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Book Career Choices in Music beyond the Pandemic

Download or read book Career Choices in Music beyond the Pandemic written by Julie Jaffee Nagel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A must-read for musicians young and old as well as general readers.” — Joseph W. Polisi, President Emeritus, The Juilliard School Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions we make in our lifetime. Career choice is more than just working to earn a living but also an important window into how we feel about ourselves. In this groundbreaking and provocative book, musician and psychologist Julie Jaffee Nagel explores how musicians’ work beyond the COVID-19 pandemic casts a light upon the necessity of rethinking, rebuilding, and possibly redesigning our concept of careers and music education in the arts. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to a wide range of pressing topics such as career disillusionment, mental health in relation to lack of professional and personal security, the unavailability of jobs that reflect the depth of the musician’s formal training and talent, and the healing role and value of musicians in a post-pandemic world. The pandemic was an unwelcome and sudden shock in the lives and careers of countless musicians, with many experiencing crises. Importantly, Nagel emphasizes that this trauma also has the potential to energize and expand horizons for rewarding, creative work. Musicians’ gifts include resilience and discipline, and their art has important social value. Music has the power to be an aural antidote to some of society’s ills—during trying times, it is vitally important to express and share the musician’s artistic imagination and creativity in teaching studios, on stage, and through off stage interactions with others.

Book Career Choices in Music Beyond the Pandemic

Download or read book Career Choices in Music Beyond the Pandemic written by Julie Jaffee Nagel and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Julie Nagel explores how work, personal identity, and various actions and feelings, including mental health, are importantly linked to music career choices and how the pandemic has dramatically impacted that. The book looks to the future and suggests ways in which musicians can find meaning in their work and thrive in the new arts landscape"--

Book Careers in Music Libraries IV

Download or read book Careers in Music Libraries IV written by Misti Shaw and published by A-R Editions, Inc.. This book was released on with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music librarianship offers meaningful and fulfilling work to people from varied backgrounds. As libraries adapt to everchanging economic, demographic, cultural, and technological landscapes, it is essential for music library workers to possess a keen understanding of what is needed to remain relevant and to thrive. Whether contemplating a new career in music libraries, expanding liaison responsibilities in music, seeking paths for professional development, or feeling eager to reinvigorate a music library career, readers can turn to this book to gain practical and approachable guidance to succeed. In this substantially expanded edition of Careers in Music Librarianship III, experienced expert professionals have updated their pragmatic advice and insight from the previous edition to reflect the realities and challenges of today’s landscape. Since music library work takes place in both traditional and non-traditional settings, this edition incorporates advice on a wide range of topics not covered in earlier editions, including paraprofessional employment, liaison work, archives settings, and transitions from performance-based careers. Geared toward workers in music libraries, rather than simply to those who are, or aspire to be, librarians, this volume is intended to support people on an array of potential career paths. All who work in music libraries will find both inspiration and straightforward guidance in this indispensable book.

Book Decent Work

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fiona Christie
  • Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
  • Release : 2021-09-29
  • ISBN : 1801175888
  • Pages : 140 pages

Download or read book Decent Work written by Fiona Christie and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-29 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing changes to today’s work and employment relationships, this volume offers suggestions for how public and private sector policy and practice can support the realisation of Decent Work, while exploring urgent and practical possibilities to secure fair and decent working lives for all.

Book Preparing Musicians for Precarious Work

Download or read book Preparing Musicians for Precarious Work written by Nicole Canham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing Musicians for Precarious Work: Transformational Approaches to Music Careers Education promotes career counselling-informed techniques that encourage and guide musicians to drive their careers in necessary new directions. In exposing the ‘dark side’ of precarious work in the arts sector, these approaches acknowledge the high levels of risk many musicians face and focus on the fundamental and urgent skills they need to navigate uncertainty and hardship. The author calls for a greater recognition of the psychological magnitude of managing such work, drawing upon training as a career counsellor and the lived experience of a career musician to advance transformative learning principles as pathways for artists, students, and educators alike. Representing a radical shift from the content-knowledge approach to career development, a counselling-informed method is fortified by a broad range of ideas from vocational psychology and narrative therapy, emphasising the importance of change readiness and flexible identities while identifying the need for a post-portfolio paradigm. Preparing Musicians for Precarious Work proposes a new model for musicians’ career learning – the CHOICE model – in a timely and practical guide for 21st-century musicians looking to future-proof their careers.

