Webinars and Hangouts

Lessons Without Borders: Teaching Music in a Virtual World

This webinar will discuss a variety of online music tools that offer opportunities for virtual instruction ranging from simple course supplementation to real-time, webcam lessons.

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How to Build and Expand a Freelance Career in Your City and Beyond

Are you moving to a new city and looking for ways to start a successful freelance career? This webinar will provide a wealth of valuable information and leave you energized and inspired!

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Applying to Grad School for Music – An Inside Look

Join us for an inside look at the grad school application process, from applying to final decisions.

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Performance, Stress and Attention

Playing music beautifully is an art. Performing consistently at a high level is a skill. Learn how to harness your energy and attention to improve your performance in the most challenging situations.

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Presenting Yourself! Perspectives and Strategies for Self Promotion and Branding

Join four leaders in the field for an hour-long discussion about branding and self promotion.

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Inside the Audition Process

Join us for an engaging discussion with three orchestra professionals as they provide insight into the process and nature of auditions, where we are today, and where we are headed. Registration is free!

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Sharing Your Story: Connecting with the Media and Your Audience

Interacting with both online and traditional media outlets is essential for today’s musicians; with or without a publicist, artists are more successful when they interface with journalists, including bloggers, to effectively promote performances and recordings. Ultimately it’s about reaching your audience.

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Classical Music is Dying – or is it?

This webinar will be a discussion focused on the plight of classical music and its decline in popular culture. While it may seem that classical music is “dying,” there are programs and individuals that are seeking to revitalize the orchestral world. Join us as leaders of several innovative programs from around the country discuss how they are making in impact in their communities.

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What’s Next: Educating Musicians as Entrepreneurs

This webinar will provide an overview of the themes and mindsets of artists and entrepreneurs, specifically how to hone skills in creative and critical thinking, flexibility, self reliance, communications, technology, promotion – the things artists need to build a satisfying life in music. Attendees are invited to share assumptions, questions, and ideas about their future careers, and gain insight into the programs in place at New England Conservatory and other educational institutions that will help individuals to identify and proactively pursue their professional artistic goals.

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Eat. Sleep. Make Art.

There’s more to success than only being consumed by your art.
Learn the real-world strategies that enable you to live the Art Life. All artists – musicians, filmmakers, writers, painters and more – will discover how to make art and make money to support your creative pursuits – whatever they may be. Just like oil and vinegar, art and business do mix – as long as you learn to shake things up a bit using the ideas from this session.

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Lessons Without Borders: Teaching Music in a Virtual World
2
How to Build and Expand a Freelance Career in Your City and Beyond
3
Applying to Grad School for Music – An Inside Look
4
Performance, Stress and Attention
5
Presenting Yourself! Perspectives and Strategies for Self Promotion and Branding
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Inside the Audition Process
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Sharing Your Story: Connecting with the Media and Your Audience
8
Classical Music is Dying – or is it?
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What’s Next: Educating Musicians as Entrepreneurs
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Eat. Sleep. Make Art.