Career as a music education vs. professional singer

Jeehye Choe

Music educator vs . professional musician

Many people after college graduation experience difficulty in deciding on what they really wanted to do in their lives . Before they make a decision , they first compare and contrast the different professions and then they choose what they think is best for them . As a college student I can relate to this also . As my experience of being a music education major and as well as voice primary major at the college , my identity was divided into two different categories , that is being a music

teacher and a singer . These two are somewhat similar but different with each other As matter of fact , both careers have advantages and disadvantages . There are some similarities of being a music teacher and being a professional singer . First is that they are both are giver and receiver . Say for example , for the music teacher , he or she gives and shares knowledge regarding music to the students . The students surely respond to that stimulus of knowledge . They give a feedback to the teacher in any case whether they understand the concept of that knowledge or not . Then , the teacher receives it . Also , same goes for the professional singer , when he or she performs , an emotional pleasure is being shared to the audience by touching a person 's heart . Then , after the singer 's performance , he or she receives a warm applause from the audience . If the performance was not so great , depending on the audience , the singer may...