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...this is why I am planning to take the Praxis exams for music certification and try to get a job teaching public school (as I CHOKE) because what else CAN I do as a musician which pays you a regular paycheck every week???? I'd really love to know!!!!!!

As long as you're not in Kalifornia... My wife has been downsized as a k-12 music teacher, and we're thinking of moving to Las Vegas (we don't want to), and trying there. I'm semi-retired with a small business, so I couldn't cover the monthly bills on my own.

I fear music education -- especially elementary music -- will have to be done with a little innovation, like going to affluent school districts, and asking the superintendents and principals if their parents are willing to pay something like a five-dollar weekly charge for general music.

The interest begins in the primary grades; without it, there's no interest in middle and high school (especially vocal music) and it can't be manufactured.

I think, though, that where there's a will there's a way. Mrs. Mugwump is also a classical singer. You should hear her do Schubert, and Faure's stuff!