Individual Advising
No appointment necessary!
Drop-in advising has ended for the summer and will resume in August.
Need some guidance over the summer? Advising will be available by appointment only throughout the month of May in person, by phone, or over email. Contact Lindsay at jumpstar [at] indiana [dot] edu.
Upcoming Events
The Project Jumpstart team would like to thank everyone for a great year! Our event schedule has ended. We hope you'll check back next year to see what Project Jumpstart has to offer next.
View the complete event schedule
Career Development and Entrepreneurship Resources
Online Resources
Music Career Handouts
Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection
IU Career Resources
Websites
Professional Organizations by Emphasis
Auditions, Festivals, and Job Listings
Internships
Music Blogs and News
Other Resources
Print Resources
Music Business and Careers
Building Audiences
Networking
Performance and Practicing
Teaching and Maintaining a Private Studio
Personal Finance
Online Resources
Music Career Handouts
99 titles, including information on how to write a bio, create an online presence, finance and release your own recording, book your own performance, write grants, and more. Accessible through the online resource page (IU username and password required; MAC users may need to use Safari).
Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection
Access to 3000+ music listings including job openings, festivals, and internships. Log on at http://necmusic.edu/bridge. (JSoM students may request login information by emailing jumpstar [at] indiana [dot] edu.)
IU Career Resources:
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Hoosier Hatchery (an initiative of the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation)
Websites
Professional Organizations by Emphasis
- Arts Administration and Advocacy
- Composition and New Music
- Conducting
- Funding and Support Organizations
- Fractured Atlas
- Fulbright Association
- IU GradGrants Center
- IU Graduate Center Internal Awards, Grants and Other Funding
- IU Graduate Center External Awards, Grants and Other Funding
- IU GradGrants Resource List (including IRIS and COS database availability)
- Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
- NAMM Foundation
- National Endowment for the Arts
- New York Foundation for the Arts
- Springboard For the Arts
- Instrument-Making and Repair
- Instrumental/Vocal Performance Organizations
- Brass
- Keyboard
- Percussion
- Strings/Guitar/Harp
- Vocal
- Woodwinds
- Specialty Areas
- Music Education
- Music Library
- Music Theory
- Musicology/Ethnomusicology
- Recording Arts
- Unions
Auditions, Festivals, and Job Listings
- Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection
- College Music Society (subscription required)
- The Chronicle of Higher Education Job Listings
- Festivals List at Peabody Conservatory
- HigherEdJobs
- Idealist: Non-Profit Job Listings
- Musical Chairs
- New York International Opera Auditions
- Operabase
- YAP Tracker (opera auditions and vocal competitions)
Internships
- ArtJob (requires free registration)
- ArtSearch (access available through IU Career Center)
- ArtsOpportunities
- ArtsWork Indiana (requires free registration)
- Creative Hotlist
- Internships.com
- IU Career Center: Jobs and Internships
- NYFA Career Classifieds
- SPEA Careers (available to currently enrolled SPEA students only)
Music Blogs and News
Other Resources
- Entrepreneurship Resources
- Personal Finance
- Legal Information and Support
- Time Management Tools
Print Resources
(call numbers for Cook Music Library unless indicated otherwise)
Music Business and Careers
- Rhonda Abrams, The Successful Business Plan: Secrets & Strategies (3rd ed.); Wells Library: HD62.5 .A344 1993 (2nd ed.)
- Angela Myles Beeching, Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music; ML3795 .B42; Wells Library: ML3795 .B42 2005
- David Cutler, The Savvy Musician; ML3790 .C87
- Seth Godin, Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable; IU Northwest: HF5415 .G578 2003
- Laura Fredricks, The Ask: How to Ask Anyone for Any Amount for Any Purpose; Wells Library: HG177 .F68 2006
- Jeri Goldstein, How to Be Your Own Booking Agent; PN1580 .G58
- Chip and Dan Heath, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die; IUPUI University Library: HM1033 .H43 2007
- Michael M. Kaiser,The Art of the Turnaround: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Arts Organizations; IUPUI University Library: PN1584 .K28 2008
- Ellen Liberatori, Guide to Getting Arts Grants; Fine Arts Library: NZ705.5 .U6 L53 2006
- David Meerman Scott, The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral Marketing and Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly; IU Kokomo HF5415.1265 .S393 2010; Wells Library: online access
- Diane Wittry, Beyond The Baton: What Every Conductor Needs to Know; MT85 .W75
- Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander, The Art of Possibility: Practices in Leadership, Relationship, and Passion; IU Northwest BC199 .P7 Z36 2002
Building Audiences
- Joanne Scheff Bernstein, Arts Marketing Insights: The Dynamics of Building and Retaining Performing Arts Audiences; Wells Library: PN1590 .M27 B47 2007
- Julian Johnson, Who Needs Classical Music?: Cultural Choice and Musical Value; ML3800 .J6
- Andrew L. Pincus, Musicians with a Mission: Keeping the Classical Tradition Alive; ML385 .P55
- David Wallace, Reaching Out: A Musician's Guide to Interactive Performance; ML3838 .W19
Networking
- Anne Baber, Make Your Contacts Count: Networking Know-how for Business And Career Success; Wells Library: HF5381 .B143 2007
- Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends & Influence People; Wells Library: BF637.S8 C37 1981
Performance and Practice
- W. Timothy Gallwey, The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance; IUPUI University Library: GV1002.9 .P75 G34 1997
- Don Greene, Performance Success: Performing Your Best Under Pressure; ML3830 .G74
- Gerald Klickstein, The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness; MT75 .K6
- Aaron Williamon, Musical Excellence: Strategies and Techniques to Enhance Performance; ML457 .M983
Teaching and Maintaining a Private Studio
- Eric Booth, The Music Teaching Artist's Bible: Becoming a Virtuoso Educator; MT1 .B715
- Mimi Butler, The Complete Guide to Running a Private Music Studio
- Philip Johnston, The PracticeSpot Guide to Promoting Your Teaching Studio
- Cynthia Richards, How to get Your Child to Practice...Without Resorting to Violence
Personal Finance
- Suze Orman, The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke; Wells Library: HG179 .O7576 2005
