Since 2013, I have had the privilege of teaching at OPERA America’s Leadership Intensive Program. This initiative trains mid-career opera executives to take on senior leadership positions at major opera companies. We meet for a week in New York and then I have a series of coaching calls with the leaders throughout the year. For our most recent cohort in …
Grow Through It: Growing Through A Near-Death Experience
Article: Astrid Baumgardner on Growing Through a Near Death Experience
Entrepreneurial Projects at the Yale School of Music: Why Classical Music Needs Audience Interviews
In our last post, we explored how the students in my collaborative project class at the Yale School of Music (“YSM”) identified their audiences and designed projects to meet the needs of their audience members. The next step was to test out and share prototypes of their projects with the intended audience members to see how well their projects met …
Entrepreneurial Projects at the Yale School of Music: What Today’s Audiences Need from Classical Music:
Each fall, I teach a wonderful class at the Yale School of Music (“YSM”) entitled, Collaborative Leadership To Advance Creativity, Innovation and New Opportunities in the Arts. My class uses the experiential semester-long collaborative project to teach graduate music students how to create innovative solutions to problems in the classical music field. Our focus is on meeting the needs of …
Astrid Baumgardner on Coaching Creatives: How to Find Your Most Fulfilling Career Path as an Artist
MusicCentric Astrid Baumgardner on Coaching Creatives: How to Find Your Most Fulfilling Career Path as an Artist https://www.buzzsprout.com/1530170?client_source=large_player&iframe=true&referrer=https://www.buzzsprout.com/1530170.js?container_id=buzzsprout-large-player-1530170&player=large#
Podcast: “Cracking Into Creativity” – Why Astrid Baumgardner Leapt After 25 Years And Now Coaches The Rest Of Us On Doing The Same
I am honored to be featured on the Life Leaps Podcast where I share how I made the life leap from law into my wonderful career as a career and executive coach, author, trainer, speaker and faculty member at Yale! The episode also highlights the mindset of success and why we should unlock and cultivate our inner creativity when making …
Shoutout LA: Meet Astrid Baumgardner
“I feel a renewed sense of excitement as I share the science of happiness with my students and clients.” Shoutout LA published an entire feature on Astrid and her work. Check it out! Meet Astrid Baumgardner | Executive and Career Coach and Teacher to Arts Leaders, Professional Musicians and Creative Entrepreneurs
The Culture File Debate: Missing Audiences
Luke Clancy’s excursion into art, design, music, performance, media, technology and a world of intriguing possibilities. Broadcast weekdays on Lorcan Murray’s Classic Drive on RTÉ Lyric FM. NCH’s Robert Read, audience data specialist, Katy Raines, conductor Mark Wigglesworth and Yale School of Music’s Astrid Baumgardner on what’s happening to audiences in the “post” COVID world.
iCadenza Creative Careers Podcast
I was featured on Episode 19 of the iCadenza Creative Careers Podcast on June 12, 2017. Creative Careers Podcast: Episode 19 with Astrid Baumgardner
Videos
Interviews 1. Conversation with David Lang on Creativity, Entrepreneurship and What it Means to be an Artist in the 21st Century View video Read blog post 2. Conversation with David Shifrin on Creating Opportunities Throughout One’s Career View video Read blog post 3. Money for Lunch Radio Show: 4 Happiness Strategies for Coping with Challenge Passion and Career Success New York …