|
It sounds like you intend to teach after you graduate. If this is true it would be better to get a job teaching before getting your masters. Here are a couple of reasons. Most schools pay you based on your education level. A masters will get you more money, but also make you more expensive to hire. Most school districts don't put their money into music programs so they will hire someone cheaper. Second you probably will be required to take classes to maintain your teaching credentials. Why not work on your Masters then? Besides if you find that teaching music isn't for you then you won't have spent the time and money to obtain a Masters in a field you no longer intend to pursue.
Here is another suggestion, Don't waste time taking a lot of classes just because you are interested in them. Besides being able to taking them later for accreditation purposes that I mentioned above. You can do what I did. After I graduated I went back and audited classes that I liked, but didn't want to pay for.
My wife taught music in public school for over 20 years, She really enjoyed it, but teaching isn't for everybody and what she has seen volunteering after her retirement has led here to believe she would not want to teach in today's environment.
Good Luck
|