Kimo Williams is Coordinator/Faculty Advisor for the Music Business Program at Columbia College in Chicago, IL., in which role he manages the faculty affairs and curriculum for the largest program of its kind in the United States. He is also an internationally recognized composer who has premiered three symphonies, four string quarters, and numerous other works, as well as a working bandleader/guitarist whose band, Kimotion, includes legendary drummer Vinny Colaiuta and saxophonist Michael Brecker. Williams also runs his own record label, Little Beck Music, and publishing company, One Omik Music (BMI).
Kimo Williams, Coordinator of the Music Business Program at Columbia College in Chicago, IL, introduces himself and the program that he runs. Topics he discusses include: the pedagogical approach the faculty take to teaching students about the music business; what students are expected to learn; and how he addresses the challenge of keeping the program’s curriculum up to date with industry trends.
Kimo Williams, Coordinator of the Music Business Program at Columbia College in Chicago, IL, describes how he entered the field of music education, and how he became the person who made the teaching of music business a serious concern at the school.
Kimo Williams, Coordinator of the Music Business Program at Columbia College in Chicago, IL, discusses his pedagogical approach to teaching students about the music business, how he hires and prepares the teachers in his program to excel in the classroom, and what he expects students in the program to gain from their studies.
Kimo Williams, Coordinator of the Music Business Program at Columbia College in Chicago, IL, describes how he approaches teaching students to respect music as simultaneously art and product, and how he coaches them to figure out where their personal approach to music on the spectrum of purely art for its own sake, and purely product for the sake of making money.
Kimo Williams, Coordinator of the Music Business Program at Columbia College in Chicago, IL, shares his strategy for keeping the curriculum of his program up to date with current industry trends, as well as for keeping his department well-funded and well respected within the institution.
Kimo Williams of Columbia College, Chicago, compares planning your career to taking an extended road trip, and shares some advice for keeping your ultimate destination always in mind.
