Time
One 7-week term
Class activities and assignments – 4 to 6 hours weekly
Class Starts
August 26
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What Challenges Face Tomorrow’s Music Leaders?
- Leadership Issues in Music provides a collaborative and rigorous learning environment that focuses on this essential question: “What are the most critical challenges facing us as the musical leaders of tomorrow and what can we do to meet them?” This course is designed around the interviews of five national leaders of musical arts organizations, the critical analysis of related readings, and a host of interactive summarization activities. Imbedded in the course activities are topics of advocacy, problem solving, strategizing, and leadership.
*Students who choose the non-credit option are not eligible for the Eastman Career and Leadership Certificate.
Meet the Instructor
James Doser
Director of the Institute for Music Leadership
Jim Doser is an educator, administrator, musician, and entrepreneur. As the Director of the Institute for Music Leadership at the Eastman School of Music, he administers the Arts Leadership Program, The Paul R. Judy Center for Innovation and Research, the Career and Professional Development Office, and is Editor-in-Chief of The Eastman Case Studies. Recent projects include the launch of the Eastman Career and Leadership Certificate: Online, the IML Grant and Mentorship Program for students and alumni, and the Eastman/ArtistShare Partnership For twenty years he was co-owner of Tritone Music, Inc., a company specializing in jazz instruction for adults. Doser received a BM (MUE) and MM (Jazz), and the Performer’s Certificate from Eastman, and is recipient of the Smithsonian Award in Education for his work on the Smithsonian’s exhibit The Jazz Age in Paris.
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“Leaders must recognize the needs of their communities, their organizations and their artists, and then strategize and implement ways to meet those needs. There is no greater source of information about leadership than speaking with cutting-edge leaders themselves – the foundation of this course.”
– James Doser, Director of the Institute for Music Leadership