Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Local Wisdom, INCOLWIS 2019, August 29-30, 2019, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia

Research Article

Student Interest of Music Career in Vocational School Yogyakarta Indonesia

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2289116,
        author={H Y Wicaksono},
        title={Student Interest of Music Career in Vocational School Yogyakarta Indonesia},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Local Wisdom, INCOLWIS 2019, August 29-30, 2019, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={INCOLWIS},
        year={2019},
        month={10},
        keywords={music career vocational school yogyakarta indonesia},
        doi={10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2289116}
    }
    
  • H Y Wicaksono
    Year: 2019
    Student Interest of Music Career in Vocational School Yogyakarta Indonesia
    INCOLWIS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2289116
H Y Wicaksono1,*
  • 1: Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*Contact email: herwin_yw@uny.ac.id

Abstract

The aim of this study is to highlighting the vocational school students' interest towards a career in music skills. The questions asked are as follows: What music careers are students interested in after graduating? Forty-five students were taken at 15% of the total population of 300, determined by a purposive sampling technique. The data were collected by giving questionnaires about music careers, and analyzed by descriptive percentage. This study found that most of the interest of Vocational School Kasihan Bantul Yogyakarta Indonesia students towards a career in music expertise is in the field of music education. This is evidenced by 64.4% (29 students) choosing specialization as music educators, both at the school level and at the university level.