About the IML
What is the Institute for Music Leadership?
As the first center of its kind in the country, the Institute for Music Leadership (IML) is a vital hub for creating, sharing, and implementing cutting-edge ideas and programs that will ensure the vitality and relevance of music in the 21st century.Created in fall 2001 with generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Institute for Music Leadership at the Eastman School of Music:
- provides Eastman students, alumni, and professional musicians at all stages of their career with the broad education, specialized skills, and diversified experience they will need — in addition to their exceptional musicianship — to become versatile music leaders who will shape our musical and cultural future
- seeks to develop and maximize leadership potential in its participants through a variety of innovative diploma and certificate programs, professional development opportunities, intensive seminars, and "real world" experience
- offers a proactive response to the changing state of music today by challenging its participants to think more broadly about music, its role, and their roles in society
- is committed to leading the music profession into a new era
Those Who Make It Happen
Here’s a closer look at the Institute for Music Leadership administration, as well as the individuals responsible for its certificate and diploma programs. (Click name for bio)
Ramon Ricker
Senior Associate Dean for Professional Studies
Director, Institute for Music Leadership
Leslie Scatterday
Operations Manager, IML
Assistant Director, ALP
Linda Altpeter
Administrative Assistant to IML Director
Coordinator, ALP Curriculum
Samuel Krall
Careers Coordinator
Kristijan Bogdanovski
Assistant Program Coordinator, IML
Assistant Project Manager, Polyphonic.org
Michael Reed
Information Analyst
