No, the future I'm talking about is more futuristic...or something. Currently, I'm working on a BA in Music at Saint Rose, which is, to be honest, not the smartest idea. I was originally a music education major, rather than a liberal arts major. The difference between the two is a job after college, at the very least a part-time gig while I complete my decades of graduate work. So now I'm, well, considering my options is a kind way to put it. Trying not to be homeless is probably more honest.
In retrospect, changing my major last semester still seems like a good idea, even though it's going to take me more schooling before my master's degree to be in a good place...or a place to live at least. If I had continued as a music ed major, I probably would have dropped out of college because I was losing my mind. It was way too intense and I just didn't have the heart for it.
So now, artistically, I'm in a much better place. But let's face it, the world is getting scary and it's hard enough to get a job in the first place. Having a degree that qualifies you for little more than writing your own name won't be of much help. Fortunately, there are a couple of options. One is combining graduate work at Boston University with an initial teaching licensure program that they offer. Another is at my old college, which would seem like a vacation to go to at this point. It is a one-year program called Act-II, which also provides initial licensure. The good thing about this is, with a lighter courseload than when I was there before, I could take lessons with a tubist in Montpelier, home of Sarducci's, my favorite restaurant, and play in enough ensembles to keep me musically alive.
Then I can go onto years of more graduate work which, let's face it, won't bring me into a public school classroom anyway. So really, who knows?
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