Monday, June 15, 2020 After a busy first week of workshops, rehearsals, and performances, we started week two of Fresh Inc 2020 by participating in a workshop about personal promotion led by Melissa and Alex. In addition to learning how to put together an amazing electronic press kit (pro tip: the structure of your bio …
Saturday, June 13, 2020 Today was a lighter day at Fresh Inc Festival. Instead of starting the day with a workshop, Fresh Inc’ers had the morning off (unless they were in rehearsals), then came together later in the afternoon for the second Performer Showcase of the festival. Spencer Arias, composer participant and emcee for the …
Friday, June 12, 2020 How do you create a concert experience that resonates with a specific audience? This is the question Herine answered in this morning’s workshop, “Putting Your Audience Center Stage.” In this workshop, Herine pointed out that being an audience member at a poorly designed concert is like going on a bad date …
Thursday, June 11, 2020 Today began with a workshop led by Paul Wang, associate professor of integrated marketing communications at Northwestern University. Paul guided us through a conversation about the El Sistema case study that we began in small groups yesterday. This case study discussed the background of the El Sistema program, with a focus …
Wednesday, June 10, 2020 For the third day of Fresh Inc, we broke into small groups to discuss a Harvard Business School case study examining the El Sistema program created by José Antonio Abreu, the late Venezuelan music educator and activist. We analyzed the case study from multiple perspectives and talked about everything from funding …
Tuesday, June 9, 2020 The second day of Fresh Inc 2020 was filled with deep breaths and creative thinking as we devoted a day to the practice of Deep Listening. Tuesday morning began with a Deep Listening workshop led by Brian and Leila Pertl, creative leaders and Fifth House Ensemble’s partners at Lawrence University. Brian …
Monday, June 8, 2020 Welcome to Fresh Inc 2020! We didn’t get to kick off our festival around a campfire like we normally would, but we still managed to share smores together around a virtual campfire! We bonded by ranking pictures of each other’s creative recipes. Some people went above and beyond the challenge! Enjoy …
Check out these world premieres from our June 15, 2019 performance!
Check out these world premieres from our June 14, 2019 performance!
It’s a 2-concert kind of day at at Fresh Inc! We start with a performance at the Milwaukee Art Museum, return to campus for an afternoon of workshops with guest expert Tad Gray, then spend a magical evening at the HobNob
