nDozens of music schools
are graduating thousands of performance majors yearly.
nOnly 22 full
time orchestras in the United States1.� For example,
there are roughly 60 full-time
jobs for clarinetists in the entire country.�
Jobs are next to non-existent.
nSchools are following
the purist� traditional
European model � teach students that if they practice hard and play well enough, someone will
hand you a place to play.
nSchools and graduates
are relying on others to supply the venues and jobs.� Who?
nArts and funding for the
arts are on the decline.� State of New
Jersey just cut their arts budget
to zero.� Organizations
are folding or in financial trouble.