Nov 19, 2025 | Music Leadership
The following contains excerpts from the book, Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader (Herminia Ibarra). As an artist and musician, the role and value of leadership is rarely discussed. However, to create lasting influence in culture, it requires development in these...
Nov 19, 2025 | Music Leadership
The following contains excerpts from the resource, “A Leader’s Guide to Innovation” (Carnegie Training Institute). Having been involved in Classical music, I noticed early on a phenomenon that became particularly important in a musician’s career path, and that was the...
Nov 19, 2025 | Music Leadership
The following contains excerpts from the book, 25 Ways to Win With People (John Maxwell). I have been a musician for the majority of my life, and as I have grown as a musician and artist, my understanding of what makes music successful has also developed over the...
Nov 19, 2025 | Music Leadership
The following contains excerpts from the book, Blink (Malcolm Gladwell). Training is the musician/artist’s best friend. Deep training provides the artist with the confidence he will need to overcome even the worst-case scenarios on the journey of influential...
Nov 19, 2025 | Music Leadership
The following contains excerpts from the resource, Communicating with Diplomacy and Tact (Assessment) (Carnegie Training). Learning to communicate with others is essential in successful musical and artistic collaboration. In our music school in Odessa Texas, we hope...
