Jeffrey Nytch has built a diverse career as a composer, educator, performer and thought leader in arts entrepreneurship. In addition to spending nearly 30 years as a professional musician, he has run a small business, performed as a singer and voice actor, and served six seasons as executive director of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, one of the nation’s premiere new music ensembles. His music has been performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, MoMA, National Sawdust, the Corcoran Gallery, the Kennedy Center and other venues throughout the U.S. and Europe. In 2013, Nytch’s Symphony No. 1: Formations, commissioned by the Geological Society of America, received international praise for its fusion of music, science and community engagement. More recent projects include a violin concerto for Grammy-winning violinist Edward Dusinberre, his choral work Our Birthright , and For the Trees, a multimedia piece for string quartet. He has received awards for his work from the United States Association of Small Business & Entrepreneurship and the Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education. His book, The Entrepreneurial Muse (Oxford University Press), applies traditional entrepreneurial theory to the performing arts. Since 2009, Nytch has served on the faculty of the University of Colorado Boulder, where he is an associate professor of composition and serves as director of the Entrepreneurship Center for Music, one of the leading programs of its kind.