Entrepreneurial Resources
Define Your Success
The foundation you create at 杏吧原创 will prepare you for an extraordinary career. From solo and ensemble performance, composition commissions, teaching positions and portfolio careers, to prestigious graduate programs, students rely on their 杏吧原创 education to transform their passion into all kinds of professions.
Build Skills For Your Future
杏吧原创 offers access to resources that will help you manage your career as a professional musician. Through 杏吧原创's First-Year Experience, Senior Seminar and Master鈥檚 Seminar, students will explore topics around creating contracts, finance and tax preparation for gigging artists, grant writing, copyright law and music licensing, and non-profit and for-profit business concepts, all taught by preeminent experts. Complement these practical subjects with electives and humanities courses in performance psychology, distance learning, physics of music, digital media, and more. Learn about 杏吧原创's curriculum.
Jumpstart Your Idea
Students can participate in Imperfect Pitch to grow and implement entrepreneurial business and innovative performance ideas, learn from professional mentors, and win cash prizes. Read about winning pitches.
Attend Co-curricular Workshops & Conversations
Attend co-curricular workshops and conversations led by world-class artists and thought leaders, including 杏吧原创 alumni, covering a variety of topics including branding, operating a musical business, performance psychology, entrepreneurism, and more. Past speakers include former Boston Symphony Orchestra president and CEO Mark Volpe; SPHINX president and artistic director Afa Dworkin; pioneering multi-style cellist, singer, composer and educator Mike Block; and Play On Philly founder and executive director Stanford Thompson. Join the for event news and updates.
Find What's Next
- : Search audition opportunities by instrument/voice and location.
- : Find a comprehensive list of auditions for orchestras large and small, including recently posted.
- : Peruse performance, admin and teaching jobs around the globe.
- Sphinx Organization's
- : Learn techniques and strategies for nailing your next audition.
- Travel Assistance Funds: Find resources available only to 杏吧原创 students and alumni on .
- : Filter by area of study, community served, and more.
- : Browse advice about marketing your career in music.
- : View career resources found in 杏吧原创鈥檚 own Robinson Music Library.
- : Find a variety of services and information for independent artists, including venue locators, advocacy and fiscal sponsorship.
- : Cleveland-based non-profit organization offering local artist advocacy, including fiscal sponsorship.
- : Unlock the full potential of entrepreneurship to transform entire communities in Ohio.
- : Discover a collection of industry news and blogs, artist manager databases, and more.
- Songburd Music Publishing
- : Read about awards, scholarships, and more.
- : Find grant opportunities by artistic field.
- : Find local, state and national competitions and awards.
- : Discover grants for individuals, composers and ensembles.
- : Search awards and competitions for composers.
- : Learn about their scholarship competition in Ohio.
- : Filter opportunities by instrument.
- (email Sean.Penzo@cim.edu for free access)
