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What music degrees might be right for me?

I was a pretty good mallet percussionist, but lacking in all other fields of percussion. If I were to perform solely as a mallet player I wouldn't worry, but I know that is very unlikely for a percussionist. I'm also a terrible sight reader and develop really bad anxiety when performing stuff I'm not proficient in, hence the sight reading issue.

I studied Music theory as a senior in hs and did really well, a 5 on my AP test.

I'm always listening to music and playing along to the rhythms, identifying the different accompanying parts. I love rock music the most, so I find myself jamming along to various bands.

I've been arranging music on a sheet music site for 4 years, and I still love doing so. Each arrangement takes me a few days to complete, and I've completed over 100 since I started.

If I were to drop out of culinary school, and get a degree in music, what classes and requirements would I expect? Proficiency in a main instrument? Lots of music theory? Understanding of ALL musical instruments? History?

Update:

Regarding other instruments, would I need to learn how to play stringed and wind instruments (on a above-high school performance level) as well, or is understanding what sound I want out of each instrument enough?

Also can you explain any other challenges with a music degree? I seem to have gotten a brief introduction to everything listed during my Music Theory class in high school

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  • Laurie
    Lv 7
    3 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    If you want a degree in music, at least in the US, you will have to learn to read music, and you will study MANY instruments - not just your instrument of choice. You will study music history, and music theory, and composition, and instrumentation.

    At any mainstream university, you may also be expected to complete "core classes", including history, psychology, sociology, English composition, literature, math, biology or chemistry, etc.

    It may depend, in part, whether you are pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education degree (geared toward teaching) or a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (performance-oriented)

  • Simple
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    You may wish to apply for a music degree specialising in percussion , and minor in conducting / music arrangement / music composition.

  • 3 years ago

    ask ur cousellor

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