Gratitude is Gain
We are business owners!!!!
While I have come a long way in terms of my financial knowledge in the past few years, I wanted to make sure to convey my sincere reaction during the process of getting from point A to point B; getting from “i am a musician and that’s it” to “i am a musician and therefore i am, of course, a business owner”. While I realize this sentiment of confusion may not be helpful to a fellow musician, I hope “teachers” and others who are in “leadership roles” find it helpful in progressing forward with an ever evolving music curriculum. In response to such confusion it is usually a traditional thought to “create a class” dedicated to this one topic. However, much like practice, I think it should be “LIVED” and oozing through the aura and purpose of an establishment dedicated to helping shape the minds of future artistic leaders. Some simple ways to create an atmosphere that lends itself to this kind of thinking is:
1) a poster that says “YOU ARE A BUSINESS OWNER”
2) Creating a blog where your teachers post strictly business resources like legalzoom.com and discuss things like “why should you declare a DBA?” or better yet “what is a DBA?”
3) get students involved in the social media process of advertising the school/ department. perhaps they do not yet have their own projects, but HEY! they are part of your school! and love being there also! in fact THEY ARE THE SCHOOL. why not have them involved in how to help support it via poster design, tag line, name of a concert, actively marketing to invite the neighboring businesses and families to come to shows?
There you go! 3 ways of probably many many more ways to get the conversation going and LIVE the process of working toward entrepreneurship.
Polyphonic.org is doing a great job at bridging the gap and “starting the conversation”!
A packed symphony concert?!?
Here Derek talks about a local symphony concert he recently attended in Dubuque, Iowa.
47 Strings, interactive and educational harp recitals in the community
It’s the halfway point for 47 Strings! Learn how Meghan has been bringing harp music to homeless shelters after receiving the Richter Fund for Music Outreach from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University.
47 Strings is a unique and unprecedented harp concert series. For each of the 47 strings, Houston harpist Meghan Caulkett will be performing one interactive outreach program. So far, over 22 performances have taken place for the elderly and homeless, and for preschool, elementary, and special needs children. Over 1,600 children have been exposed to solo and chamber harp music from Ginastera, Bartok, Tournier, Salzedo, Ravel and Debussy. The main goal of 47 Strings is to foster a greater understanding and appreciation for classical music, by providing concerts to audiences who are not often exposed to it.
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47 Strings- Programming for 4-year olds
47 Strings was recently awarded the Richter Fund for Musical Outreach from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University. This grant will fund six performances at Houston Homeless Shelters this Spring. See how Meghan programs a concert for homeless preschoolers, as well as rehearsal time with bassist David Connor.
Vlog #25 – Making Arts Matter
How do you make Art matter in a society driven by practical capitalism?
