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Originally posted by PianoMuse:
Musicman....

I was stuck in the very EXACT same situation as you. A small University, 2000 students. I came in with my head full of Horowitz, Ashkenazy, and all sorts of piano knowledge. When I met the other piano majors, I excitedely asked them if they were going to go see Martha Argerich play the Prokofiev 3rd. And they said "Who? Playing what?" Not only had they not heard of Argerich, they had never heard heard of Prokofiev! I was immediately dissapointed.
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Seriously. There was a concert where Andre Watts was playing Beethoven's 3rd concerto, and the music school got a bunch of FREE tickets. For goodness sakes! I'm learning it, and even if I wasn't I would have gone. Anyways the piano majors and minors were all offered 2 free tickets. I was the only one to take them and actually go, the one piano major that's actually any good and is playing Beethoven 3 didn't even go! I couldn't understand it. Anyways I don't think I'm going to be going anywhere too soon. I don't think I could get into a conservatory with the level I'm at right now anyways. Hopefully when I go to graduate school I will be able to though.