Hello everyone. I already hold a degree in nursing, a profession that I had to "freeze" to finish conservatory. I am supposed to start the third year of the three-year program but, due to an illness, I cannot complete the required hours to be able to take exams and I find myself very far behind. Premising that I am not interested in teaching in schools and that music is not a hobby for me (I perform as a soloist in theaters and next month I will receive an important award), the conservatory, with its thousand subjects and courses to follow, seems like a useless waste of time, resources, health, and energy that I could better concentrate on perfecting my instrument. I wanted to ask if it is possible to take exams as a private student or if there are academies that issue equivalent qualifications. The possibility has been presented to me of only working morning shifts as a nurse, weekends excluded, all time that I could dedicate to the piano. Not too different from those pianists who, in order to earn a living, teach (if they are lucky enough to do so these days!) in a school.
I forgot that the conservatory does not want to justify my absences, and hostilities have arisen against me from some teachers because of the fact that I play in important places and on important occasions. I am peaceful, a man of few words, proud if someone dear to me succeeds in their field, and there are certain things that I cannot help but let hurt me.
I am from Puglia. I am interested in knowing if I can become a pianist this way, using resources and taking courses, etc.
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Dino
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From my point of view, someone who plays must know how to play. The conservatory only provides one of the possible courses to learn how to play an instrument... so, if you know how to play, you have gigs and you even earn money, you are already a pianist.
