Entrepreneurs in Music — and Don’t Forget about Mozart!

Perhaps the best advice I might impart to a music student today – especially a performer – is to understand story. I believe the basis of all art is story and that exploring how story functions in our everyday life is fundamental to why we feel a need to express and to share our expression with others – whether through music, literature, drama, dance or visual art. That said, take advantage of courses in all of the arts and understand how they all intersect. If I could go back to school now, I know that I would explore ethnomusicology and world folklore…