IML in the News
Eastman speeds up pursuit of music knowledge
Article about Eastman Speed Lessons published in the University of Rochester Campus Times
- Campus Times article - December 2, 2011
Savvy needed to make a living in music
An article about "Lessons from a Street-Wise Professor: What You Won't Learn at Most Music Schools" by IML director Ramon Ricker published in the Democrat and Chronicle.
- Democrat and Chronicle Article - November 20, 2011
Online Speed Lessons: A Leg Up on the Competition
Eastman School of Music presents Speed Lessons, a new online video store created by the Institute for Music Leadership.
- Speed Lessons article in the Eastman School of Music News Room - November 16, 2011
Eastman professor writes book for aspiring music students
IML director Ramon Ricker in a featured article in the "Innovations" newsletter, published by the Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Rochester, Page 2.
- Innovations - Fall 2011 - November 2, 2011
Entrepreneurship and the Performing Artist:
Preparing Musicians for 21st Century Careers
(reprint used with permission from Opera America)
- Opera America - Spring 2011Street Smarts
Ricker aims to teach music students how to be savvy in business. “You have to be entrepreneurial. You can’t wait for something to come to you,” he says. “You need to make something happen.”
- Rochester Review - May/June 2011
Eastman professor's book aids musicians
Ramon Ricker gives musicians real world advice in his innovative book...
Campus Times (University of Rochester) - February 10, 2011
'Lessons From A Street-Wise Professor'
Landing a job in today’s economy is tough for most college graduates. For those seeking a career in the fine arts, it’s even tougher.
Inside Higher Ed - January 24, 2011
Book teaches business skills to music students
Ramon Ricker is credited with fueling a national movement among music schools to teach entrepreneurial skills. Now the director of the Institute for Music Leadership at the Eastman School of Music has committed the tenets of that idea to print.
Rochester Business Journal - December 30, 2010
How the IML plays and continues to play a role in the 'Eastman Evolution'
As music--and the business of music--rapidly changes, the Eastman School continues to look forward. Senior Associate Dean for Professional Studies, Ramon Ricker, talks about how the Institute for Music Leadership plays a part with its curriculum and with inspiring students to take an entrepreneurial approach to developing their professional careers.
Arts Leadership Program students also are mentioned as members of Break of Reality (Philip Borter), Alarm Will Sound (Jason Price, Kate Sheehan) and Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet (Kara LaMoure, Eryn Bauer, Brittany Harrington.)
Rochester Review - November-December 2010
