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 event design, and marketing strategy.
If the arts are to reach...
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 players or less) that will engage new and untraditional...
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 marketing plan. But more than anything, perhaps the secret is to...
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 what about musicians? Is our work vital? What kind of...
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 vital? What kind of important differences can we make?
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 musicians? Is our work vital? What kind of important differences...
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 kind of important differences can we make?
The question...
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 our work vital? What kind of important differences can we...
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 vital? What kind of important differences can we...
Each day this week, The Savvy Musician Blog will unveil a new solution to our first challenge. We asked music students from around the globe to respond to the following:
Are Musicians Truly Important?
Most people would immediately agree that doctors, farmers, and teachers provide essential services to our communities. But what about musicians? Is our work vital? What kind of important...
DAVID CUTLER balances a varied career as a jazz and classical composer, pianist, educator, arranger, conductor, collaborator, concert producer, author, consultant, speaker and advocate. Dr. Cutler teaches at Duquesne University, where he also serves as Coordinator of Music Entrepreneurship Studies.
