I think that everybody has to be studying and learning the whole life. But the question is if it´s necessary to be institutionalized to study. When you see the prices for the graduate studies, you will see that there is a very big deal too. The Universities promise you in general the opportunity of "social ascent", and there is even a social pressure to have a postgrade to get better jobs.
Now, in a hypothetical situation, I`ll like to study a magister of musical composition, in another country.
On the other hand, I asked myself up to what point can you study to "compose" or "create" music. At this times, and even more in the future, there will be a lot of machines, softwares and other supports that will do the work of compose music...
Nevertheless, if i have the chance to make a postgrade for free, I think that will be my decision. Europe is a good place for that. For example, Netherlands has a lot of places with a large tradition for music studies.
But for the moment I want just to make the grade from Theory of Music in the University of Chile.
I think you are right about institutionalizing the education and there's a lot of ways to get the same knowledge. As a composer, i can say to you that there's no way that a machine could replace the work of a composer. Maybe it would work at pop music, but at classical or every kind of not market regulated music it's just impossible.
ResponderEliminarI agree about the high cost of this studies , but i would like study a postgraduate in composition too.
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