Simply for the Love of It

[days_unfolding]

I know what I want to do, but I don't know how it would be possible. To get a tenure-track job as a librarian at a university, I need a second master's degree. What I would really like to do is get a degree in Music History because I would really think that it's cool. I couldn't set a more difficult task for myself because most Master's degree programs require an undergraduate degree in music, which I haven't got, plus a boatload of musical knowledge, of which I have bits and pieces. Most music librarians are musicians who want to eat rather then librarians who love music. However, I can take some baby steps in that direction. If I want to catalog music, I need to learn German, so I guess I'll work on German. And I already want to learn Italian, partially because I like opera and because I was studying bel canto when I last took voice lessons. And I really need to scrape up the money for voice and piano lessons (not sure how I'm going to do this). (I have a digital piano, which my pianist friend refers to as "it" in a disgusted tone, but I couldn't have dragged an acoustic piano around with me the way that I've dragged the digital one with me.) And I just ordered a book and CDs about the history of Western music (volume 1). I should go to the Music Library Association meeting next year (this year, it's happening next week, plus I couldn't afford it because I'm going to San Francisco in June) and talk to people and see if there's any possible way that I can do this. My reach has always exceeded my grasp...

Comments

[platofish.livejournal.com]

2 x Masters...... one in an academic subject and one in 'librarian science'?

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

That's right.

[sunshine-two.livejournal.com]

analyze when you want to retire, how much the additional education would cost, and whether it would benefit you in that time frame. That's generally a good way to determine which way to go.

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

If I could get a job at one of the smaller universities, I would be able to get a Master's degree for free.

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

Librarians don't retire; they just become overdue....

(Sorry :))

[days-unfolding.livejournal.com]

I found potential voice and piano teachers, one in Lincoln and one near Springfield. Now I just need the money...and to unblock the piano with boxes.