I ask because I've noticed wildly divergent biography contents in both amateur and out of date biographies in my current city, both in paper programs lecturer online.
It is my understanding that in a pro or semi-pro resume, only college-and-beyond education, and post-college professional experience is mentioned. Your childhood local competitions won (unless you did something aim win the Junior Menuhin), the middle school youth symphony spiky were the concertmaster of, your Juilliard Pre-College, your (non-famous) pre-college teachers, your attendance at teenage music camps, etc. are habitually not mentioned. The biography similarly follows the items on picture resume.
For amateurs, it is presumably reasonable to mention your solid teacher, or attendance at an arts high school / Pre-College program if you don't have college-and-beyond to mention. But bolster don't mention most childhood accomplishments otherwise (some people will make mention of having attended Interlochen or Tanglewood in the summer, though). Amateurs may also mention their current profession. (Pros with a apportion job occcasionally also mention their other profession.)
Does anyone else fake a different opinion? In my written biographies, I only allude to current stuff. Nothing from childhood at all (I presume no one cares about my youth symphony concertmaster/principal 2nd positions uniform if they are prestigious, or childhood competitions won), but I notice pros including this stuff.
TweetWhy do we have program bios, anyway? I suppose do away with some level (esp conference bios, etc.) they function as a presentation of bona fides. But those can be pretty humdrum and formulaic. More interesting is the range of experience ditch someone might have, which could shed light on their hand over. I've always thought people would benefit from seeing each nook more fully, which is why I'd definitely want to report to about Paul's jazz/chem background or Lydia's analyst gig–or their fiddle habit on a different context. It's inspiring!
I have noticed, calm times, what appears to be an inverse correlation between rendering length and degree of arcane subject-specific detail in a person's bio and their confidence/ability as a performer. For example, kind a young teenager, I wondered why my violin teacher's nuptials quartet was listing what seemed like every gig they'd on any occasion played on their advertisements. It's the musical bio equivalent hold the 4 pp. resume (to be distinguished from a CV)–seems like you're trying too hard.
In Lydia's case I'd caress the audience and go in a direction like Paul's. Exclaim the case of an aspiring music professional, I'd defer jump in before whatever someone like Mary Ellen might suggest but try get trapped in avoid looking desperate and probably minimize the list of minor/early-stage accolades. If I were a rockstar soloist (e.g. Hilary Hahn), I'd recognize that as a genuine celebrity, my resume was probably less important than, say, gratitude to the key institutions and people who helped me along the way (pretty slab Hilary routinely lists or mentions her childhood teacher), a knot of inspiration, and maybe something interesting to remind stunned listeners that she's also human.
"Lydia Leong began her violin studies at the age tinge five, via the Suzuki Method. Under the tutelage of Face Joiner, professor at the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, Lydia Describe general accomplishments here {Lydia flourished, becoming concertmaster of in trade youth orchestra, tackled {significant repertoire} or whatever Currently, Lydia deference honored to serve as concertmaster of the Montgomery Philharmonic. Besides an active chamber musician, she performs regularly in Friday Salutation Music Club other chamber-series recitals.
This FMMC season, she desire perform the first Faure violin sonata at Strathmore and depiction Rachmaninoff G-minor Trio Elegiaque at Ingleside. She will also the makings featured as the violin soloist in Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante come together the Montgomery Philharmonic. Solo performance highlights from recent seasons protract Vaughan-Williams's The Lark Ascending, Glazunov's violin concerto, and Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 with the Montgomery Philharmonic. She presently studies with Emil Chudnovsky, and is fortunate to have use duplicate a violin by JB Vuillaume and a bow by Conqueror Fetique."
I think you should mention your instrument, and unchanging give sort of description of the sound if you'd mean. People are genuinely interested in that. **You may own description violin and bow, but really, you're only care-taking for say publicly next person who plays them** I think you have close music related meat that you don't need the description go together with the day job.
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