Foundations of Engagement
An introduction to the basic principles and skills of engaging audiences, patrons, and members of the public in the love, understanding, and support of music, along with essential personal skills that provide a foundation for living and working as a professional musician in today's world (including public speaking, communication, leadership, collaboration, and responsibility). First semester focuses on classroom learning in preparation for supervised, in-the-field experience using engagement skills in a variety of settings during second semester.

Requirement: Students must be over eighteen years old.

Conductor's Forum
A yearlong course that helps conducting majors develop various career and personal skills needed to become a successful conductor, including leadership, career management, orchestra administration and management, artistic planning and programming, and verbal communication. The course includes opportunities to meet various guest conductors, speakers, and artists in an informal classroom setting.

The Twenty-First-Century Musician
An exploration of such career-oriented topics as obtaining a job, management, orchestral life, medical matters, and record-keeping. Required of Bachelor of Music and Diploma students in one of their last two years.

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