EEEh... my life plan.

[afrohippy]

Rather than talk about how stressed I am (I'm doin it 4 Leslie)... I'll talk about my life plan and ask you a question at the end

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[magnifica]

do vocal performance and just get your teaching certificate.

[shortblondasian]

heeheee... guess who? you probably wont guess. its jennifer kim.
ahhh so you're considering Milikin =D ?? That's awesome. I think... you should do waht you're planning on doing now (in the entry) because you'll be able to do more that way. People will want you to teach if you're a great singer, etc... but if you're a teacher trying to sing it seems like it would be harder. lol. i haev no idea. =D good luck.

[trjnlaura06]

yesssss oberlin!!! i'm applying there!

(not to the school of music, obviously. unless they need a kazoo player)

[christiana20]

Well, Renee Fleming was a music ed major, so I don't think you have to worry about not turning out to be a fantastic singer just because you're music ed. If you imagine a little Venn Diagram of the two majors, basically all of the vocal performance curriculum overlaps with music ed, but there are a bunch of classes (especially in psychology and secondary instruments) that only music ed folks take. So, I guess I'd say that if you even have the tiniest ambition to ever be a choral director, I'd go with music ed, 100%. You'll be a lot more prepared, because good teaching isn't just about music.

[imogensjourney]

How thoughtful of you!

I'd say music education. You can take other voice classes on the side, but you're pretty much guaranteed a job if you take the music-teacher route. Otherwise, who knows if you'll ever have a steady paycheck? I say go music education and practice on the side... maybe one day you'll be so famous you won't need to teach!