Midterm+Assignment

McNally Smith College of Music Creating a Life in Music, MUS 480 Fall, 2009 **“Midterm”** The midterm take-home exam provides an opportunity to assess your progress so far as a self-motivating professional. **//Projects and Assignments due Wednesday Oct. 21 or Thursday, Oct. 22//** // (all in hard-copy to turn in, except for blog entries) // · Complete four entries · Blog entry #1: Reflections on Dave Stanoch or Sean McPherson— · Blog entry #2: Reflections on Johnny Bunko and Art & Fear · Blog entry #3: Reflections on Travis Schilling or Dave Stanoch · Blog entry #4: Reflections on guest speaker //Ron Sobel//.
 * Professional Blog (p. 3)**

· One-page resume, appropriately formatted. This is a draft, but should be complete except for edits · Minimum of 3 goals (one can be your senior recital) with thorough strategies for attaining the goals (including dates). · Format may be the version in the CaLM book or ‘mind map’ style. · Basic site is uploaded and most of the required elements are present · One basic, formal bio of about ½ page 1. Brief summary (about ½ page, single spaced) of your progress to date on the Circle Building project. Include some examples of people you’ve added to your list. Also talk about the organizational system(s) you have chosen and how those are working for you. 2. Write an additional ½ page summarizing your work in CaLM so far. Are you keeping up with assignments and deadlines? Are you going beyond the minimum requirements in any ways? How? How are your views of a professional career in music being reinforced? Changed? How will you approach the rest of the semester and your immediate post-graduation planning? Do you have questions? Concerns? Ideas or requests? Type in the content of your page here.
 * Professional Music Resume (p. 20)**
 * Goals Statement (p. 19)**
 * MySpace page or other professional web presence (p. 3)**
 * Bio #1 (p. 21)**
 * Circle Building Project (p. 1) and Self-Assessment**