The Career Launchpad is the ECM’s workshop and seminar series, designed to give students the opportunity to explore a wide range of topics related to their career. Weekly Learning Lunches are casual conversations focusing on a specific topic of interest, while the ECM also hosts outside guests, workshops, panel discussions, and residencies.
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Recurring Workshop Topics

  • Networking
  • Mentorship
  • Taxes and Financial Management
  • Legal Issues in Music 
  • Cover Letters and Resumes
  • Interviewing Skills
  • Crowdfunding
  • Managing Social Media
  • Finding gigs and setting your rate
  • Grant writing

Past Roundtable and Panel Discussions

  • Why Community Engagement Matters
  • Trends in Arts Administration
  • Innovation in the Gig Economy
  • Citizen, Conductor, Composer: The Continuing Legacy of Leonard Bernstein
  • The State of the American Symphony Orchestra

Past Ensembles in Residence

  • Third Coast Percussion
  • Members of the Cleveland Orchestra
  • Boston Public Quartet
  • Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
  • HUB New Music
  • Loadbang
  • Members of the LA Chamber Orchestra
  • Cecelia String Quartet
  • Akropolis Reed Quintet

Selected Guests

  • Joseph Conyers, Asst. Principal Bass, Philadelphia Orchestra; Founder, Project 440
  • Maria Schneider, Grammy-winning Jazz conductor & independent producer
  • Leenya Rideout, Broadway actor, singer, and instrumentalist
  • Andrew Keener, Grammy-winning producer
  • Matt Albert, Co-founder, eighth blackbird
  • Ethan Diamond, Founder, Bandcamp
  • Mike Angelo, Grammy-nominated songwriter and producer
  • Anthony Green, composer and performer
  • Ian Rosenbaum, Sandbox Percussion
  • Alan Fletcher, President & CEO, Aspen Music Festival and School
  • Mark Rabideau, President of College Music Society
  • Laura Barron, Founder, Instruments of Change
  • Lindsey Goodman, Principal Flutist, West Virginia Symphony
  • Dana Varga, Founder, The Empowered Musician
  • Bob Lord, Founder and CEO, PARMA Recordings
  • Aakash Mittal, performer and composer