Posts Tagged ‘Emerging professionals’

Seminar A: Business Plan

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

How to Sustain a Well-Tuned Business Plan

We are excited to launch a new seminar geared toward the needs of advanced young artists and emerging professional singers. During the seminar, each singer will create a career “business plan” and commit to a schedule to revise and refine. The session is designed to take an intimidating and often stressful process and make it practical and accessible to even the busiest of emerging professional singers.

This seminar has been a work in progress for some time, and we have gathered the input and feedback of so many educators and professionals. A special thank you goes out to educator Dr. Dana Brown, mezzo-soprano and career consultant Dorothy Byrne, and consultant Mislav Kos.

The Details:

Target: For advanced young artists and emerging professionals.

Honorarium: Please email info@velvetsinger.com for pricing.

Duration: The seminar is designed to last two and a half (2.5) hours.

Workbook: The seminar uses a customized workbook, which provides an efficient and practical platform for rich discussion. Please Download the Workbook completed with example answers.

Objective: The seminar helps singers create a career business plan and adopt a continual process for refining their plans going forward.

Impact: Singers will leave the session with a dramatically improved sense of self-awareness and empowerment over their path. The seminar begins by discussing the relevant issues a well-crafted plan is designed to help solve.

Integration: Some singers may have previously drafted a business plan through school or privately. We will build off of those experiences and integrate our work into one process.

Singers will:

  • Assess strengths / weaknesses
  • Identify / mitigate risks
  • Analyze priorities
  • Define and rank goals
  • Create a marketing strategy
  • Articulate core values
  • Compose a career vision and mission statement
  • Create a schedule to revisit / refine

Workbook with Example Answers

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Chicago Opera Theater

Monday, April 12th, 2010

I had the pleasure of singing with Chicago Opera Theater for two seasons, and now I have the distinct honor of returning this spring to run a seminar!

COT truly stays on the cutting-edge of opera evolution both in terms of the production and also in terms of the young singers Brian Dickie invests in. The 2010 season is no exception, featuring three operas outside of the standard repertoire. COT will make them their own, to be sure.

This company is crafty and creative in terms of expanding the reach and access to our art form. Singers, or any freelance artists for that matter, can learn a lot by watching how COT markets, promotes, and presents their fantastic season.

Velvet Singer also helps singers prepare to be self-motivated, flexible, and creative. And Velvet Singer also uses cutting-edge technology to improve the process. I am thrilled to add COT to my list and look forward to working with these fantastic emerging professionals.