Category: Career

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About Calls for Scores

Career Composition Creative work Performance
You’ve likely had a composition teacher encourage you to submit your music to “Calls for Scores.” These are announcements by presenting organizations who seek repertoire…
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About performance royalties (ASCAP & BMI)

Career Composition Publishing
I posted my entry about publishing on Facebook, and a friend asked a very important question: if you give your scores away for free, should…
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What my side jobs taught me about music

Career
I’ve worked a number of odd jobs in my life. There are loads of stories I could tell people about, but in this post, I’m…
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side jobs
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Publishing advice for composers

Career Composition Publishing
Don’t wait to “get discovered” One of my biggest pet peeves are artists talking about “getting discovered.” Obviously it’s naïve, but it’s also a passive…
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brass arts publishing sheet music plus woocommerce
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Life in higher ed as an “alt-ac”: a profile of two jobs

Alt-ac Career Research Teaching
The term “alt-ac” was widely discussed in the mid 20-teens, and it’s problematic and misleading but I haven’t seen a better term. Essentially, “alternative academics”…
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academia academic career jobs
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The Composer’s CV

Career
I’ve been obsessing over my own CV for about 15 years, and I’ve read many other people’s CVs during that time. Either I read the…
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arts composition curriculum vitae cv music vita
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Quick advice for composers: bios, CVs, websites

Career Writing
Welcome back to the blog! This is my second post, and I’ve started planning out a lot more. In doing so, I think I’ve figured…
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