This course is part of the Musician’s Professional Toolbox: Your Portfolio Career Specialization

Jeffrey Nytch

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Musician’s Professional Toolbox: Your Portfolio Career SpecializationUniversity of Colorado Boulder

About this Course

The Musician's Professional Toolbox is more than just a collection of career-building skills: professional musicians need strategies in place that maximize the impact of those skills. Designed for musicians at any point in their career, this course will provide learners with foundational skills necessary for managing your professional music career, including skill assessment, time management, goal setting and networking. The course can be taken by itself or as the first course in the Musician's Professional Toolbox.

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Musician’s Professional Toolbox: Your Portfolio Career Specialization

Intermediate Level

At minimum, a bachelors degree in music and/or experience as a practicing musician.

Approx. 10 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English

What you will learn

Understand your unique mix of musical and non-musical skills and how those skills can inform your career development.

Develop better habits: Link task management to near-term, mid-term, and long-term goals.

Identify ways to measure outcomes and gauge success.

Begin building/expanding a professional network.

Skills you will gain

goal settingNetworkingMission StatementTime managementMeasuring Success

Flexible deadlines

Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.

Shareable Certificate

Earn a Certificate upon completion

100% online

Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.

Course 1 of 4 in the

Musician’s Professional Toolbox: Your Portfolio Career Specialization

Intermediate Level

At minimum, a bachelors degree in music and/or experience as a practicing musician.

Approx. 10 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: English

Instructor

Jeffrey Nytch

Director of the Entrepreneurship Center for Music

College of Music

40 Learners

4 Courses

Offered by

University of Colorado Boulder

CU-Boulder is a dynamic community of scholars and learners on one of the most spectacular college campuses in the country. As one of 34 U.S. public institutions in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), we have a proud tradition of academic excellence, with five Nobel laureates and more than 50 members of prestigious academic academies.

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Assessing Your Skills

In this module you will assess your current gifts, skills, passions, and areas for improvement, identify transferable skills, and craft a personal mission statement to guide you for the remainder of this specialization.

4 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 63 min), 4 readings, 1 quiz

5 videos

Introduction to the Musician's Professional Toolbox14m

Your Career Mindset11m

Are You an "Artistic Type"?6m

Taking Inventory of Your Skills13m

Your Personal Mission Statement16m

4 readings

Course Resources5m

"Hobbies, Jobs, Career, Vocation" video to view beforehand10m

Carol Eikleberry, "The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People," chapters 1& 245m

Harry Slater, "Music Graduates Are More Employable Than You Might Think"10m

Week

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Setting and Evaluating Your Goals

In the module, you will learn how to determine your goals, design objectives to achieve them, and measure your success.

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 33 min)

Week

Week 3

1 hour to complete

Managing Your Time

In this module you will learn various methods for prioritizing tasks and managing your time, resulting in a more efficient and productive use of this precious resource.

1 hour to complete

2 videos (Total 32 min), 2 readings

Week

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Building and Managing Your Network

In this module, you will learn effective networking techniques, how to build and nurture a professional network, and how to organize and measure a professional database.

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 47 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

About the Musician’s Professional Toolbox: Your Portfolio Career Specialization

Learners completing this specialization will acquire the skills to launch and sustain a Portfolio Career consisting of a range of musical endeavors. Topics include building a professional network, identifying tools for developing a brand, promoting yourself through a variety of channels, developing strategies to find and book performances, and defining and tracking your goals. This course is the first of two specializations making up the Musician’s Professional Toolbox.

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What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
Is financial aid available?
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