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, Robert Brooks of Juilliard argues 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. He explains what Juilliard is doing along these lines to prepare students to be educators, advocates, and evangelists for the music they perform.

In this segment of a presentation given at the College Music Society’s 2008 meeting in Atlanta, GA, Robert Brooks and Courtney Blackwell of Juilliard explains how that school’s summer grant program and how it seeks to help students become more socially aware and focused on their career.

In this segment of a presentation given at the College Music Society’s 2008 meeting in Atlanta, GA, Robert Brooks of Juilliard shares some ideas for encouraging students to think entrepreneurially about their own careers, and to market themselves to audiences and employers.