In this presentation given at the College Music Society’s 2008 meeting in Atlanta, GA, Robert Brooks of Juilliard and Cynthia Crump Taggart of Michigan State University argue for the need for college music programs to train performance students in other skills they may need to have a successful career – educational outreach, community engagement, and entrepreneurship. Each speaker then explains what their institution is doing to further these efforts, and what the benefits are to their students.

In this segment of a presentation given at the College Music Society’s 2008 meeting in Atlanta, GA, Cynthia Crump Taggart of Michigan State University introduces herself and her institution’s efforts to foster entrepreneurial awareness among the student body.

In this segment of a presentation given at the College Music Society’s 2008 meeting in Atlanta, GA, Cynthia Crump Taggart of Michigan State University explains how MSU defines “outreach” and “engagement” in the context of the university’s College of Music, and how focusing on these areas helps music students to become more engaged in their communities and begin thinking entrepreneurially about their skills and careers.

In this segment of a presentation given at the College Music Society’s 2008 meeting in Atlanta, GA, Cynthia Crump Taggart of Michigan State University explains how MSU’s School of Music structures its outreach and entrepreneurial initiatives to ensure that all projects have faculty guidance and engage students fully.

In this segment of a presentation given at the College Music Society’s 2008 meeting in Atlanta, GA, Cynthia Crump Taggart of Michigan State University explains how the community music school started and sponsored by Michigan State University in the 1990s is interwoven with the MSU music department’s curriculum, so that students get experience with community outreach.