15th Annual Conference of the NETWORK of Music Career Development Officers
(NETMCDO)
Tuesday and Wednesday, January 12 and 13, 2010 in New YorkCity
To read Discussion/Session Reports from our 2010 Conference, click here.
NETMCDO is the only annual conference specifically dedicated to the developing
and strengthening of career services for musicians! Devote
two days to music career development issues and leave energized and fueled to
better assist your students and alumni.
The
conference is an opportunity to exchange ideas and information on assisting
musicians in developing careers. We’ve kept the cost to a minimum -- and the
networking, information-sharing, and peer-learning at a maximum.
Info on this page:
Conference Overview
Open Space
Who Attends
Benefits
Our Facilitator
Our Venue
Chamber Music America
NETMCDO Conference Costs
Registration
Conference Overview
Our 2010 conference theme is Making It Sexy(i.e. relevant, compelling, necessary, appealing, innovative), and will divide the issue into two parts that deal with (1) our "internal" constituents: students, faculty, administration and (2) our "external" constituents: the audiences and employers of our musician-clients.
Each of
the two days will consist of panel discussions and small group break-out
sessions exploring the issues that face musicians today.
Due
to the positive feedback from years past, we will be using "Open Space
Technology" again this year for a portion of the conference.
Open
Space
Technology will be used again this year for a portion of the
conference.
www.wikipedia.org explains: Open Space Technology (OST) offers a method to run
meetings of groups of any size. ("Technology" in this case means tool
— a process; a method.) OST represents a self-organizing process; participants
construct the agenda and schedule during the meeting itself...OST seems to enable groups of any size to
address complex, important issues and achieve meaningful results quickly. OST meetings have a single
facilitator who initiates and concludes the meeting and explains the general
method.
More traditional (tired-old, been-there) technology such as
"Internet" and "PowerPoint" and "Computers" will be replaced by more
user-friendly forms, such as flip-charts and magic-markers.
Who attends this conference?
We
generally have 40 – 45 music schools and organizations represented
at the conference, from universities and colleges, to training
orchestras and conservatories.We’ve had a wide
range of participants: faculty, staff, some who are brand new to the
career services field, and general university career services staff
seeking to enhance their offerings for music students.This variety makes for rich discussions and great information and idea sharing.So bring along a colleague from your institution to get even more out of the conference.
NETMCDO
holistic view: We
have grown to realize that teaching, performing, advising, and administering
are all part of being in career development -- so be prepared to be challenged
on all fronts!
Here are a few reasons for you (and your institution) to attend the network conference:
Gather up-to-date info on new services and
programs for music career development in the U.S. and abroad
Hear how other institutions deal with similar issues
Learn how to maximize your time and effort
Get answers to your questions about music career
development programs and services
Our Facilitator
Facilitator John Steinmetz will once help us explore our conference
theme, reflect on our work, and re-envision our future, and get the most out of
our conference time together.
John
Steinmetz is principal bassoonist for Los Angeles opera and a Southern
California freelancer who also composes music; serves as education
consultant for computer and record companies; and writes and speaks
about the state of the arts and about technologies of learning and
expression. His article “Resuscitating Art Music,” which has been
widely distributed in the concert music field, is on the web at http://www.munb.com/artx2.html
Our Venue
Again this
year, we are happy to be holding our NYC conference at the conveniently located
Players Theatre in the heart of Greenwich Village.
Located at 115 MacDougal
Street, this unique space is easily accessible by subway lines A/B/C/D/E/F/V: All at the West 4th Street stop! A historical venue for theater and now also for music rehearsals and performance, the Players Theatre
was fairly recently purchased by the entrepreneurial percussionist Michael
Sgouros, founding member of the Ethos Percussion Group. Michael will
be on hand to welcome our group and talk about his venue venture.
Chamber Music America
We meet on these dates to
make it convenient for people to also attend both the Community Engagement
meeting on January 15 and the Chamber Music America Conference, January 15–17, in NYC. It’s a terrific
resource for info on performance, recording, funding and presenting issues in a
range of genres (classical, jazz, and other musics). You can register online
for CMA at www.chamber-music.org or call CMA at (212) 242-2022.
NETMCDO Conference Costs
"Early Bird" registration rate (before November 1): $150 per organization or school
for the first participant; each additional participant for that institution is
$50
After
November 1: $200 per organization or school
for the first participant; each additional participant for that institution is $75
Deadline: December 10; no registrations accepted after (sorry!)
The registration fee
includes our meeting space rental, facilitator’s fees, continental breakfasts
both days, and lunch on Tuesday. Lunch on day two and dinners are on your own.
(Note that a portion of the conference fee goes toward the nominal, annual cost of this website.)
Note:
Many past participants have remarked that this is the most economical
conference they have ever attended ... and the most fulfilling ... and
enlightening! We plan to keep it that way.
Registration
Remember: Deadline is December 10, 2009 for registration form (on this site), emailed survey (on this site), and payment. An Early-Bird discount is available until November 1.
