strumentali umentalists ts • 3-4 years of private lessons (at the very least) Youth Orchestra and/or Community Music School – Merit, Peoples, MWYA etc • • Participating in school’s Band/Orchestra program • A’s in music classes, especially Band/Orchestra • Focusing on 1 instrument • Vocalists sts 2-3 years of private lessons • • Piano skills a HUGE advantage • Participating in school’s choir • A’s in music classes, especially Choir • Can sing in 2-3 languages, usually Italian, French, or German
MUSIC AUDITIONS • Deadli line nes s for Musi sic audition ons s may be ea earlier er • Tend d to be i in Februa uary, thoug ugh h many schools ols have earlier r dates Piano, , voice, and someti etimes es ot other r progra rams ms have a P Pre-sc scree reeni ning ng require quireme ment, nt, • prior or to auditi tions ns • Region onal l audi diti tions ns are somet etimes s ava vaila lable le • Videos os are accepted, d, live auditi tions ons preferre erred Best t wa way to get et rejected ed is s to igno nore re the Audi diti tion n require quireme ment nts • • Colleges are lazy, they won’t change their audi diti tion n require quireme ments nts from m Year to Year, , stude tudents nts can look them up now to see what will be r requ quire red d by mid-seni nior r year • Need to be ab able to read musi sic – there re is s usua ually an entra rance nce musi sic theory y test t to weed out non-re reade aders
SCHOOLS FOR MUSIC – MIDWEST OPTIONS DePau Paul Univ. Univ. of Miss ssouri uri – Columb mbia Northw hwest estern rn Univ. August stana na College Roosevelt t Univ. Lawrence ce Univ. Univ. of Chica cago Univ. of Michig higan North h Par Park Univ. . Michig higan an State Southe thern rn Illinois nois Univ. . – Carb. Univ. of Illinois nois – Urbana/Cha /Champaign paign Western ern Michi higan n Un Univ. Un Univ. of Illino nois – Chicago Indi diana na Univ. Bloomingt ngton Northern hern Illinois nois Univ. Indi diana na Univ. South th Bend Monmouth uth College Valparais aiso Univ. Columb mbia College ge Chica cago Un Univ. of Miss ssouri uri – Ka Kansa sas s City ty
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