Recently, a reader reached out with an ironic life imitating art observation that connects the whole Juilliard student protests in response to tuition increases with an April Fool’s post here from 2018.
The gag focused on a tongue-in-cheek music conservatory, “Juiliard Institute” (spelling error intentional), that started offering students financial aid with repayment in the form of securing a percentage of their future earnings.
I certainly can’t claim any special clairvoyance, but it perhaps indicates an even greater need for the entire higher education sector to reexamine the risk/reward considerations that go into a music performance degree.
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