'Musotopia.' Is it achievable for music graduates?

For the majority of undergraduate classical music performance students, 'musotopia' is a place where performance ambitions are realised in an international performance career. However, given that so few musicians achieve this ambition, should this ideal be redefined? The current paper inve...

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Main Author: Bennett, Dawn
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London 2006
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37857
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description For the majority of undergraduate classical music performance students, 'musotopia' is a place where performance ambitions are realised in an international performance career. However, given that so few musicians achieve this ambition, should this ideal be redefined? The current paper investigates instrumental musicians' careers by exploring the realities of professional practice, and reports from a larger study which asked, 'what is a musician'?
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-378572017-01-30T14:09:15Z 'Musotopia.' Is it achievable for music graduates? Bennett, Dawn For the majority of undergraduate classical music performance students, 'musotopia' is a place where performance ambitions are realised in an international performance career. However, given that so few musicians achieve this ambition, should this ideal be redefined? The current paper investigates instrumental musicians' careers by exploring the realities of professional practice, and reports from a larger study which asked, 'what is a musician'? 2006 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37857 Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London fulltext
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