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May We Suggest....Musicians 

Pre-Conference
National Arts Strategies Seminars:

Pre-Conference
Orchestra Leadership Academy Seminars:

Conference Sessions

In-Depth Sessions
Click here to learn about almost a dozen 3-hour comprehensive sessions on a range of topics. 

  • Higher Education and the Real World of Practice: Creating a New Alignment
  • Nurturing Teaching Artists
  • Assessment and Evaluation in Arts Education
  • New Frills or Deep Change?  Innovation and the Performing Arts Organization

Breakouts
Breakouts are 75-minute discussions on over 40 topics.  Click here for a full description of these Breakout sessions and more.

  • The Art of Living or Living for Art: A Survival Guide for Artists
  • New Models for Incubation and Fiscal Sponsorship
  • Fun with Critics
  • How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights
  • Art and Activism: Making Art, Making a Difference
  • The Denver Model: Building Local Support for the Arts
  • Negotiating Between Innovation and Sustainability
  • Artists from Abroad: Everything You Need to Know about Visa and Tax Issues
  • Engaging Art: Research, Practice and Innovation
  • It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green!

Art-Making Sessions
3-hour intensive, hands-on programs covering several disciplines.
If you feel like making art instead of talking about it, these sessions are for you. Stretch your creative wings and take a master class opera, hip-hop, conducting, playwriting, composing, and more! Click here for a full description of the art-making sessions.