2019 Conference Program
Wednesday June 19 - Saturday June 22 2019
Registration & Welcome Reception
WOLK ATRIUM
Conference Welcome
WOLK ATRIUM
Jim Doser
Keynote Address: Challenges, Opportunities, and Beautiful Music
HATCH RECITAL HALL
Jamal Rossi
Addressing challenges and embracing opportunitites are inevitable responsibilities of leadership. This session will consider how leaders can prepare to engage in foreseeable situations, as well as those that are unanticipated.
Session #1 - The Administration / Faculty Relationship
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Donna Brink Fox
How does the effective music school leader engage faculty in transformative change at their institution?
Provided Dinner
Hotel Shuttles to Eastman
Coffee, Treats, and Conversation
CIMINELLI LOBBY
Session #2 - Best Practices for Effective Leadership Part 1
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Mary Ellen Poole
What defines a great leader? This session will explore the essential leadership traits, skills, and attitudes that are necessary in music school administration.
Break
Session #2 cont. - Best Practices for Effective Leadership Part 2
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Mary Ellen Poole
Lunch & Conversation
DEAN'S DINING ROOM
Tour of Eastman School of Music and Sibley Music Library (optional)
Session #3 - Career Advancement in Music School
James Douthit
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Break
Session #4 - How to Raise More Money than the Business School: Targeted Steps to Accelerate Fundraising for Schools of Music
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Cathy Hain
What are the essential elements of a music school advancement program? What five steps can you take to grow your advancement results?
Provided Dinner
Coffee, Treats, and Conversation
CIMINELLI LOBBY
Session #5 - Identity, Brand, and Advocacy Part 1
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Robert Cutietta
What is the role of the music school in the 21st Century? Further, what is the identity and brand of your specific institution? This session will explore the importance of a music school's cultural identity and how the effective music school leader can promote his/her institution.
Break
Session #5 cont. - Identity, Brand, and Advocacy Part 2
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Robert Cutietta
Lunch & Conversation+
DEAN'S DINING ROOM
Yamaha - The Music Classroom of the Future
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Session #6 - Essentials of Financial Management
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Michele Gibson
What are the factors that drive the music school budget process? What are strategies for understanding and managing the music school budget?
Break
Session #7 - Recruitment and Enrollment: Identifying and Addressing Special Issues for Music Schools
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Matthew Ardizzone
What are the unique issues that face admissions directors and enrollment amanagers at music schools in the 21st Century?
Provided Dinner
Hotel Shuttle to Eastman
Session #8 - Vision and Strategic Planning: Transforming Dreams into Reality
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Jamal Rossi
This session will consider how to advance ideas into action, and transforming institutional visions into strategic plans that are focused on achieving goals.
Break
Panel Discussion
CIMINELLI FORMAL LOUNGE
Robert Cutietta
Mary Ellen Poole
Jamal Rossi
With many decades of combined experience in innovative music school leadership and administration, our panel of music school deans offers important insight into the world of music school leadership.
Lunch & Closing Session
DEAN'S DINING ROOM