LIVING to see your music career flourish.
Weā€™re here to help you rise above industry noise, hustle culture, and burnout. Step into a supportive space built by working artists who give you the real-world tools, clarity, and confidence to build a life in music you truly love.
The Whole Musician
Holistic Growth & Support"Music isn't just what you doā€”it's who you are. We honor the human behind the instrument, prioritizing your well-being alongside professional progress."
Music 360 is a career hub for musicians designed to help you build a life you love.
All of our resources, programs, and work with you are centered on our belief that in order to grow sustainably and intentionally, you must address the many layers of who you are: an artist, human, entrepreneur, and creative.
Co-directed by Ixi Chen & Ted Nelson
Professional musicians, administrators, coaches, and entrepreneurs here to connect you with ideas and people that amplify your growth.
Things We Do
Free Content & Community
Provide free content to help you on your journey on Instagram, through our weekly newsletter, and our blog!
Awesome Resources
Create awesome resources like our 7-Day Free Email Course.
Thrive Membership
Run our Thrive Membership, a space where musicians develop their multiple skill sets.
Connecting Events
Host events to introduce you to the best creative minds we can find.
Action Challenges
Create challenges to help musicians make progress in a specific area with directed, action-oriented lessons.
Digital Courses
Design digital courses like The Studio Building Masterplan and The Audition Lab.
1:1 Coaching
Coach musicians to build projects, launch their own programs, design their practice, & more.
Musician's Practice Planner
Sell a Musician's Practice Planner to help you build habits for remarkable results!
Digital Clarinet Academy
Ixi also runs the Digital Clarinet Academy, a flagship program of Music360.
7 Things to Know About Us
We love what we do
We're here to give you something that opens doors to learning and moves you forward.
Programs That Change You
Designed to help you evolve faster and adopt a practice that builds true creative confidence.
We've Got Your Back
When hesitation or fear creeps in, we guide you right back to your focus and creativity.
We sell things
We offer training, coaching, and design services to ensure actionable value.
Free Content Delivery
Business success lets us create free resources, community support, and scholarships.
Trust Us to Overdeliver
We go above and beyond to help you find your greatness and reach possibility.
We are People People
Warm-hearted community with zero tolerance for hate, judgment, or dishonesty.
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CO-DIRECTORS OF MUSIC360 INCLUDE:
IXI CHEN (Founder)
Ixi Chen is the Second Clarinetist of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and enjoys a versatile and active career as an orchestral player, chamber musician, artistic director, educator and coach.
Following her studies at the Manhattan School of Music and the University of Southern California, Ms. Chen was appointed by Maestro Paavo Järvi to the position of Second Clarinet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in 2002. In 2004, she joined the woodwind faculty of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and in 2006, founded the chamber ensemble concert:nova whose fusion of traditional and contemporary elements seeks to cultivate a new audience for music and deeper understanding .
Ms. Chen's commitment to diverse experiences has taken her around the globe. She has performed in music festivals such as the Munich ARD, Aspen, Tanglewood, Evian, Schleswig-Holstein, Rheingau, Jerusalem, Thessoloniki, Saint Petersburg, Mexico City UNAM and the Beijing International Clarinet Festival.
Ms.Chen has trained with Rosario Mazzeo, Gary Gray, David Krakauer, Ricardo Morales, Wolfgang Meyer and Yehuda Gilad. An active presenter and clinician, she presents masterclasses and workshops at universities across the US and abroad. As a Buffet Group and Vandoren Artist, Ms. Chen performs exclusively on Buffet Crampon clarinets and D'Addario reeds.
THEODORE NELSON (Founder)
Theodore Nelson is a member of the cello section in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Prior to this engagement, Mr. Nelson served as Associate Principal cellist of the Kansas City Symphony for five seasons, and he has also been a member of the Akron Symphony and Toledo Symphony Orchestras in Ohio.
An avid chamber musician, Mr. Nelson has been a member and artistic director of concert:nova for the past 10 seasons. He has performed at the Kneisel Hall Festival in Blue Hill Maine, the Utah Music Festival, and the Johannesen International School of the Arts and Scotia Festival in Canada. While in Kansas City, he performed for the Ruel Joyce Recital Series, the Summerfest Chamber Music series, and was a regular participant with the New Ear Contemporary Music Ensemble. He is a regular participant in the Cincinnati Symphony Chamber Players series, and has appeared as guest artist at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.
A native of Vermont, he received his Bachelor of Music degree at the Eastman School of Music and his Master of Music degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he performed Strauss’ Don Quixote as soloist with the CIM Symphony Orchestra. In 1995, he was invited to participate in the Gregor Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists at the University of Southern California. His teachers include Alan Harris, Pamela Frame and Elsa Hilger.
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