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Manhattan School of Music Launches Center for Musical EntrepreneurshipBy Debra Kinzler
Director of Public Relations
June 23, 2010
Practical Foundations: An Introduction A one-semester course in the basics of business (required for undergraduates and for graduates who have not taken a similar course elsewhere)
Covering budgeting, record-keeping, negotiating, and tax law The roles of managers and presenters in a career
Professional behavior and self-presentation in resumes and cover letters
Research and grant-writing Creating a business plan
Career-building through networking, advertising and media
Workshops
A menu of single-session workshops from which students build individualized programs, in consultation with the director
Topics to include new media, the 21st-century press kit, recordings and demos, audience building, concert program planning, collaborations and inter-arts programming, careers in teaching, managers and management, non-performance music careers, performance anxiety, and many others Run by MSM alumni and successful professionals from the larger musical world of New York City.
Entrepreneurial Projects A career practicum in developing a project – suggested projects such as: Concert series
New media venture
Outreach program targeting a new audience
Other project undertaking requiring time, mentoring, and possibly seed money
Participants will document their projects to create a library of case studies
Internships
Internships for elective credit with arts organizations in New York City
Presenters
Publishers
Radio stations
Performance venues and organizations
Management groups
Adding real-world work experience to students’ education and musical training.
Edward Klorman states, “At its heart, the Center for Music Entrepreneurship is about helping students to cultivate the skills and mindset to see a world of possibilities and innovation once they graduate. I am honored to assume this challenging new role at MSM.”
Edward Klorman brings his experience as both a professional musician and the founder of an innovative music festival to his new role as Director of Manhattan School of Music’s Center for Music Entrepreneurship. An accomplished violist and educator, he has been recognized for his efforts to engage new audiences in American Record Guide and Alex Ross’s blog, “The Rest is Noise.”
As co-founder of the Canandaigua Lake Music Festival in upstate New York, Mr. Klorman helped establish Classical Blue Jeans, a series of interactive concerts designed for patrons who are new to classical music. With its inventive approach to programming, the festival has received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York State Music Fund. He has participated in educational outreach programs at The Juilliard School and the Music@Menlo Winter Residency, among other venues, and was invited to be a guest speaker by the Academy – a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute.
An avid chamber musician, Mr. Klorman is a founding member of the Tessera Quartet and has performed as guest artist with the Borromeo, Corigliano, Orion and Ying Quartets. He collaborates regularly with the composer Lowell Liebermann. He recently made his New York City concerto debut performing Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the violinist Stefan Jackiw and the Camerata Notturna orchestra.
Edward Klorman graduated with distinction from The Juilliard School and is currently completing a Ph.D. from the City University of New York, funded by a prestigious Jacob K. Javits fellowship. He has presented lectures and master classes integrating music performance and the historical imagination at the Salzurg Mozarteum, Universite de Montreal, Aspen Music Festival, and the International Viola Society. He was recently elected to the board of the American Viola Society.
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Manhattan School of Music is a preeminent international conservatory of music granting bachelor of music, master of music, and doctor of musical arts degrees. Founded in 1918, the School is dedicated to the personal, artistic, and intellectual development of each of its students, who range in age from the precollege through the postgraduate level. The School trains students in performance and composition and provides a broad-based education in music theory, history, and humanities.
More than 800 students attend the College Division, who come from some 45 countries to study with the School’s superb artist-teacher faculty of 250 professional musicians. In addition, the School is an active presenter of more than 400 public performances, and its more than 10,000 alumni are active in every aspect of American musical life, and many are among the most distinguished artists performing in opera houses and concert halls and on jazz stages throughout the world today. The distinguished American composer, Robert Sirota, became the School’s eighth president in October 2005.
