[Trombone-l] Skip Jones RE: Where are the undergraduate trombone majors?

[Skip Jones]

Hi Dennis,

I can't respond to this directly but I will make a comment or two from my
perspective.

I am an independent music teacher and I have an equal number of trombone and
guitar students - many of whom are college students in non-music majors.

I often ask my more serious and accomplished students why they decided not
to major in music. I almost always get one or more of these responses: lack
of earning potential, lack of a stable lifestyle, limited living locations,
and questionable long term personal stability and security.

Being a doctoral dissertation adviser and dissertation committee chair I
think this would make an interesting research project conducted over a large
enough population.

Best regards,

Skip


Dr. C. H. "Skip" Jones
Music Educator
Guitar  *  Trombone
"Music Lessons - We Come to You"
Cell: 321-652-3610
Email: skip at skipjonesmusic.com
Website: www.skipjonesmusic.com







-----Original Message-----
From: Trombone-l [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at trombonelist.org] On Behalf Of
DF Cramer
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 7:08 AM
To: trombone-l at trombonelist.org
Subject: [Trombone-l] Where are the undergraduate trombone majors?

Thank you to all who are involved in keeping this discussion group viable.


I have begun to notice a disturbing trend of a dearth of undergraduate
trombone majors in some colleges and universities here in Pennsylvania. Is
this a growing trend on the national level or just here in the commonwealth?


Dennis F. Cramer
http://home.windstream.net/dfc1/






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