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THE STEINHARDT SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

NEW YORK UN I VERS ITY

Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions

la id out, and that was without even beginning to get into the various power struggles, leader shi p vacuums, and interna l debates that rou tinely cross an o rchest ral musician's field of vision . And here's the kicker: on your first day o n the job in a professional orchestra, no o ne expl ains any of this to you. Not on the second day, eirher. Most of the time, you remain squarely in t he dark un t il your first o rchestra meeting, after which you are so migh t ily con fused by all the jargon being flung about the room that you never want to leave the stage aga in . All you know is chat literal gobs of money a re disappea ring from your paycheck every week to fund a bunch of acro nyms that you couldn't differentiate if your life depended on it. Eventually, if you're interested enough , you' ll find someone else in the orchest ra who can expla in it all to you, but beware: your interest is very likely to get you drafted on to the committee yourself the moment you gain tenure. And then, well. . . then you're really on your own. £J Smn Bergman is a violist in the Minnesota Orchestra and a news editor for Arts}ournaL. cmn. In his seven yean as a pr·ofossional orchestral musi cian, he has servedfour years on the Minnesota Orchestra Members' Committee (MOMC), including two years as chairman, and currently serves on the orchestra's Local l nter·net Oversight Committee (LJOC). He also spent a year· on the national governing board ofthe International Conforence ofSymphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM). He has written about music and the music business for various publications in the US. and Europe, and author·ed a widely read online diary chronicling the Minnesota Orchestra's 2004 European tour.

Strings at NYU

Building careers in music with boundless opportunities for artistic expression and development.

Faculty

Martrn Beaver, Nina Berilna, Pamela Frank, Patinka Kopek, Anton Mrller, Ann Setzer, Sally Thomas, Neil Werntrob

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Stephanie Baer, Lawrence Dutton, Martha Strongrn Katz Marion Feldman, Clive Greensmith Joseph Bongiorno, Linda McKnight

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HARP Emily Mitchell DIRECTOR OF STRING STUD I ES

Stephanie Baer

Lawrence Ferrara

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