Shepherd Careers Forum ’07
Convening Student Perspectives and Creating New Models for the 21st Century

Friday October 12, 2007

5:00 p.m.
Arrival and Registration

5:30 p.m.
Conference Welcome

6:00 p.m.
Buffet Dinner at The Shepherd School

7:00 p.m.
Chiara Quartet Showcase Performance
Program: A Club Date First Set

8:00-9:15 Interactive Workshop with Eric Booth, Chiara Quartet and Student Participants: Faculty/Staff observe

Saturday, October 13, 2007

8:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet at Shepherd School

8:45-9:45 a.m.
Interactive Rehearsal: Chiara Quartet and Eric Booth
(all forum participants)

10:00-11:10 a.m.
Student participants meet in 4 discussion breakout groups, with members of the Chiara Quartet. Faculty/Staff discussion session led by Eric Booth

11:15 –12:00 p.m.
Report sessions (all forum participants)

12:00-1:00 p.m.
Lunch Buffet at Shepherd School

1:00-2:00 p.m.
Shoshana Dobrow Research Presentation.
Young Musicians and Their Careers: Highlights from the Longitudinal Study of Music Involvement, 2001-2007
Open to the public

2:15-3:15 p.m.
Sarah Rothenberg—Discussion Session

3:30-5:00 p.m.
Afternoon sessions: student groups begin creating Sunday afternoon "lab" performances. Faculty/Staff Meetings in small breakout groups

5:00 p.m.
Dinner Buffet at Shepherd School

6:30 p.m.
eighth blackbird Showcase Performance
Program: Eel from Powerless by Dennis DeSantis
Pocket Symphony (selected movements) by Frederic Rzewski
VIII from Thirteen Ways by Thomas Albert

7:30-8:15 p.m.
Interactive Workshop with Eric Booth, eighth blackbird and Student Participants: Faculty/Staff observe

8:30 p.m.
Evening out in Rice Village (nearby restaurant area)

Sunday, October 14, 2007

8:00 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet at Shepherd School

9:00-11:15 a.m.
Students: sessions to finish preparing “Lab” Performances,
Faculty/Staff: Large group with report sessions and brainstorming

11:30-12:30 p.m.
Lunch Buffet at Shepherd School

12:30-2:30 p.m.
Student “Lab” Performances: informal performances, each session running about 20 minutes in four
classrooms. Open to the public.

2:45-4:00 p.m.
Convening-follow up session with all participants: how can the outcome of the forum be put together to forge
pathways for this generation? Faculty/staff reports: what new resources and support systems will be needed?