Klarinet Archive - Posting 000870.txt from 1999/09

From: "angella hedrick" <angellah@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Re: to michael
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1999 17:46:21 -0400

Sorry Angella I didn't see your post so please do resend.

I'll reserve my comments until then.
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I intend to develop a curriculum for a graduate course entitled
Marketing for Performers. It will be geared toward preparing graduates
for musical careers that may include a variety of personal pursuits
outside of or in addition to traditional employment. It will acknowledge
that not every graduate will be able to gain full-time employment right
away and may have to seek out alternate means of gainful employment either
temporarily or as a chosen career. Its goal will be to train music
students to earn a living in music rather than by other means.

Title: Marketing For Performers

Goal: To learn, understand and be able to apply concepts and skills
listed below while in school and then to apply them effectively to ones life
after graduating
Preparation (during school)

Learn and develop strategies of psychological preparation for
repeated job interviews and auditions

Explore different styles of music other than classical, discover
other potential areas of interest, or other job possibilities
Styles to include: jazz (improvisation), avante garde,
pop,etc.

Learn to teach effectively in addition to playing an instrument
well

Become acquainted with a broad spectrum of literature relating to
psychology and pedagogy of music

Investigate alternate areas of musical study or music-related
employment, such as library work, theoretical work, musicology, arts
administration,
music therapy and instrument repair

Evolve mentally from a student to a professional, becoming
more independent and able to teach oneself

After Graduation- Entering the Job Market

How to advertise oneself or ones group

Developing a free-lance career

Forming/finding/funding a chamber music group

Becoming a part-time soloist/recitalist

Making/marketing recordings

Specializing or becoming proficient in auxiliary instruments
(e.g., English horn, bass clarinet)
Choosing a geographic location that suits ones skills and tastes

Seeking opportunities for advanced study with a specific mentor

Maintaining a positive self-image in the face of rejection

I'd like to know if any of you who are either in my position, may be in
the future, have been there, or have any info on how I might research this
information. I'd like to know your thoughts on what you would have liked
to have learned in school- how could you have been better prepared for
graduating with a music degree (assuming you didn't have a job waiting).
This is a large but very important project for me, and to others as well,
so any advice, thoughts or information would be greatly appreciated. I
hope to help myself as well as other aspiring musicians by sucessfully
completing this curriculum project. Also, if you know of anyone who may
have thoughts or info on this, please feel free to forward this to anyone.

Thanks,
angella

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