Preparation guide: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1eXmmFwC-zwsm8pdg4GnzQR9v5zvCNAtt
Wildcat Music Futures is a new event in the School of Music for current undergrad and graduate students that prioritizes career preparedness and explores career possibilities in the arts. Community partners, including a variety of local musical and educational organizations, will be invited to connect with excelling students as they prepare to enter the professional job market.
What UofA students can expect:
- Opportunity to personally network with potential arts employers and professionals in the Southern Arizona community
- Individualized workshop sessions with SoM faculty and staff, including: CV and/or performance résumé development, mock job interviews, elevator pitch practice, cover letter review, and headshot photoshoot
How UofA students can prepare:
- Preparation Guide: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1eXmmFwC-zwsm8pdg4GnzQR9v5zvCNAtt
- Create/refresh CVs, performance résumés, and cover letters
- Review suggested guidelines for job interviews and elevator pitches
- Practice career preparedness skills with family, friends, and colleagues
- Dress for success!
What community partners can expect:
- Tabling in a large open space, similar to a job fair
- Interaction with music students seeking to explore career pathways and opportunities
What community partners can offer:
- Information about roles available or roles that may become available
- Conversation with students about how best to ready themselves for the profession
- Ways to follow up attendees
Contact: Dr. Philip Alejo – palejo@arizona.edu
Community partners will include:
TUSD Fine Arts (Joan Ashcraft)
Tanque Verde SD (Dr. Scott Hagerman)
Tucson Pops & Freelance (Khris Dodge)
Rebecca McKee (private studio teacher)
Morgana Ortiz (freelancer/private trumpet studio)
Music & Arts (Travis Alvarez)
The Century Room (Arthur Vint)
Southwest Strings (Marguerite Salajko, Adan Rico)
Tucson Symphony Orchestra (Mateo Mendez, education director & Chris Herman, personnel manager)
Mike Silvers, PhD Ethnomusicologist (Curator of Education, Music Instrument Museum (Phoenix) music instrument museum edu and program curator)
Clarissa Tracy (School of Music Production Team)
Felipe Morales-Torres (Assistant Director, The Bornoff Foundation for the Advancement of String Education)
Cathy Anderson (Director of Operations, Arizona Friends of Chamber Music)
Tucson Girls Chorus