Anyone know specific schools where you can major in MT and minor in Arts Admin? @KatMT does JMU have this?
Rider?
@theatrework – JMU does not have a minor in arts administration, but there is the opportunity for coursework, experiences, and on-campus internships and jobs in arts administration. Many alums have easily transitioned into jobs in arts administration. Some students choose to minor in non-profit studies, music industry, or communications, if they are interested in arts administration and pursuing a related minor.
I believe Shenandoah Conservatory has a program where one can stay for a 5th year and earn a masters in Arts Administration? Worth looking into.
Viterbo has a minor in Arts Admin. You can also do what I’m doing and double major in MT and Arts Admin–it’s possible to do this and still graduate in 4 years with careful planning.
Elon, Baldwin-Wallace, and Ohio Northern also have Arts Admin minors.
@KatMT Thank you for your info on JMU and arts admin. It is a great reminder, at least to me not to worry too much if there is a labeled minor or second major but to be more interested in the courses available and how that can be applied. I tend to get caught up in “can she minor?” “can she double major?” So it is nice to hear a realityof how students are using their learned skills.
I’m also of the school of thought that a subject doesn’t have to be an official second major or minor for a student to learn about it and use it in future endeavors.
When my older D went to college and majored in architectural studies, she took a bunch of French classes all four years (none were required) because she liked it. She was good enough to be a paid TA in her senior year in French in fact (also in architectural studies). She never double majored or minored in French. That said, she worked in France several summers in college in architecture and in between her two graduate schools and I’m sure a factor in her getting the architecture jobs in France was the fact that she was fluent in French.
@Joyfulmama @soozievt Yes, that is why it’s so important to really look deep at curriculum requirements and see what other courses may be available to take outside of one’s declared major.
Older D chose MT as a major, but younger D chose studio art. Both started the college search process on equal footing in terms of preparation/ talent and experience in MT. Although younger D wanted a BFA in art, she was still very involved in acting and singing. She wanted it to be a part of her college experience.
By not declaring a minor, she has had the flexibility to take private voice lessons almost every semester at NYU for credit at a nominal fee. She has also taken 2 special effects makeup classes through the Open Arts program at Tisch which she has enabled her to do makeup on sets. She has also incorporated the use of special effects makeup into her artwork.
Also, because of NYU’s emphasis on the arts, she has many friends who are film majors and she has been cast in at least a dozen of their student films–both live action and voice overs for animation. If she wanted, she definitely has enough footage to put together a professional reel.
She has also done a bunch of sound art and performance art pieces that have used her singing and acting skills. In the fall, she has been asked to work on a performance piece–an interpretation of The Magic Flute–which will be mounted in one of NYU’s gallery and also filmed as video art.
So I agree, don’t get caught up with taking a specific minor. It is really the classes you take and the opportunities that present themselves which will shape one’s college experience.
At Rider you can definitely pair a BFA in MT with a minor in Arts Admin (and/or do it as a second major if you come in with AP/IB credits).