CMS Pre-Conference Seminar on Careers and Entrepreneurship
September 24, 2008
Marriott Marquis Hotel
CAREERS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Overview: Interest in career options and development has grown steadily in recent years. Attendance at all three of CMS Committee on Career Development and Entrepreneurship (CCDE) sessions at the 2007 national conference was outstanding, with over 50 in attendance at the committee’s presentation on “Enhancing Professional Interactions.”
The committee has proposed—and the Program Committee concurred—that the interest in interpersonal communication skills is worthy of its own pre-conference workshop in 2008.
The day will focus on topics of specific career-interest to CMS members: interviewing skills, public speaking, networking skills, career development course syllabi, teaching entrepreneurship, taking advantage of new career opportunities in music, fundraising, and writing successful cover letters.
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Seminar Description: Following the seminar, members of the CMS Committee on Career Development and Entrepreneurship will each lead a discussion over dinner at nearby restaurants. Participants may sign up for dinner with the discussion leader of their choice (dinner is not included in the seminar registration; each participant will pay her or his own way).
In addition, participants may sign up for some one-on-one consultation time with any of the committee members at a mutually-agreed-upon time during the national conference.
The pre-conference seminar will include the following sessions:
- Arts in the Twenty-First Century: Aligning Curriculum with Society
- The Future of Music
- How to Organize Your Projects
- Words Without Song: Speaking in Public
- Career Advancement for Music Faculty
- Who Are You and Why Should I Care?: Defining Yourself Through Self-Assessment
- Education, Engagement, and Entrepreneurship
- Creating the Future Through Entrepreneurship Programs
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Schedule
11:00 a.m.–12:00 noon, Marriott Atrium Lobby
- Registration
- Sign-up for Dinner Groups and for Individual Sessions with Advisors:
- Gary Beckman (University of South Carolina-Columbia)
- Angela Beeching (New England Conservatory of Music)
- Robert Brooks (The Juilliard School)
- Michael Drapkin (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico)
- C. Tayloe Harding (University of South Carolina-Columbia)
- E. Michael Harrington (William Paterson University)
- Maud Hickey (Northwestern University)
- Terry Lynn Hudson (Baylor University)
- Michael Millar (California State Polytechnic University-Pomona)
- Cynthia Crump Taggart (Michigan State University)
- Kim Wangler (Appalachian State University)
12:00 noon, Marriott L402-403
- Introduction
- Kathleen Lamkin (University of La Verne)
- Keynote Address:
- Introduction by Michael Drapkin (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico)
- Arts in the Twenty-First Century: Aligning Curriculum with Society
- C. Tayloe Harding (University of South Carolina)
12:45 p.m., Marriott L402-403
- Panel: The Future of Music
- E. Michael Harrington (William Paterson University), Kim Wangler (Appalachian State University), Paul Hogle (Atlanta Symphony), and Angela Beeching (New England Conservatory), moderator
1:30 p.m. Break
- 1:45 p.m. How to Organize Your Projects
- Michael Drapkin (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico)
- 2:15 p.m. Words Without Song: Speaking in Public
- Michael W. Millar (California State Polytechnic University-Pomona) and Terry Lynn Hudson (Baylor University)
- 2:55 p.m. Career Advancement for Music Faculty
- Angela Beeching (The New England Conservatory of Music) and Maud Hickey (Northwestern University)
3:35 p.m. Break
- 3:55 p.m. "Who Are You and Why Should I Care?": Defining Yourself Through Self-Assessment
- Michael W. Millar (California State Polytechnic University-Pomona)
- 4:25 p.m. Education, Engagement and Entrepreneurship
- Robert Brooks (The Juilliard School)
- Cynthia Crump Taggart (Michigan State University)
- 5:10 p.m. Discussion: Creating the Future Through Entrepreneurship Programs
- Michael W. Millar (California State Polytechnic University-Pomona), Gary Beckman (University of South Carolina - Columbia), Michael Drapkin (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico), and Kathleen Lamkin (University of La Verne), moderator
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Session Descriptions
Advising/Mentoring
Individual advising sessions with speakers and committee members will be offered
during the day. Advising sessions may be used for one-on-one mentoring, feedback on CVs
and/cover letters, project consultation, mock interviews, or career brainstorming. Helpful,
experienced colleagues will offer objective, supportive perspective as well as tips and
contacts for sources of additional help.
How to Organize Your Projects
Michael Drapkin (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico)
This session examines the methodologies and systems for managing projects and
endeavors, both large and small. It will cover concepts in resource management, milestones,
estimating, task analysis and setting reasonable goals, as well as looking at some of the tools
available for managing projects.
Words Without Song: Speaking in Public
Michael Millar (California State Polytechnic University-Pomona)
Do your hands sweat before an interview? Do you suffer from dry-mouth when presenting
to a group of people? Do you have shortness of breath when standing before a group and
answering tough questions? If so, you are not alone. Public speaking is the #1 rated fear of
all time. Survey after survey confirms that more people are more afraid of speaking in public
than open-heart surgery, jumping out of a plane, or even dying.
Workshop participants will also learn how to develop an organized and effective speech.
Borrowing from techniques and strategies used in public speaking programs such as
Toastmasters and Dale Carnegie, panelists will call upon you to stand before the group and
speak about a topic of interest. In so doing, panelists will cover some of the basic strategies
for communicating effectively to any size audience. This session is meant to be fun, relaxed,
and improvisatory. We strive to create a comfortable environment for everyone!
Career Advancement for Music Faculty
Angela Beeching (The New England Conservatory of Music)
Feeling stuck? Looking for ways to energize your career? Project-based career advancement
is the key to many musicians’ success. Developing your career projects (such as
performance series, festivals, competitions, book and research projects) can boost your
profile, reputation, and value as a faculty member or prospective faculty member. Projects,
though, typically need planning, organization, collaborators, time, institutional support, and
funding. This interactive session will focus on practical brainstorming and planning tools to
help you move forward in YOUR career.
“Who Are You and Why Should I Care?”: Defining Yourself Through Self-Assessment
Michael Millar (California State Polytechnic University-Pomona)
The person on the other end of a first-time meeting, letter, or phone call begins by
wondering who you are and how much time, if any, they are going to devote to you and to
your concerns. In order to address these questions, this interactive workshop will give
participants an introduction to a brief, yet comprehensive, method developed for The Drucker
Foundation Self-Assessment Tool. Together we will explore how musicians can use this tool in
defining themselves and their professional goals. Music faculty can use these techniques
effectively in individual advising and in the classroom. As a result, people will know who you
are—and they will care!
Education, Engagement and Entrepreneurship
Robert Brooks (The Juilliard School)
Pursuing a career as a performer and educator is a challenging and exciting venture for the
twenty-firstcentury artist. The development of the university/conservatory student as an artist,
educator and entrepreneur across the curriculum is crucial. With many institutions building
outreach programs over the past few decades, service learning opportunities for students
that lead to entrepreneurship are often found in outreach, community and educational
programming. The session will focus on maximizing educational outreach and community
engagement programs that serve not only schools communities but also provide the
university/conservatory student growth in skills necessary to engage audiences. The
university/conservatory can best serve the successful performing arts student by helping
develop skill sets in educational outreach, community engagement and career
entrepreneurship in order to address the exciting and emerging landscape of the performing
arts in this century.
Creating the Future Through Entrepreneurship Programs
Michael Drapkin (Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico)
This panel discussion will look at the challenges to implementing both coursework and
degree programs in entrepreneurship. How do you overcome resistance, especially among
performance faculty who only want their students to practice? How do you get faculty to
buy in and become champions? A panel of experts will examine this difficult issue.
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