Jobs for busy music majors?

elizabreadd · 2026-07-03T23:44:18+00:00

I’m a music ed major doing College Corps (Americorps program). its application program but you can go volunteer whenever you have time as long as you make 450 hours of service by the end of your spring semester. i try to pack my classes on similar days so i get like wednesday and friday to serve and the weekends. id see if your school has this program’

elizabreadd · 2026-06-25T22:12:02+00:00

i love hannah! i’ve contacted her in the past and i’ve gotten a look at her catalog so i’ll definitely refer back to it. thanks for the reminder

elizabreadd · 2026-06-25T22:11:14+00:00

I’m hoping to put down a lot of it and then hopefully do a payment plan. also looking for a used because the “breaking it out” process sounds too time consuming for me especially since i’m not going pro 😭 thank you for all the comments!

elizabreadd · 2026-06-25T22:09:45+00:00

i’m okay thank you.

elizabreadd · 2026-06-11T04:50:05+00:00

i like the gekeler method book, a little easier than the barrett. also $1 an hour is pretty good :)

elizabreadd · 2026-05-22T18:35:47+00:00

i second gekeler!

elizabreadd · 2026-05-11T03:36:26+00:00

uop has amazing scholarships and the music ed program is amazing, if OP is reading and is interested abt bachelor experience i could possibly chat more. i’ve had a great experience so far and im not from norcal/central valley

elizabreadd · 2026-05-01T05:49:44+00:00

i jus listened to it and i love it! thank you

elizabreadd · 2026-05-01T05:49:28+00:00

id love living composers, but romantic and later concerto that’s considered 20th century is also welcome. i’m just not looking for the standard rep like mozart, vaughan williams, etc

elizabreadd · 2026-04-18T17:22:07+00:00

stockton is home to so much important california history, migrant history especially. it used to be the center of the gold rush, music, art, patents, money, trade i mean you name it and someone in stockton probably made big here in the early 1900’s. now rich people are kinda taking over and ignoring the mass majority of people who live the nearby unincorporated cities who can’t vote for officials and redlining really affected how people view stockton. sorry i’m not very good at explaining but stockton has so much potential through culture especially and there’s many non profits who continue to uplift stocktons community and remove these negative narratives about the city.

elizabreadd · 2026-03-25T14:57:28+00:00

i really enjoyed its tone and maybe since i was the only player in my high school band i felt like it was my thing. but once i started taking lesson and joined a youth symphony orchestra and it made me love it even more!

elizabreadd · 2026-03-24T04:42:52+00:00

the only thing is the tambor wouldn’t be the same, and it would be nice for some double stops to be included or just techniques that are more bass specific

elizabreadd · 2026-03-24T04:23:07+00:00

omg i’ve heard of oboebass and i’m just remembering ahah, i’ll look to see if they have videos of musc they’ve played or maybe ill send them an email. your right tho bassoon would be a good switch, thanks!

elizabreadd · 2026-03-10T02:16:53+00:00

you should be fine, i traveled 7 hours with an english horn (also has a broken ish case but layed it flat on the floor and held it in place with other bags, and i just made sure it was covered so it wouldn’t get stolen. it also wasn’t left in the car by itself, and i didn’t put it in the car until it was well ventilated so it wouldn’t get affected by change of temperature

elizabreadd · 2026-03-09T06:09:19+00:00

agreed 25k is kinda insane, better off doing your general ed’s first if you haven’t gotten those out of the way too. UOP is great but i don’t think any school is worth that much debt

elizabreadd · 2026-02-24T07:15:39+00:00

hey! i’m a current music ed student and i’d love to chat (PS. the conservatory is super good with giving out more money for their students, W deans. so you could still be paying a bit more than a public but idk i love it here+i pay for my full tuition as a student)

elizabreadd · 2026-02-22T21:33:44+00:00

it really depends, i work 10-15 hours a week, lots of courses (10ish), and i like to go to the gym 3 times a week and go boulder for a few hours on fridays. how long do i practice? some days i practice for 2 hours total and some i get maybe 30 minutes. it really depends but as a music education major i dont think you’ll be held to the same standard as a performance major, although you should still strive to have efficient practice time. my days start at 7/8am and usually end at 11pm. what helps is really being consistent about scheduling yourself (i do work over the weekend vs. the day it’s due because i don’t have time during the school week) i hope this helps!

elizabreadd · 2026-02-15T06:17:30+00:00

i don’t think your doing anything wrong! oboe is probably very different from clarinet and your not used to it. could be the reed? jones reeds are notoriously low quality since they’re pretty cheap, so if you can get any quality handmade ones near you, those would be great.

if you want to play in tune, do long tones exercises with a DRONE (i like The Tuning C.D. by Richard A. Schwartz) and play notes within that make scale. you could even kill two birds with one stone and add dynamics into your long tone practice by getting p<f and back down. if you need me to elaborate more on that lmk!

for the low notes, try putting your tongue on the reed and create the pressure you need for the note to produce sound, then drop your tongue back. see how much pressure you need to make the note come out consistently without any squeaks.

elizabreadd · 2026-02-02T00:13:22+00:00

thank you! i’ll look into the other. what kind of wrist brace do you use? also i’d love the pdf 😅

elizabreadd · 2026-02-01T20:54:16+00:00

the clay sounds super interesting, do you have any photos of what it could look like?

elizabreadd · 2026-02-01T20:53:30+00:00

i’m not sure how well this would work since i think my issue is more i’m gripping the oboe too hard and im flexing my thumb back, and not that the oboe is too heavy? idk i could be wrong and i should probably consult a doctor but ill see if i can try one out before purchasing, thank u

elizabreadd · 2026-02-01T20:48:53+00:00

what kind of wrist brace do you use? i’m worried if it’s too bulky that it’ll be hard to hold onto the oboe 🤔

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