This post contains affiliate links. Conductor Jordan Randall Smith is the Music Director of chamber orchestra Symphony Number One and Music Director of the Govans Chorale. Join The Portfolio Composer community and support the creation [...]
This post contains affiliate links. The question I get asked the most as host of The Portfolio Composer is if grad school is worth it. In an attempt to answer this question I've put [...]
This post contains affiliate links. Composer. Blogger. Professor Person. Probably best known for her composer FAIL blog "Why Compose When You Can Blog?" where she posts her rejection letters online, Jennifer Jolley actually does write [...]
This week marks the third anniversary of the podcast! To celebrate I've gone through the 10 most popular episodes of 2017 and pulled out a short highlight from each one. Episode popularity was calculated [...]
Image by Gavin Whitner. In my last post I argued how composers are in the business of producing and monetizing assets. To remind you, an asset is an item, physical or digital, that [...]
This post contains affiliate links. Michael Katz, specializes in helping independent professionals get more and better clients by positioning themselves as Likeable Experts. Since launching Blue Penguin in 2000, Michael has been quoted in The [...]
This post contains affiliate links. I've been putting a lot of thought into what the business of composing actually is. Composing music means, among other things, to create art, add value, tell stories, serve [...]
This post contains affiliate links. Determined to make a feature documentary, first-time filmmaker John Beder, turned to his past as a musician to try and understand how and why we experience performance anxiety. Tapping his [...]
This post contains affiliate links. One of the things I enjoy most about visiting family over the holidays is that I have lots of time to read and think. When I couple this with [...]
This post contains affiliate links. Paul John Rudoi is an award-winning composer, conductor, vocalist, and entrepreneur. He has sung with many professional choral ensembles in the United States, including Cantus and Seraphic Fire. Paul's compositions [...]
