The Longy School of Music of Bard College

Date: May 07 2012
Major: Music - Performance (This Major's Salary over time)
My violin teacher rocked but the rest of the school sucked. The chamber program sucked as something horrible happened each semester, such as a bad coach, rude colleagues, lazy colleagues, etc. Nothing was ever done to remedy these programs even though I spoke numerous times with the head of chamber music about it.

Unfortuately too many Longy teachers act as if students are there to serve their egos. The professors take everything so personally such as students dropping classes or missing a class once. Students, as we all know, do these things all the time and it does not always about the professor teaching the class. Yet Longy professors often scream at students and throw tantrums over these trivial matters. Maybe instead of worrying about themselves and their egos, they should focus on making material interesting so that students will want to come to class. Or perhaps treat students like adults and realize that if certain students don't care enough to come, then why should they care if the student does well.

This behavior got old really fast. It's too bad that Longy hires so many such professors because the school has potential to be great. Administrators! Wake up and face reality! Your school needs a complete overhaul!