MSC IND 25Fostering Musical Creativity: Artists and Repertoires
Music Industry · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Beginning from psychology of creativity (James, Dewey, Csikszentmihalyi) and management literature, exploration of creative process and how to foster and control it; and collaborative process with producer, manager, labels, and other executives. Topics include path of artist; recognizing creative individuality; structure and freedom; collaboration and how teams work, including inside and outside concert hall and recording studio; negotiation and career-building; feed-back and evaluation. Special attention to musical creativity and its rhythms.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Summer 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
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