Music Major Math

Rehersal: 2 hours per day x 3 days per week x six weeks = 36 hours Preparing for a Sym Winds Concert.  x Five concerts in a school year =180 hours per year. x 4 years = 720 hours total.

Practicing: 1 hour per day x six days per week x fifteen weeks = 90 hours.  + 1 lesson per week at 1 hour per lesson x 13 lessons per semester = 13 hours of lessons.  90 + 13 = 103 hours of prep per jury.  1 jury each semester x 7 juries = 721hours of regular practice.

Recital Practice: 2 hours per day x six days per week x 10 weeks = 20 hours.  + 4 hours per day x six days per week for 1 week =24 hours.  20 + 24 = 44 hours cramming for the recital.

Miscellaneous: 2 hours to choose and buy dress. + 1 hour of reserving halls and coordinating dress rehearsal times.  + 4 hours researching and writing program notes. + 2 hours making, printing and putting up signs.  + 2 hours before the concert getting dressed, tuning, setting up programs, and general panic. = 11 hours miscellaneous concert prep

Recital: 3 semesters regular practicing x 103 hours = 206.  + 1 semester recital practice = 250 hours recital practice.  + 11 hours misc = 261 hours to prepare a senior recital.

Grand Totals:  720 hours of concert rehersal + 721 hours of regular practice + 44 hours recital cramming + 11 hours of concert prep = 1496

1496 hours of music making, practicing, learning, rehearsing, over an entire college career, not counting academic or non-major instrument class and homework, all leading up to a one hour senior recital, to show off everything you’ve been working toward.  Now how’s that for a senior sem project?