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Originally Posted by Mr. Stranger
I'm just curious: what does a dissertation in music contain (the contribution)? Writing a piece of music from scratch? Also, what a person with an advanced degree in music can do after graduation?
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Anything another musician/composer can do, but also has a significantly better chance of getting a job in higher ed.
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Originally Posted by Gojamadar
Hi,
If you think it is absolutely necessary for you to put together a sextet, you will have to pluck up caurage to ask the players to play in it. You will find that most players will be happy to play.
You simply tell the player that you would like him/her play in your sextet. you will be surprised that most players will be happy to do so. You should also ask the first one to reccomend others. That way you will get the other five people who like each other and will be glad for the opprtunity.
Your main problem maybe that everybady thinks you're superior to them becas of your desire to be solitary.
Breake the Ice!
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I could get a sextet relatively easily. That's my back up plan if I can't get my dissertation performed. The problem with my dissertation is it includes several instruments that I'm unsure how to ask. And for others, I would want to ask people that I rarely talk to. I'm just not involved with music at the university anymore. The ensembles are decided before the auditions and I'm not included. Even when I go in and win an audition, they just put someone else over me anyway. For the last round of auditions, I found out beforehand who they had already chosen for one ensemble and at the time had a conflict with the other so there wasn't much of a reason to even audition. I get it. No one wants me unless it's last second covering their butts. Everyone knows they can put me on a part at the last second and it'll be done better than most people playing it all semester. And to think, if I weren't a student, I would get paid!
And on that topic, I feel like such a jerk asking anyone to play on a piece of mine without being able to pay them. If I can find a conducting student to team up on a recital like I did during my masters, they would probably do most if not all the recruiting for the ensemble. Good conductors are charismatic and connected enough (involved in ensembles as a member or TA) to be able to convince good players to give away their time and skill for free. My piece calls for players with specific skill sets, so I may have very limited options on some instruments.