…Discuss the state of music education in our country. Cite examples and show your work.
How is it that a singer’s perspective on the opera industry has rounded on education? Isn’t this someone else’s job? The classical music industry in Canada is tiny and shrinking. To offer solutions, we must attack the problem holistically. We’ve looked at the importance of moving artists as my corporate colleagues call it—the entry point, into whose gaping maw we pour 17-year-old talent—is a university education, usually culminating in a master’s degree.