UMBC Music Entrepreneurship Program - Starting Fall 2013
Starting fall 2013, The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) will offer a one-year Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Music Entrepreneurship, presented in collaboration with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) and its OrchKids program.
OrchKids is an after-school music education and life-enrichment initiative designed to bring social change to Baltimore communities.
The certificate program, designed to enhance students' career opportunities through mastery of business and entrepreneurial skills, will be the first of its kind in the nation, pairing a research university with a major symphony orchestra.
Music entrepreneurship students will receive intensive classes in innovative music education methods and musical advocacy, will intern in OrchKids, and will also become familiar with the inner workings of other BSO entrepreneurial programs such as the BSO "Rusty Musicians" and BSO Youth Orchestras.
The year of study will culminate for each student with a project derived from internships in these initiatives or comparable endeavors.
The curriculum, through management and organizational leadership seminars, will provide skills necessary to:
- establish and build innovative music education programs, music ensembles, and community arts organizations;
- apply entrepreneurial concepts to new enterprises;
- create and execute a successful business plan;
- market new ventures;
- write successful grant proposals or effectively execute other funding strategies.
Learn more at: http://www.umbc.edu/music/programs/entrepreneurship.php
