The First-Year Music Major

<P>Designed to address the many challenges that first-year undergraduate music students often encounter, <I>The First-Year Music Major: Strategies for Success</I> provides concrete approaches that will help anyone embarking on a degree in music develop the knowledge and skills needed to complete their first year successfully. </P><P>The chapters demystify the path of majoring in music, and address key topics includin</P><UL><P><LI>Planning a road map for the degree</LI><P></P><P><LI>Developing needed musical, academic, professional, practice, and performance skills</LI><P></P><P><LI>Building financial, mental, and physical well-being strategies</LI><P></P></UL><P>Written by a group of experienced professors and advisors in roles across the faculty of music, this book offers a comprehensive resource for first-year music students that will help them develop foundational skills to pursue music degrees and careers. An online e-resource accompanies the book, providing downloadable workshe