ENTP 351: The Entrepreneurial Musician, Spring 2017

Syllabus

Assignments

 

Week 1: Introduction to The Entrepreneurial Musician

Handouts:

Reflective Writing: A basic introduction (University of Portsmouth)

Post-Class Reading:

  • Rebecca Solnit, “Foreword to the Third Edition: Grounds for Hope” (pages xi-xxvi) and “Looking into Darkness” (pages 1-5) from Hope in the Dark (2016).

Week 2: 'The Death of the Artist'

Required Readings:

Supplementary Readings: 

Class Media:

Post-Class Readings and Resources:

Week 3: "Music makes the world a better place" -- but how?

Required Readings:

  • Christopher Small: "Prelude" from Musicking (1998).
  • Read: Ashoka U Student Kit, “First Things First: What is Social Entrepreneurship” (page 5) and “Going Deeper: Understanding Social Entrepreneurs” (page 9). Skim through pages 5-9 and click on the links for programs and problems that interest you.

Week 5: Planning Tools + Introduction to the Final Project

Required Readings:

  • Andrew Simonet, Making Your Life as an Artist, “Our Punishing Lives” (38-53); “Our skills” (56-91); “Planning” (94-111); “Mission” (114-129); “Money” (132-157); “Time” (160-173). These are very short chapters. Scan them, and return to them as needed as you work on your “Planning Tools” assignments.

Supplementary Readings and Resources:

Week 6: Building a Network

Required Readings:

Supplementary Readings and Resources:

 

Week 9: Bios

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Week 10: Employment Opportunities

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Week 2: Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship

Required Readings:

  • Andrew Simonet, "Chapter 1: The Role of the Artist” from Making Your Life as an Artist (pages 1-35, see link above)
  • Rebecca Solnit, “Foreword to the Third Edition: Grounds for Hope” (pages xi-xxvi) and “Looking into Darkness” (pages 1-5) from Hope in the Dark (2016).
  • Ashoka U Student Kit, “First Things First: What is Social Entrepreneurship” (page 5) and “Going Deeper: Understanding Social Entrepreneurs” (page 9). Skim through pages 5-9 and click on the links for programs and problems that interest you.

Handouts:

Weeks 3 & 4: Introduction to Design Thinking

Required Readings

Handouts, Class Media, Supplementary Reading

Week 6: Introduction to the Final Project

Handouts:

Week 8: Time and Money

Readings:

Additional Media and Handouts

Week 12: Presentations + Transferable Skills

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Week 2

Handout: Introduction to Media Literacy 

Assignment: Response Paper

Print Media Example:  Daniel Wakin, "Freelance Musicians Hear Mournful Coda as Jobs Dry Up", New Yotk Times, December 3, 2010. (article on NYT website and multimedia feature on NYT website)

Television Media Example:  "Performing Artists Compete, Move, Adapt in Tough Economy", PBS NewsHour, aired June 27, 2013. (video)

Print Media Example: Corinne Ramey, “Classical Music, Modern Problems: New York City's Three Major Conservatories Work to Prepare Its Students for the Competitive Realities of the Workplace”  Wall Street Journal, August 30 2013: article on WSJ website or pdf

Radio Media Example: Kurt Anderson, interview with Scott Timberg, Studio 360, National Public Radio, 27 April 2013: audio on NPR website

Web Media Example: Bill Anschell, "Notes from the Lobby: Careers in Jazz", All About Jazz, 12 June 2012.

Cartoon: Bill Watterson's advice to College Grads

Resource:  "Artist Revenue Streams", Future of Music Coalition (in particular, look at Jazz Sideman-Bandleader and Contemporary Chamber Ensemble).

Week 4: Entrepreneurial Challenge

Alternate Assignment: A Thought Experiment

Week 6: Personal Mission Statement

Personal Mission Statement

Week 8: E-Advisor Assignment

Assignment: Entrepreneurial Advisor

Handout: Strategic, Operational and Tactical Goals

Week 11: Time/Money + Final Project

Assignment: Career Plan

Assignment: Time/Money

Reading: Selections from John Armstrong's book "How to Worry Less About Money"

Reading: New England Foundation for the Arts: New England's Creative Economy: Nonprofit Sector Impact (2011 report)

Reading: CultureBot: The Untenable Economics of Dancing

Handout: Financial Priorities in Your Twenties

YNAB (You Need a Budget): Excellent personal finance program, now free for college students. Details on how to get your free license are here.

The effects of compound interest on retirement savings. Blog post and graphic from Business Insider.

Student Loan Borrower Assistance: website with excellent resources about student loan debt

Sample budget template (Excel spreadsheet)

Week 14

Assignment: End-of-Semester Reflection Paper (PDF)