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Course Listing

The Institute for Music Leadership offers courses to support the career and leadership development of music students. Courses are available to any student currently enrolled at the Eastman School of Music. To learn more and register, please login to UR Student

Have a question about a course? Please message Dr. Blaire Koerner at bkoerner@esm.rochester.edu

Listing last updated 11.06.2023

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Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: People
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Crystal Sellers Battle
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
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Semester: Fall
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Money
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Toni Paz
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
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Semester: Fall
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Money
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Lisa French
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
Semester: Fall
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Kathryn Cowdrick
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
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Semester: Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers, Teaching
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Maura McCune-Corvington
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
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Semester: Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Business, Money
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: TBD
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Marketing
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Carey Kirkpatrick
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Careers, Health
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Margaret MacArthur
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Marketing
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: TBD
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Melissa Ngan
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, People
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Rachel Roberts
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
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Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Money
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Toni Paz
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Law
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Steve Danyew
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers, Health
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Lindsay Baker
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: People
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Armand Hall
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
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Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers, Teaching
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Lisa Caravan, Philip Silvey
Note on Enrollment: This course is for graduate students only. This course can be credit bearing (MTL) or non-credit bearing (ALC).
Semester: Fall
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers
Instructor: Matthew Brown
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE. To register for credit, look at MUSC.
Semester: Fall
Format: Online
Course Focus: Careers, Health
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Gaelen McCormick
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Fall
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: TBD
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Health
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Sue Callan Harris
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Fall
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, People
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum, Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: James Doser
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. This course can be credit bearing (MTL) or non-credit bearing (ALC).
Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: In-person, Online
Course Focus: Business, Marketing, Money
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: James Doser
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. This course can be credit bearing (JCM) or non-credit bearing (ALC). Course is online in the fall and in person in the spring.
Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Marketing
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Kara LaMoure
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Fall
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, People
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Rachel Roberts
Note on Enrollment: This course is for Master of Arts in Music Leadership students only.
Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: In-person, Online
Course Focus: Careers
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Blaire Koerner, Jeff Dunn
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE. Fall semester is in person, Spring semester is online.
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Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Business, Money
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Jack Langerak
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Summer
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, People
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Rachel Roberts
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
Semester: Summer
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Law
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Ari Solotoff
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.

Choose from categories to filter results

Semester:
Format:
Credit Bearing:
Course Type:
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: People
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Crystal Sellers Battle
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
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Semester: Fall
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Money
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Toni Paz
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
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Semester: Fall
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Money
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Lisa French
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
Semester: Fall
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Kathryn Cowdrick
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
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Semester: Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers, Teaching
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Maura McCune-Corvington
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
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Semester: Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Business, Money
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: TBD
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Marketing
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Carey Kirkpatrick
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Careers, Health
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Margaret MacArthur
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Marketing
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: TBD
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Melissa Ngan
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, People
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Rachel Roberts
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
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Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Money
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Toni Paz
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
Semester: Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Law
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Steve Danyew
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers, Health
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Lindsay Baker
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: People
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Armand Hall
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
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Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers, Teaching
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Lisa Caravan, Philip Silvey
Note on Enrollment: This course is for graduate students only. This course can be credit bearing (MTL) or non-credit bearing (ALC).
Semester: Fall
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers
Instructor: Matthew Brown
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE. To register for credit, look at MUSC.
Semester: Fall
Format: Online
Course Focus: Careers, Health
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Gaelen McCormick
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Fall
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Careers
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: TBD
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Health
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Sue Callan Harris
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Fall
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, People
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum, Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: James Doser
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. This course can be credit bearing (MTL) or non-credit bearing (ALC).
Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: In-person, Online
Course Focus: Business, Marketing, Money
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: James Doser
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. This course can be credit bearing (JCM) or non-credit bearing (ALC). Course is online in the fall and in person in the spring.
Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Marketing
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Kara LaMoure
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Fall
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, People
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Rachel Roberts
Note on Enrollment: This course is for Master of Arts in Music Leadership students only.
Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: In-person, Online
Course Focus: Careers
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Blaire Koerner, Jeff Dunn
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE. Fall semester is in person, Spring semester is online.
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Semester: Fall, Spring
Format: In-person
Course Focus: Business, Money
Course Type: Arts Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Jack Langerak
Note on Enrollment: Available to all ESM students sophomores and up. For graduate students, this course is FREE.
Semester: Summer
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, People
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Rachel Roberts
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.
Semester: Summer
Format: Online
Course Focus: Business, Law
Course Type: Music Leadership Curriculum
Instructor: Ari Solotoff
Note on Enrollment: This course is available to all ESM graduate students.

Frequently Asked Questions

ALC vs. ML

Anyone at Eastman, and the University of Rochester, can register for an ALC course at the corresponding level. All ML courses, however, are for graduate students only.

Cost

All ALC courses are automatically free to those who enroll. For ML courses, graduate students will be charge per credit.

Credits

If enrolled in an ALC course for free, the course:

  • Will NOT count towards your degree requirements as electives, however, you will receive a grade
  • Will be counted as bringing the student to full-time status
  • MAY be counted to fulfill Certificate or Diploma program requirements

Co-Located

Currently, there are only three ALC courses that can be used to fulfill degree requirements as they are cross-listed with other departments (see above). To receive credit for these courses, graduate students MUST: register for the cross-listed version (i.e. MTL 421) and pay the tuition charges.

Auditing

 The IML does not generally allow for auditing of course. Special requests should be directed to the IML Assistant Director.

Cancellation

In any given semester, courses are canceled for a variety of reasons, including instructor availability and low enrollment. Review of course enrollment will take place by the end of the prior semester. Any cancellation will take place no later than 3 weeks ahead of the day classes begin.

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