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

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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 setting
Networking
Mission Statement
Time management
Measuring 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.

Coursera Labs

Includes hands on learning projects.

Learn more about Coursera Labs

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

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Instructor

Jeffrey Nytch

Director of the Entrepreneurship Center for Music

College of Music

1,026 Learners

4 Courses

Offered by

University of Colorado Boulder

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

4 hours to complete

Assessing Your Skills

4 hours to complete

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

5 videos

Introduction to the Musician's Professional Toolbox14mYour Career Mindset11mAre You an "Artistic Type"?6mTaking Inventory of Your Skills13mYour Personal Mission Statement16m

4 readings

Course Resources5m"Hobbies, Jobs, Career, Vocation" video to view beforehand10mCarol Eikleberry, "The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People," chapters 1& 245mHarry Slater, "Music Graduates Are More Employable Than You Might Think"10m

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Setting and Evaluating Your Goals

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 33 min)

Week3

Week 3

1 hour to complete

Managing Your Time

1 hour to complete

2 videos (Total 32 min), 2 readings

Week4

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Building and Managing Your Network

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

When will I have access to the lectures and assignments?
Access to lectures and assignments depends on your type of enrollment. If you take a course in audit mode, you will be able to see most course materials for free. To access graded assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience, during or after your audit. If you don't see the audit option:
The course may not offer an audit option. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid.
The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.
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?
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.

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