"One can confidently say that any professional musician owes a significant amount of their success to the educational institutions they studied at and from the teachers they learned from. The lucky few who are born with such innate musical talent and ability must have this gift fostered and developed from childhood to ensure their musical potential is fully realised.
In today’s complicated world, however, the ‘education’ a musician must receive stretches far beyond just the music. The artist must be a self-promoter, digitally-savvy and differentiate themselves more than ever to grab the consumer’s attention. The music itself will always take precedent but in today’s hyper-competitive market, we must look at what the musician can do to differentiate and succeed.
This issue of The Green Room explores the theme of musical education in the modern age, taking illustrative examples that make up a journey; from youth programmes to conservatories and onwards to the early stages of professional life."