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Submitted by: Arts Enterprise - Bowling Green State University (mentor: Nathaniel Zeisler) In response to The Savvy Musician Challenge #2  Attracting New Audiences.  Design a chamber music experience (4 players or less) that will engage new and untraditional audiences.  Describe your target demographic(s), why they will be interested, the...

Attracting New Audiences

Each day this week, The Savvy Musician Blog will unveil a new solution to our second Challenge.  We asked music students from around the globe to respond to the following: Attracting New Audiences Classical and jazz performances often appeal to only a small segment of our population, typically aficionados.  Design a chamber music experience (4...

How To Sell 15,000 CDs in 18 Months

This video features pianist/singer/songwriter Terry Prince discussing how he sold 15,000 CDs in a year and a half.  Here’s a hint: he regularly performs for large amounts of people.  Yet he spends just 30 hours per month doing this.  True, if you want to sell recordings, you should have a strong website, wide distribution, and a...

Truly Important

Submitted by: OperaPulse by Kristen Whalen, University of Central Florida (mentor: Joel Herold) In response to The Savvy Musician Challenge #1  Are Musicians Truly Important? Most people immediately agree that doctors, farmers, and teachers provide essential services to our communities.  But what about musicians?  Is our work vital? ...

Audience, Art, and Artists

Submitted by: Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School by Samantha Berry, Kaleb Chesnic, Caleb Madison, Kyle Schwartz (mentor: Todd Goodman) In response to The Savvy Musician Challenge #1  Are Musicians Truly Important? Most people immediately agree that doctors, farmers, and teachers provide essential services to our communities.  But...

Try Music

Submitted by: Owens Community College (OH) by the Music Business II Class (teacher: Denise Grupp-Verbon) In response to The Savvy Musician Challenge #1  Are Musicians Truly Important? Most people immediately agree that doctors, farmers, and teachers provide essential services to our communities.  But what about musicians?  Is our work...

Libretto for a Healthy Life

Submitted by: Duquesne University by Amy Gilman, Colette Hall, Steve Blumenthal, &  Kelly Myers (mentor: David Cutler) In response to The Savvy Musician Challenge #1  Are Musicians Truly Important? Most people immediately agree that doctors, farmers, and teachers provide essential services to our communities.  But what about...

A World Without Music?

Submitted by: University of Western Australia by Samantha Regenbogen (mentor: Dawn Bennett) In response to The Savvy Musician Challenge #1  Are Musicians Truly Important? Most people immediately agree that doctors, farmers, and teachers provide essential services to our communities.  But what about musicians?  Is our work vital?  What...

Musician: A Vital Profession

Submitted by: McNally Smith College of Music by Jenna Anderson, Caiti Laszewski, and Daniel Heier (mentor: Janis Weller) In response to The Savvy Musician Challenge #1 Are Musicians Truly Important? Most people immediately agree that doctors, farmers, and teachers provide essential services to our communities.  But what about musicians?  Is...

The Future and Role of Music in Modern Society

Submitted by: Cal State University, Northridge by Amy Izushima and Alicia Ramirez (mentor: Diane H. Roscetti) In response to The Savvy Musician Challenge #1  Are Musicians Truly Important? Most people immediately agree that doctors, farmers, and teachers provide essential services to our communities.  But what about musicians?  Is our work...

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