“In most areas of higher education, entrepreneurship has long lost its stigma as a career path for those without one. But at the nation’s top music conservatories that stigma is still very much alive, despite the fact that the “traditional” career path for classically trained musicians–one that ends with steady employment in a symphony orchestra–is difficult.” But some schools are slowly starting to embrace the idea that a musical education can be supplemented with a practical back-up business plan.