Book COVID 19 Pandemic  Mental health  life habit changes and social phenomena

Download or read book COVID 19 Pandemic Mental health life habit changes and social phenomena written by Daria Smirnova and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-01-19 with total page 1399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Post pandemic Landscape of Education and Beyond  Innovation and Transformation

Download or read book The Post pandemic Landscape of Education and Beyond Innovation and Transformation written by Anna Wing Bo TSO and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-02-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the purpose of exploring the critical possibilities offered by the global crisis of coronavirus pandemic, this volume presents the collected works of scholars, educators and practitioners worldwide, bringing to the readers a broad array of perspectives on how COVID-19 inspires us to rethink, redefine, and make sense of the theoretical and pedagogical approaches that can be applied in various educational contexts. Part One of the book provides an insightful exploration of the technology-mediated innovations used in English language learning and teaching. Part Two reflects on the online learning experiences of students, as well as the teachers’ strategies to cope with changes as the COVID-19 pandemic unleashed unprecedented disruptions in class. Part Three looks into a range of case studies regarding the digital divide, cross-border schooling, cyberbullying, and cross-disciplinary skill training in the post-pandemic workplace, highlighting the importance of creating a positive learning environment. Part Four draws on the observations and experiences of frontline teachers, to examine ways to optimize the digital learning experiences of students in and outside the classroom. This volume will be a useful reference for scholars in Education, Communication, Applied Linguistics, Social Work, and Positive Psychology.

Book Classical Music

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Beckerman
  • Publisher : Open Book Publishers
  • Release : 2021-03-30
  • ISBN : 1800641168
  • Pages : 154 pages

Download or read book Classical Music written by Michael Beckerman and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-30 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This kaleidoscopic collection reflects on the multifaceted world of classical music as it advances through the twenty-first century. With insights drawn from leading composers, performers, academics, journalists, and arts administrators, special focus is placed on classical music’s defining traditions, challenges and contemporary scope. Innovative in structure and approach, the volume comprises two parts. The first provides detailed analyses of issues central to classical music in the present day, including diversity, governance, the identity and perception of classical music, and the challenges facing the achievement of financial stability in non-profit arts organizations. The second part offers case studies, from Miami to Seoul, of the innovative ways in which some arts organizations have responded to the challenges analyzed in the first part. Introductory material, as well as several of the essays, provide some preliminary thoughts about the impact of the crisis year 2020 on the world of classical music. Classical Music: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges will be a valuable and engaging resource for all readers interested in the development of the arts and classical music, especially academics, arts administrators and organizers, and classical music practitioners and audiences.

Book Managing Stage Fright

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julie Jaffee Nagel
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2017
  • ISBN : 0190632038
  • Pages : 233 pages

Download or read book Managing Stage Fright written by Julie Jaffee Nagel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The guide offers strategies for achieving performance confidence, emphasizing the relevance of mental health in teaching and performing. Through the practices of self-awareness outlined in the book, Nagel demonstrates that it is possible and desirable for teachers to assist students in developing the coping skills and attitudes that will allow them to not feel overwhelmed and powerless when they experience strong anxiety. Each chapter contains insights that help teachers recognize the symptoms-obvious, subtle, and puzzling-of the emotional grip of stage fright, while offering practical guidelines that empower teachers to empower their students."--Provided by publisher.

Book Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate

Download or read book Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate written by Karen Cardozo and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate is one of the first collections to explore PhD career versatility within higher education. The twenty-three contributors represent diverse disciplines, institution types, professional roles, and intersectional identities. Each thoughtful and personal essay explores firsthand what it means to remain in higher education, yet not in the traditional role of a professor. Topics include establishing new career paradigms, well-being and work-life balance, blended roles and identities, and professional work around advocacy and inclusion. Unifying the essays is the idea that career diversity is intertwined with other diversity discourse, yielding a broad-based but critical examination of careers in higher education administration. Though the doctoral landscape continues to change, a self-determined, values-driven attitude remains essential. This book offers powerful insight into cultural and structural barriers that inhibit institutional transformation and obscure the real range of PhD futures. Frank about both challenges and opportunities, these essays reveal how letting go of “track” thinking opens a constellation of possibilities and many paths to meaningful work and a fulfilling life.

