Career Choices in Music beyond the Pandemic

Prelude
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Work
Chapter 2 Musicians and Money in the Wake of the Pandemic
Some Financial Facts: A Wake Up Call
What Do Musicians Contribute?
The Musician as "Product"
Creative Responses to the Pandemic
Why Should You Care About Music?
Your Money or Your Life
Chapter 3 Musical Development and Psychological Development
Erik Erikson: Development Over a Lifetime
"Ratios": Life as a Balancing Act
Carolyn's Monkey
Erikson's Eight Stages for the Musician
Early Stages (ages 1-4)
Middle Stages (ages 5-7)
Late Stage: Stage 8 (ages 65+)
Chapter 4 The Meaning of Money and "Psychic Income"
Early Issues about Giving and Receiving
Attention and Money: Symbolic Nourishment
What Do Money and Stage Fright Share in Common?
How Much are You Worth?
Patrons and Angels
Buying Love
Nourishing Starving Artists
Chapter 5 Four Types of Personality Who Seek Music Careers
The Identity Status Interview
The Four Categories of the ISI
What Does ISI Data Explain?
Ken: Integrating Past and Present
Conclusion: Research and Clinical Work
Chapter 6 Pursuit of Perfection
The Disillusionment of Omnipotence
Growing Pains and Emotional Growth
Pursuit of Perfection: All the Right Notes
Ms. G
Mr. D
Resolution of Disillusionment: Grieving, Mourning, and Moving Forward
Chapter 7 The Golden Allure of Celebrity: Reflections on Boundary Crossings in Psychoanalysis and Music
Planning for the Big Meeting
Temptations
Deeply Disappointed
The #MeToo Movement and Music Education
A "Perfect Storm": Private Music Lessons
A Rescue through "Love"
A Higher Cost for Education
Institutional Collusions
The Bad Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree
Treatment Issues
Coda
Chapter 8 Rethinking Music Education
Asked and (as Yet) Unanswered Questions
Teaching Talented Musicians: The University and Conservatory
Nurturing Healthy Musicians
How to Destroy Creativity in Music Students: A Paraphrase of Otto Kernberg
Educating Healthy People Who Are Musicians
A Healthy Music Profession
Chapter 9 Music and Mind Outside the Box
The Value of Music: Past and Future
The Impact of Music: Historical Precedents
Musicians and Mental Health Professionals as Non-Traditional First Responders
Music and Therapy in and beyond the Consulting Room
Beyond the Teaching Studio and Concert Hall
Has Anything Good Resulted from the Pandemic?
A Conclusion and a Beginning
About the Author