Lynn Hollars: I am glad you followed you heart and got a degree in something that interested you - but as you are finding, your employment portions are limited. A BA degree has not given you nearly enough competitive-level instruction on your instrument to make you a serious contender for most performing jobs. A BA degree will not allow you to be certified to teach public school in many states - some, yes - check into it if you think you can handle this profession. And you also have your location working against you. Unless you want to think of your degree as a wonderful general learning experience, and pursue OTHER careers - I would look into going BACK to school to get certified to teach. It does not seem that you have any idea where to look - you say "isn't the field competitive?" - WHAT field? There are far fewer opportunities for anything in arts management where you are - and with no solid leads, I hesitate to tell you to move to a big city where there are mor! e opportunities - because there are also more *applicants*. Did not your college give you ANY help at all? Or did they just take you money and pat you on the head? See if they have ANY placement office at all. I hope you are not in DEBT after all this! Good luck!...Show more
Jules Ashbach: Most performing arts careers are fiercely competitive. But we don't really know what "field" you're talking about. What area of "performing arts" is your degree in? Theater, dance, music, etc? Virtually without exception, the people I know who are making a living as professional (music) performers have several jobs. The more successful ones (all of whom have at least master's degrees) are able to make a decent living doing mainly performance, but hold positions in small, second-tier (or lower!) orchestras, and teach private lessons, or have positions as adjunct faculty members in small college music programs.I DON'T recommend looking into teaching as a back-up plan. If yo! u have a true passion for teaching, then yes, do it. If not, ! do something else. Goodness knows the world doesn't need more teachers who are only doing it for the paycheck. (this back-up plan has always seemed odd to me, since public school teaching doesn't pay nearly well enough, and involves an unbelievable amount of "after-hours" prep work)Look for a decent-paying 9-5 job to pay the bills while you work on getting your performing arts career going....Show more
Iris Shawcroft: Yes... the field is very competitive for the top paying jobs. While performance opportunities may be somewhat limited, you can often create your own by performing in churches, schools, etc. Form a small group, and do the same. You don't mention what your actual major is, nor do you mention whether or not you actually have a BA in performing arts. If indeed you possess a BA in performance, and you are able to go back to school, it wouldn't be difficult to add whatever education courses you need to complete the requirements for the Ed degree. Who knows, ! you might have what it takes to become a very good teacher... and, you can always perform on the side. If performing is truly your calling, don't give up! Best of luck to you!...Show more
Betsey Muehlbach: These days you can learn how to play guitar over the internet. Check out Mark McKenzie's guitar video lessons here: http://www.jamoramaguitar.com The videos are very easy to follow and to my surprise extremely helpful even for advanced guitar players. For beginners I would have to say this is a gold mine.I was able to improve my skills in just under 4 weeks and I am an intermediate-to-advanced guitar player; I've been playing guitar for the past 6 years and I was on stage with my band a lot of times.I live in New York City, I wanted to go to a pro guitar teacher but that would have cost me over $1400 per month. Good thing with this internet, $1400 it's a lot of money for me. Good luck!...Show more
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Leontine Kreitz: in case you probably did! a postgraduate education diploma then you certainly could exchange rig! ht into a instructor. Or there are various roles you will get in the theatre which do not contain performing. It relies upon what ingredient of appearing arts you enjoyed maximum. there are possibilities in set layout, script writing, choreography, you call it :)
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