October 5, 2024
Serve your community through music
As a high school student, you’re a leader in your school or community music program. Perhaps you have a leadership role in your band, orchestra, or choir. Maybe you’re a member of a music honor society, or active in the community. Music is a part of your life, and you’re ready to use your medium to make an impact. Being an artist-citizen is your opportunity to have a positive influence on your classmates, neighbors, and community.
Are you ready?
What it is.
A one-day retreat of interactive workshops to develop the skills necessary for musicians to engage in the community. Each session, taught by Eastman School of Music faculty and staff, will focus on a different topic necessary for interactive public performances, including program development, project management, and leadership.
Who it’s for.
High school musicians who are leaders in their school or community music program, and ready to share their craft with the community. Are you interested in taking the next steps in collaboration with other musicians to reach new audiences, interact, perform, and inspire? Then this program is for you.
What you gain.
The tools, resources, and perspective to create and hold engaging public performances in your community. You will work alongside a small cohort of like-minded peers, learning from world-class musicians and educators from the Eastman School of Music. During the retreat, participants will design a plan for a captivating public performance, and gain the tools and skills to fulfill that plan in the upcoming academic year.
Faculty
Rachel Roberts
Director,
Institute for Music Leadership
Associate Professor,
Music Leadership
Eastman School of Music
Sylvie Beaudette
Assistant Professor of Chamber Music
Coordinator, Music For All
Eastman School of Music
Crystal Sellers Battle
Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion
Director, George Walker Center for Equity and Inclusion in Music
Eastman School of Music
Jeff Dunn
Program Manager
Institute for Music Leadership
Eastman School of Music
Featuring Keynote Address: Herb Smith
Director of Herb’s City trumpets
Image courtesy of Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Featuring a performance by the Cantante Quartet
Schedule
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
2:15 PM
3:15 PM
4:15 PM
5:00 PM
Check-in at Wolk Atrium
Welcome and Introductions
Breakout Session #1
Example Performance
Lunch and Eastman Tour
Keynote Address
Breakout Session #2
Breakout Session #3
Case Study Workshop
Retreat concludes
Breakout sessions include Musical Entryways, Target Audience Engagement, and Project Management
Take the Next Step
Registration is $25 per student. Music educators attend for FREE along with students from their institution. Lunch is included for all. Payment can be provided by credit card with the registration form, or an invoice can be sent to schools for students to attend.
