[Menvi-discuss] calling all professors of music

Tue Apr 2 10:08:20 EDT 2013

Hi Julie,

I think being a professor is the dream a lot of us have.  For me, it was to 
teach literature and have housing on campus, so I'd have places to walk to, 
access to the post office (which was important at that time) and the 
all-purpose bookstore, plus having a set of colleagues and access to 
services, by virtue of there being a lot of young people around.  Some 
people have managed to do it, and I hope there will be opportunities to make 
that happen for others.  I don't know whether there is a way to give rehab a 
picture that looks both positive and realistic--everybody is looking for 
jobs.  You might want to try contacting Jessica Ewell, who got her doctorate 
a couple of years ago and has been doing some investigating in the area, 
along with her performing.  You can try reaching her at NFB in Baltimore, at 
the main number, 410 659-9154.  Let me know if that doesn't work and I'll 
work with you on that offlist.

My experience so far leads me to think that people are better off going for 
a master's first, rather than getting into one of those intensive programs 
that promise a doctorate in three years.  Often if you do well with the 
master's schools will tell you about fellowship programs that will let you 
continue.

I have another student who has been teaching voice as an adjunct faculty 
member.  There is a danger of getting stuck in that position with few 
opportunities for promotion, and the school can suddenly decide to reduce 
the number of its adjunct staff.  My feeling is that music departments are 
hungry for good students.  Eventually there may be a need for more teachers. 
The trick is timing things right and talking to all the people you can.

David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julie McGinnity" <kaybaycar at gmail.com>
To: "This is for discussing music and braille literacy" 
<menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 11:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] calling all professors of music

Brandon, this professor wouldn't mind if I contacted her?  I think it
would be awesome to do so but don't want to seem random.

I don't think the class and student load isn't quite as bad in the
Midwest, but I know it varies by school.  One of the things I want to
do is teach performers.  I want to work a lot with people with
disabilities as well as those without.  I have learned throughout my
college career that blind people(and probably others with
disabilities) have a long way to go to be fully accepted as stage
performers.  I also love hearing all kinds of voices and working with
people...  So, I'm thinking the college setting might be the right
one.  I am just having trouble convincing RSB that it is a better
career option than performer(my last career goal) and that I need grad
school.

On 3/28/13, Bettie Downing <bnbdowning70 at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Glad you are in a school this year where you respect the teachers and are
> feeling that you are learning something.
>
>
> On Mar 28, 2013, at 5:30 PM, Brandon Keith Biggs wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> It really depends where you are. Here in the bay area they are dyeing for
>> teachers with a masters and above. In my school the teachers perform in
>> any major solo or symphonic work that goes along with the choir. For
>> example, all the voice faculty will be singing the Brahms Requiem in June
>> as the soloists.
>> I was talking to one of my professors and they said if a teacher was 
>> hired
>> full-time they would have a huge load of students, near 50, teach several
>> undergrad classes, possibly on subjects like the history of Rock and Roll
>> and music for non majors, coach several grad students and do anything 
>> that
>> isn't being done by the adjunct faculty. To quote my teacher: "In this 
>> day
>> in age it is not easy being fulltime." It really depends on your school 
>> as
>> well though. At my school the teachers are all paid around $35 an hour 
>> and
>> in their private studios they charge $65+ an hour. So the only reason why
>> our teachers come to the school to teach is to get classical music and to
>> find the rare student who enters one of those programs who is willing to
>> work for their degree. I do not envy my teachers one bit and I doubt I
>> will ever go into teaching at the university level willingly.
>> But the teachers we have at our school are just fantastic and I'm not
>> quite sure why they aren't at the met LOL...
>> If you want to talk to a blind voice teacher, check out University of
>> California Santa crews, Patrice Maginnis: patrice at ucsc.edu
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brandon Keith Biggs
>> -----Original Message----- From: Marda
>> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:29 PM
>> To: This is for discussing music and braille literacy
>> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] calling all professors of music
>>
>>   By graduate school do you mean a master's or a doctorate?  You're more
>> likely to get a university job if you have the doctorate.  There is a lot
>> of
>> competition for those jobs.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie McGinnity"
>> <kaybaycar at gmail.com>
>> To: "This is for discussing music and braille literacy"
>> <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:39 PM
>> Subject: [Menvi-discuss] calling all professors of music
>>
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> I am interested in hearing from those of you(blind and sighted) who
>>> work as a music professor at a university.  I have recently changed my
>>> employment goal with Rehab Services for the Blind, and they have asked
>>> me to do research into the position I want.  I also thought it would
>>> be interesting to talk to people who are professors of music at a
>>> college setting.  I am thinking that I would like to be a voice
>>> teacher at a university.  That way I could teach voice while
>>> performing in university faculty concerts.
>>>
>>> Among other things, I have to prove to them that there are jobs in
>>> this field.  But I am curious about accomidations and other things
>>> that I need to prepare for going into this line of work.  I am
>>> especially curious since I plan on attending graduate school soon and
>>> will be that much closer...
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Julie McG
>>> National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
>>> Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
>>> Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
>>> and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
>>> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
>>> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
>>> life."
>>> John 3:16
>>>
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Julie McG
National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
life."
John 3:16

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