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The number of aspiring music teachers is plummeting.

Feb 18, 2022

If you earn teaching credits in college, you will receive a teaching license.
(The author also has one...)

By the way, do you know what the odds of becoming a music teacher are?

Actually, ・・・・, it has been getting lower in recent years!
In the case of Tokyo, it was about 3 times in 2020. (Common for junior high and high schools: 159 people took the exam, 49 people passed.)
Compared to a certain period, it has been drastically decreased.

The reason may be that the recognition of teachers' work as heavy labor has become more widespread.

Also, because we believe that there are quite a few music students who take the exam as a commemorative exam,
The level of difficulty is probably lower than the numbers suggest.


Most of the music students will pursue a career in performance or teaching after graduating from a music college.
The path of performance is hard work.

This is because the theory is to take on the work that comes your way, no matter how tired you are.

Generally speaking, a musician generally has about one day off a month.
In other words, they have the physical strength to handle the hard work.


There are many musicians who lost their jobs due to the Corona disaster.
In times like these, why not try to become a teacher?

I once went to a guidance session for the teacher employment exam when I was younger.

There were many students in recruiting suits, just like new graduates in Japan.
Many of them were education students, and they looked like they were firmly protecting the social framework.


However, in the future, faculty members will also need to be diverse.

Active musicians with supple sensitivity and flexibility are the ones who are needed,
and flexibility, are the best suited to be the music teachers of the new era.
It is time for a new wind to blow in society.


◆Finally
I am sorry that I seem to be a stranger.
I am not a very dignified person.

If you are a dignified musician who is well known in the industry,
I think that even naughty elementary school children would shut up. This is just my personal opinion. ・・・・

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