Book Existentialism in Pandemic Times

Download or read book Existentialism in Pandemic Times written by Monica Hanaway and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-07-13 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on Monica Hanaway’s previous publications, this timely volume considers the benefits of bringing an existential approach to psychotherapy, coaching, supervision and leadership, particularly in times of crisis. The book uses an existential lens to examine the impact Covid-19 has had on our mental health and ways of being, making connections between situations that challenge our mental resources and the unique ways existential ideas can address those challenges. Featuring contributions from renowned existential thinkers and practitioners, the book connects personal experiences with clinical examples and philosophic ideas to explore concepts like anxiety, relatedness and uncertainty as they relate to key existential themes, helping to inform coaches and therapists in their work with clients. Existentialism in Pandemic Times is important reading for coaches, therapists, psychologists and business leaders, as well as for scholars and researchers interested in applied philosophy.

Book Rock and Roll  Desegregation Movements  and Racism in the Post Civil Rights Era

Download or read book Rock and Roll Desegregation Movements and Racism in the Post Civil Rights Era written by Beth Fowler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-04-27 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rock and roll music that dominated airwaves across the country during the 1950s and early 1960s is often described as a triumph for integration. Black and white musicians alike, including Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis, scored hit records with young audiences from different racial groups, blending sonic traditions from R&B, country, and pop. This so-called "desegregation of the charts" seemed particularly resonant since major civil rights groups were waging major battles for desegregation in public places at the same time. And yet the centering of integration, as well as the supposition that democratic rights largely based in consumerism should be available to everyone regardless of race, has resulted in very distinct responses to both music and movement among Black and white listeners who grew up during this period. Rock and Roll, Desegregation Movements, and Racism in the Post-Civil Rights Era: An "Integrated Effort" traces these distinctions using archival research, musical performances, and original oral histories to determine the uncertain legacies of the civil rights movement and early rock and roll music in a supposedly post-civil rights era.

Book Careers in the Music Industry

Download or read book Careers in the Music Industry written by Allison Blake and published by . This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to the career opportunities available to those interested in the music industry.

Book Career after COVID 19

Download or read book Career after COVID 19 written by Fleur Hull and published by Career Rockstars. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘It’s a global pandemic and the economy is in freefall. What do I do now?’ Right now, millions of people around the world are either unemployed, underemployed or worried about job security Whether you have lost your job, are concerned you will, never had one in the first place or are dreaming of more career flexibility and the ability to reach your true potential, this book is for you. You’ll learn: How to survive the pain of job loss and regain your optimism Which jobs and industries will be in demand in the future world of work How your personality, personal values and sense of purpose make you suited to certain types of work How to prepare yourself for post-pandemic job-seeking and navigating Applicant Tracking System (ATS) technologies The most successful ways to craft your resume, CV and LinkedIn profile Why self-employment in a home business may be your ideal pathway to financial freedom and work-life balance Throughout their careers in business, higher education and government, in Australia, India, Japan, and the United Kingdom, Fleur Hull and Kym Kraljevic have helped thousands of professionals and students to achieve career success. They understand that when changing careers, the first step is often the hardest—but when you know yourself deeply and follow your passions, anything is possible. Their postgraduate qualifications and decades of experience as employees and employers make them ideal guides on the journey to career development and achievement. After simultaneously losing their jobs in March 2020 due to the pandemic, Fleur and Kym started the Career after COVID-19 podcast to assist those impacted to survive, thrive and find a new path. This book continues their exploration of the new world of work with practical, actionable advice. Fleur and Kym’s real-world examples and step-by-step formula will get you ready for the myriad career and business opportunities in 2021 that are arising out of the coronavirus catastrophe, and have you on your way to monumental success and personal satisfaction.

