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| | Working Your Degree: Music - Nov. 3, 2000 |
 | | The assistant director of undergraduate studies at Yale University's music school said too many budding young performers, with dreams of playing for national orchestras, limit themselves to a bachelor's degree of music (BM), handed out by some of the top conservatory schools in the nation. |
 | | Music students at most colleges and universities elect an area of specialty early on -- vocal, strings, wind instruments or music education, which certifies students to teach on the elementary or secondary school level. |
 | | Rachel Kramer, assistant executive director of the Music Teachers National Association, notes most who receive a bachelor of music degree go into music education — teaching in elementary and secondary schools. Pay levels, she notes, vary by geographic region but starting salaries range from $20,000 to $40,000. |
| money.cnn.com /2000/11/03/career/q_degreemusic (1420 words) |
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