Applying to Graduate School for Saxophone? Here are 10 things I want you to know!
This past week, I was fortunate enough to present a lecture at the 43rd International Navy Band Saxophone Symposium entitled “Applying to Graduate School for Saxophone? Here are 10 things I want you to know!” After receiving a-lot of positive feedback (and forgetting to include all the information I had planned due to nerves), I decided to write out this presentation in hopes to share it with you all who could not make the presentation/conference. Applying to graduate school is an exciting opportunity that we all take when pursuing a masters or doctorate degree, but there’s information that people aren’t prepared for until it already happens. This article explores those little bits of information. Before we dive into the top 10 points, I wanted to start by saying this article is a realistic approach to applying to graduate school by exploring the good, the bad, and sometimes the ugly (this is a saxophone version, but some of the points here can apply for all instruments and/o