<p>I have a daughter who is interested in the busiess side of the arts.She had two great grandfathers who were highly involved in the inception of rock and roll and in classical music in Europe. She attends a performing arts high school in theatre in the south and has a 5.0/4.0gpa. She wants to go into the administration of theatre, film, etc and wants to stay in the south. Any ideas of schools who focus on the business side of the arts?</p>
<p>Lots and lots. It’s called Arts Management. Often students get an arts management degree as a MBA. One school with a good reputation is SMU.</p>
<p>Until you mentioned staying in the south I was about to mention Ithaca as having a strong undergraduate Arts Management program. Not south at all, but perhaps still worth a look.</p>
<p>At JMU in VA we do not have an Arts Management major but alumni are very successful in the field post graduate. As undergrads students have the opportunity to make this their focus and design the specifics of course of study. Students are able to secure arts management internships and paid positions in the Forbes Center and in the Theatre and Dance program. Students are also very successful at securing internships in DC, NY, LA, etc… Students interested in Arts Management often minor in nonprofit studies, music industry, or communications. </p>
<p>PM me if you have specific questions.</p>
<p>Off the top of my head I can not think of undergraduate Arts Management programs in the south, but I will think on it. I am sure that others will pitch in as well!</p>
<p>I know of more graduate level MFA, MA, or MBA programs.</p>
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<p>This website is a great resource since the information is reliable and up-to-date:
[College</a> Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics](<a href=“http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/]College”>College Navigator - National Center for Education Statistics)</p>
<p>You can search for schools by region and majors offered (and many other criteria). I think College Navigator acts as a good starting point. From there, you can look at each school’s website to see if their program fits your needs and then you can do further research about schools and programs online.</p>
<p>(Sorry I am not able to offer specific suggestions because I am not familiar with the major/area of interest. Best of luck though!)</p>
<p>Take a look at the University of Evansville in Evansville, In. Great program, just feet from Kentucly, so nearly south.</p>
<p>Thank you both for your replies. When I say south, that includes the West as well. Do you think my D. would be better served with a business major with a theatre/film/arts minor?
I cannot PM yet due to my low amount of posts. Thank you for any words of wisdom.</p>
<p>Our stage manager for all of our high school shows went off to a school in Nashville to learn the business side of music. She is not a musician, just loves the whole music scene and wants to be a part of that. I DO NOT know the name of the school, but she loves it (saw her over the holidays). It is a college, and not a two-year program.</p>
<p>I know that doesnt’ help you but maybe you can do a search.</p>
<p>Possibly Belmont, Marbleheader?</p>
<p>And here’s what KEVP always says in threads like this (if you are a regular here, like me, just skip this post):</p>
<p>I suggest your daughter research people who already have her “Dream Job”. Find out what they did to get where they are. Did they find the needed a degree in Arts Management? Or did they get their degree in some other area? Or what?</p>
<p>KEVP</p>
<p>Do take a look at University of Evansville. My D & I went for a college open house last year and they were quite proud of their Theatre Management program. From what I remember it was quite small and exclusive but graduates were extremely successful.</p>
<p>YES, Gwen - I believe it is Belmont!</p>
<p>The University of Southern California has some options you might wish to investigate:</p>
<p>Music Industry Major within the USC Thornton School of Music</p>
<p>Interdisciplinary Joint Program (USC Marshall School of Business)
Business and Cinematic Arts Joint Program
Student graduates with a B.S. in Business Administration with emphasis in cinematic arts</p>
<p>Within the USC Annenberg School of Communication & Journalism is the
B. A. in Communication with the Entertainment Option</p>
<p>Highly motivated and qualified accepted students, with guidance from his/her academic counselor, may design a major which could involve courses in the art schools and the Marshall School of Business.</p>
<p>More information can be obtained:<br>
Marshall-213 740 8885
Music-213 740 6935
Annenberg-213 740 6180</p>
<p>Marshall-<a href=“http://www.marshall.usc.edu”>www.marshall.usc.edu</a>
Music-<a href=“USC Thornton School of Music”>www.usc.edu/music</a>
Annenberg-<a href=“http://www.annenberg.usc.edu”>www.annenberg.usc.edu</a></p>
<p>Related to Arts Management is Arts Administration (which though very similar, can differ). Two Arts Administration programs I can think of in the west/south are Westminster College’s program in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Elon University’s program located in Elon, North Carolina. </p>
<p>You can also try this website from the Association of Arts Administration Educators, which has a list of accredited programs: [Undergraduate</a> Programs / Full Members | Association of Arts Administration Educators](<a href=“http://www.artsadministration.org/undergrad]Undergraduate”>Undergraduate program - Association of Arts Administration Educators AAAE)</p>
<p>Keep in mind that this is a burgeoning field, so don’t discount programs just because they aren’t listed on this site: they may be just developing.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that Loyola New Orleans has a superb music business program.</p>
<p>The previous advice to find people in your “dream job” and follow their path, is generally a good one. In the case of arts management, though, the industry has changed in the last twenty to thirty years. Most older (meaning, now in senior positions) managers trained the old fashioned way, and basically started out as performers who found that their other skills were more valuable, and moved into management. Nowadays there are different expectations and MBAs are becoming near-requirements. This does NOT mean that you shouldn’t give up studying the art form itself. The arts establishment would not be interested in hiring someone with great management credentials who did not come from their world.</p>
<p>^^i agree with prodesse re: the importance of a deep foundation in the art form of interest. If an MBA doesn’t seem right, there are also graduate certificate programs that give you the qualifications to do this kind of work. Boston University is one I’ve heard about a lot, and there’s a similar program at American University. Could be a good option.</p>
<p>I grew up in arts administration (I mean, my parents are in the business) and I can affirm what prodesse says is true. Most managers have an arts background themselves and learned their business skills on the job. It’s important to be of the world and to speak the language-- and it’s a plus to have the connections that come from having been part of that world.</p>
<p>Even today, most administrators have, as Times3 says, a deep background in the arts form. This does not mean that they all have BFAs, or BMs, but rather that they know the form as an insider. Off the top of my head I can tick off a dozen young arts admins I know who come from training in the art, not business.</p>
<p>Others may disagree with me, but if I were advising my own child, I would say to study the art first, business second. Or, alternatively, for a student with the OP’s daughter’s academic chops, to go to a top business school like Wharton and to continue working in the art form intensively in a curricular or seriously extracurricular way. And to pursue internships in the field. I would not recommend arts management as an undergraduate major.</p>
<p>I can’t speak form experience to this specific combination – arts plus management – but I think there is a generally applicable career insight here. In the science area, for example, you see lots of fairly narrow degrees popping up where I think students would have much more flexibility if they stuck to the basic chemistry, biololgy, etc. majors at the undergraduate level. These are the building blocks of the more narrow fields. It gives the student maximum flexibility depending on how his or her interests develop and how the job market goes. If after 4 years of building block studies a student wants to specialize, graduate school is the time to do that.</p>
<p>Thank up everyone for the insighful posts. Please keep them coming. I truly appreciate any information. :)</p>
<p>Both Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ and Wagner College on Staten Island, NY offer BAs in Arts Administration. Montclair State University in NJ offers a Master’s in Arts Administration. My S is a Theater Performance (MT) major with a Business minor at Wagner, and hopes to get a Master’s in Arts Admin at some point. He wants to have a career in Theater and feels learning the business of the business as well as his performance training will only help his chances of finding employment in his chosen field. There are many routes to take, but programs in Arts Admin/Mgmt are becoming more popular.</p>
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