Yesterday, I wrote this post, which discusses the role of arts entrepreneurship in higher education. After the post, I started thinking more deeply about the role that context plays in the process of educating our arts students. Higher education helps students go deep in a few subject areas, but mostly, the courses students take provideContinue reading “Thoughts on Why Music Schools Must Embed Context into the Curriculum”
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College Loans and Majoring in the Arts
This morning, I read this CNBC article, which discussed the fact that student loans have gone up over 150% in the last decade. The article states that “The average outstanding college loan balance is now $34,144, up 62 percent over the last 10 years.” Like most college students, arts majors (music, drama, dance, visual arts)Continue reading “College Loans and Majoring in the Arts”
Finding your pot of gold: 5 factors to consider when choosing a place to attend college
Congratulations! You are months away from graduation and well on your way to the dream of starting your collegiate career or graduate work! You have received — or are about to receive — letters of acceptance, and now all you need to do is make that all important decision about where you will attend school in the fall.Continue reading “Finding your pot of gold: 5 factors to consider when choosing a place to attend college”
4 Ways to save yourself from a soul-sucking college experience
By the start of the second semester of my masters degree in bassoon performance, I knew I didn’t want to be an orchestral musician. I was lost. Everyone was (seemingly) passionately pursuing their degree, determined to land that coveted orchestral position. The pursuit of perfection and mastery on the bassoon drove me, but without the goal ofContinue reading “4 Ways to save yourself from a soul-sucking college experience”
5 Ways College Students Can Jumpstart Their Career In The Arts
I love this post by Ivan Trevino. He raises questions many of us are asking at institutions of higher learning across the country. The arts entrepreneurship movement from the past few years has helped and many schools are working diligently behind the scenes to address the new needs of the 21st century artist, however, change is hard at the institutional level. WhileContinue reading “5 Ways College Students Can Jumpstart Their Career In The Arts”