Career Field Report : Music Education

The arts. On the Western Slope of Colorado, most public high schools don’t offer fabulous art programs, and that is okay. But the teachers hired should at least have an understanding of the money offered for their programs. I am tired of having to teach myself music because our music teachers are spread so thin that they can’t teach both the idiots and the talented kids who need to be challenged.

Some personal strengths that would help me strive to be the best music teacher possible is my love for music. Throughout my high school music career I have had the opportunity to perform in many awesome events including All state band, all state jazz band, Iowa state honor band, Drake honor band, Drake honor jazz band, and many more groups. These have helped fuel my desire to pursue a career in music and helped me become the musician I am today.

Being a music educator, the starting salary would be $56,014 a year. It would help me become to be financially stable to have this kind of income. Many experiences have brought me to want to achieve this dream. One of the experiences is my participation in choir. This senior year was my last time being a part of choir since I first began in the 8th grade. Singing pieces with a group of people and putting different voices together is what makes me enjoy it so much. Choir has taught me over the years how to read music and how to properly use my voice. I learned many skills in choir that will help me with my plan to become a piano teacher. We would do music workshops to help with our knowledge of singing and timing. I now have the ability to think and understand in patterns. Another ability I gained was being able to collaborate and work effectively with others to meet my goals. A goal I have always had is be apart All State Choir. I worked really hard to achieve this goal, and was able to participate in it last year. Those skills that I learned have helped me to perform my best and when I have my own students, I will be able to communicate well with

Becoming a music teacher allow someone to show and teach music to many students, and the students will see the beauty in music. For any career, working hard is given, especially becoming a high school music director. Many factors come into question once becoming a music teacher, for example the education stages, the talents needed, the earning, and the typical day

Have you ever had to interview somebody before? Interviewing people can be very fun, but a struggle at the same time. People can sit down and answer all the questions that you have or they can take over the interview and do all the talking. McKensi Smith, whose getting her degree in music education wants to give back what was given to her.

The National Association for Music Education has several general standards put into place (the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards). These standards center around the theme of music literacy and attempt to improve the three most important aspects of music learning: creating, performing, and responding. These aspects are designed to be applied to a student 's musical performance as well as their conduct in the community. The standards are used throughout the United States, introducing new topics throughout a child 's preschool-8th grade education. They are also provided in small "strands" throughout high schools. Teachers implement these techniques through the teaching of theory, music history, collaboration, creating and performing throughout their own individual curricula. They also have created "Model Cornerstone Assessments," which are designed to measure a student 's academic achievement and performance within the Core Arts Standards. As far as arts in the schools go, NAfME also has several organizations which help to promote music in schools across America. I believe that having these national requirements is extremely beneficial in that students across America will be learning similar concepts in the same efficient manner, giving each individual student an opportunity to thrive as well as any other fellow American student. I do think, though, that there should be ways for these codes can be more enforced, as I had never really heard of

My teachers once said to me “There are no wrong notes but how you play them, the feelings you put in and how you play them in time. It’s all about your timing.” This advice has stayed with me the most and looking back over the last year I can see that timing is everything not just in music.

I would work in Pennsylvania or Virginia; my salary would be 63,760 – 72,970 per year. I would work the last part of summer, work through fall, winter, and spring, and the beginning of summer from 7-3:30. The way that I would achieve my goal is by going to college and graduating with my Bachelor’s degree. After I graduate, get a steady job, and a good home; I plan to settle down and have kids or just a dog. The part of my first goal is to graduate high school and then the hardest is to work toward my music

I am currently studying Music at Central Michigan University because I came to college with the intent of becoming a music director or teacher. I am now planning on completing my minor in music and am considering a major in communication disorders while continuing my study in German. I am very interested in language and how it works and I want to help people in my future career. I am currently discovering what sorts of careers I can have with a major in communication disorders but I am very interested in becoming a speech therapist. Learning German has also been a big part of my life. I am currently enrolled in the highest German Language class here at CMU and curious to see where that could take me with my career.

The teaching assistant needs to know roughly how to play the instruments and which ones create

Originally I wanted to go into education for middle school or as a dance teacher/choreographer. However, I now want to pursue a career in either high school music education or vocal performance. My hope is to attend a college with outstanding music and education programs that is somewhere in the Midwest. Because music and interacting with adolescents are so important to what I want to do as a career, I am taking concert choir and child development 1 this year in school. Next year I hope to take child development 2 and concert choir or a higher-level choir.

March is music therapy awareness month. Although many music therapists work in a variety of population like addictions, rehabilitation, youth at risk and end of life care to name a few; I work with kids 2-6 years old. I work on many goal areas such as speech and language, fine and gross motor and behavioural challenges. Music is an all powering entity that makes such an impact with kids. When used in a clinical way, I get to see many changes and growth in children. Seeing kids who are non-verbal have spontaneous language, and kids with limited gross motor skills hit a drum with such determination and strength to name a few. I love this career and I'm proud to be a music therapist.

Becoming a music educator is not a brash career choice, but rather a fulfillment of the desire to insure the continuation of a love for music. While many claim to have a superficial appreciation for music, it is the educators who preserve and develop it. As a music educator, I would like to make my students feel secure in their abilities, create lifelong bonds with others dedicated and passionate about music, and contribute in the continuation and preservation of music.

The stigma associated with pursuing an education in the musical arts affects the decision of many musicians nationwide. The appeal of guaranteed financial and career stability of STEM and other paths of high demand jobs is very difficult to pass up, even by the most dedicated musicians. Then, the input and advice of outsiders come into play. These onlookers not only encourage study of the hard sciences and a foolproof path to success via university, but they also totally and blatantly discourage and belittle the intelligence, rationality and integrity of not just the paths of musicians, but all liberal artists. Don’t you want to make money? What do you mean you won’t have internships, don’t you want a job? How are you going to survive? This blitzkrieg of questioning and doubt, though theoretically peripheral to the bigger picture, is reasonably common, however, severely unjustified. Pursuing a formal college education in music is easily one of the best things you could do for yourself, regardless of whether or not this is the career path of your choosing. As a student of formal music education, you are actually being trained in more real world skills than most other majors, which will prepare you for many careers, making you stand-out amongst the masses. Being a music major, you learn more than just music, you learn problem-solving skills, how to communicate and collaborate, and how to overcome failure, which are all essential skills to have as a professional in today’s day

“Education- should enhance understanding of the world, of oneself, and of one’s own experience” (Kelly 2009). What is important about music education? There are many important aspects in music education like pedagogy and performance. For me, music education is about letting the students express themselves. Having the ability to give an idea or to vent is a vital tool in today’s society. This concept influences music because expression is not only in how to connect a phrase, but also how to tell a story. With my time in college, Dr. Joseph Frye will always tell me to tell a story with music. He will also ask me what I want to feel after playing a piece. This is what I believe is important in music education.