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The making <strong>of</strong> a musician<br />
Music majors receive plenty <strong>of</strong> individual attention<br />
A<br />
Iways heard but rarely seen, music<br />
students spend hundreds <strong>of</strong> hours per·<br />
fecting their talents to become the<br />
School <strong>of</strong> Music's highly sought-after<br />
graduates.<br />
The majority <strong>of</strong> the music students are planning<br />
on teaching music rather than performing.<br />
However, the School <strong>of</strong> Music maintains<br />
that to teach music, students must be ex·<br />
cellent musicians.<br />
In fact, the School <strong>of</strong> Music is <strong>of</strong>ten criticiz·<br />
ed for being too performance oriented, but according<br />
to Thomas Richardson, director <strong>of</strong> the<br />
School <strong>of</strong> MUsic, performance is vital to education<br />
majors. "You can't teach music unless you know it very<br />
well," he said.<br />
In order to "know it" these students work on an individual<br />
basis with their instructors.<br />
"It's a sub-culture as well as a discipline. We spend a lot <strong>of</strong><br />
time around our students. We have a very supportive studentfaculty<br />
relationship. The faculty likes it and fosters it," said<br />
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Richardson.<br />
Even with the individual attention,<br />
becoming a prolessional musician require!'<br />
persistence and dedication.<br />
"It takes tremendous lime commitments to<br />
prepare lor lessons-there is never too much<br />
time to prepare for lessons," said Richardson.<br />
He also stresses that successful musicians<br />
need a great deal <strong>of</strong> self discipline, self<br />
motivation and self pride.<br />
"A good musician needs a creative<br />
curiosity," he emphasized.<br />
And good musicians they are. The<br />
graduates from the School <strong>of</strong> Music are in<br />
great demand.<br />
"We could probably place twice as many as are graduated,"<br />
said Richardson.<br />
Though the music students are seldom seen, they certainly<br />
make themselves heard. Whether performing in Ridenbaugh<br />
Hall, singing in the choir or marching in the band, <strong>Idaho</strong>'s<br />
music majors prove that their time is well spent. 0<br />
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