The graduate instrumentalist could look to a fairly large number of symphony orchestras in the United States for full-time salary to support him and his family more or less creditably in his chosen profession. And they need help for an extended length of time.Ĭonservatories have known for years that they were training more musical performers in general than the market could absorb. It is no use hiding our heads in the sands of grants and supplemental aid and just plain public deceptions our opera singers need help. Lest you say in return that opera is also thriving in the United States, first check with your most gifted young professionals as to how much of their total living expenses they are able to earn in their chosen field. Opera is alive and well and making a living in Germany. Voice teachers of the College Music Society, rejoice! Your efforts, far from being lost in the cultural wilderness of middle America, are instead bearing fruit in the distant vineyards of the European opera houses.
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