Book Sustaining Black Music and Culture during COVID 19

Download or read book Sustaining Black Music and Culture during COVID 19 written by Niya Pickett Miller and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustaining Black Music and Culture during COVID-19: #Verzuz and Club Quarantine argues that Instagram is a premier digital leisure space to celebrate and promote Black American culture and identity, particularly evidenced during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic as the United States grappled with mandated shelter-in-place orders. Club Quarantine (CQ) and Verzuz emerged as highly successful Black music-listening events streamed on Instagram Live, collectively ushering Black (techno)culture through a once-in-a-generation pandemic and beyond. Contributors to this collection explore the communicative and cultural significance of these events as respite from social isolation and as a rearticulated space for Black cultural engagement in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased racial tensions in the United States.

Book Transformational Music Teaching

Download or read book Transformational Music Teaching written by Edna B. Chun and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as a practical resource, this book examines transformational and inclusive approaches to the teaching of music at the postsecondary level based on first-person interviews with renowned musicians and their students. At the heart of the study are musical/artistic perspectives and pedagogical approaches from leading artists and the insights of their students on the impact of the teaching and mentoring process. Through case studies with renowned musicians and their protégés, the book identifies common themes in teaching and mentoring across classical and jazz performance. Each case study is a master class with the artist that offers insight into the evolution of the individual’s musical career, their approach to teaching, and specific strategies for navigating the complexities of the music business environment. With remarkable candor, artists and their protégés share how they navigated significant obstacles in their career journeys. Including overcoming performance anxiety, disability and injury, lack of financial support, difficulty obtaining an agent and recording contracts, country location and stereotypes based on gender and nationality. The book serves as an important resource for music educators by offering concrete approaches to mentoring talented students, while also sharing specific strategies for aspiring professional musicians seeking to forge a career in a highly competitive musical market.

Book Lonely by Choice  Tate McRae s Journey

Download or read book Lonely by Choice Tate McRae s Journey written by Daniel D. Lee and published by Shadow Censored Publication. This book was released on 2024-05-17 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lonely by Choice: Tate McRae's Journey" is an intimate and compelling biography that delves deep into the life of Tate McRae, a young artist whose meteoric rise to fame has captured the hearts of millions. This book offers an in-depth exploration of her multifaceted career, tracing her evolution from a passionate young dancer to a globally recognized music sensation. The story begins with Tate’s early years, highlighting her discovery of dance, a passion deeply influenced by her family, especially her mother. It covers her transformative experiences on "So You Think You Can Dance," detailing her audition process, competition highlights, and the invaluable lessons learned along the way. As Tate transitions from dance to music, readers follow her journey of finding her voice, her early songwriting endeavors, and the thrill of releasing her first singles. A pivotal moment in her career is explored in-depth, focusing on the creation and release of "you broke me first," the breakthrough hit that catapulted her to international stardom. The book examines the song’s global reception and its significant impact on her career. Navigating the sudden influx of fame, Tate learns to balance building a professional team while maintaining her authenticity. This biography provides a detailed look at the concept and creation of her debut album, offering track-by-track insights and analyzing its critical and commercial success. Touring and performing are major highlights, capturing the excitement of her first major tours, signature performances, and the deep connections she forges with her fans. The narrative addresses the personal challenges of balancing life and career, including her struggles with mental health and the coping mechanisms she employs. It explores Tate's musical heroes, dance legends, and how she incorporates these influences into her unique artistic style. As she evolves musically, the book details the recording process of her sophomore album, her ventures into fashion and style, endorsements, and her influential social media presence. Celebrating her major awards and accolades, the book underscores her achievements in the music industry. It also examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on her career, how she adapted with virtual performances, and navigated the new normal. The biography delves into her songwriting partnerships, musical growth, and visual and aesthetic changes in her work. It highlights her advocacy for mental health, charity work, and the impact of her philanthropic efforts. Addressing the challenges of being a young star, the book discusses public scrutiny, managing personal life, and navigating industry pressures. The narrative continues with her international tours, experiences in different cultures, and tour highlights. "Lonely by Choice: Tate McRae's Journey" is a comprehensive biography that offers a detailed account of Tate McRae's life, creative process, personal struggles, and the values that drive her. For fans and readers alike, it provides an inspiring and intimate look at one of today's most compelling young artists, showcasing her resilience, creativity, and unwavering authenticity. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes story of a rising star whose journey is as captivating as her music.