Photinos currently serves as Professor of Chamber Music and Eminent Scholar at the University of Cincinnati, and previously served on the faculties of the Longy School of Music of Bard College, the University of Michigan, and Northwestern University. He is faculty at the Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival and performs in the Grossman Ensemble at the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
Winter Workshops
WORKSHOPS FOR MOMENTUM IN 2025!
Grab your favorite hot drink, cozy up with a pen, notebook and soft blanket
for some good wisdom, nuts-and-bolts, or just a bit of juju for the coming year.
Set yourself up for success with our winter workshops!
Dec 16 12pm ET
TAXES FOR MUSICIANS
Say goodbye to tax overwhelm. When it comes to your musicians' income, learn what you need to do to get your financial life in order, especially when it comes filing time!
Your host Nick Photinos
Dec 17 3pm ET
APPLYING FOR AN ACADEMIC POSITION
So you want a job in Academia? Being a great musician and teacher are required, but that's just the beginning! How do you best present yourself in all stages of the application process?
Hosted by David Cook
Dec 18 12pm ET
THE OVERTHINKERS GUIDE TO GOAL SETTING
You didn't get this far as a musician without some serious ambition, dedication and goal setting. But goals can quickly spiral to stress and overwhelm, especially if you're a perfectionistic overthinker.
With Ixi Chen
Dec 19 & 22 12pm ET
E-SCHOOL WALK THROUGH
These 9 pillars are the blueprint for creating a good life in music. E-School is a new certificate program for musicians who are seeking a holistic set of 21st century skills.
Choose which date you'd like to attend (or come to both)!
Hosted by Ixi Chen
Yes, I'm in!
You'll be automatically signed up for all 5 workshops at the time of registration. Don't worry if you can't come to all, they'll be recorded and available for a limited time.
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Speakers
DAVID COOK
David Cook is Associate Professor of Clarinet and Chair of Instrumental Performance Studies at Millikin University, Principal Clarinet of the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra, and clarinetist for the Appian Duo and the Greyline Duo. David teaches applied clarinet, chamber music, clarinet pedagogy, and clarinet methods at Millikin University, where he received the university’s Research and Artistic Achievement Award in 2023. David was previously on faculty at Wichita State University and the University of Oklahoma. Critically praised for “brilliant and stunning” performances, “terrific virtuosic playing,” and “a fine sense of drama,” David has been recognized in numerous competitions including The American Prize for Instrumental Performance, the American Virtuoso International Music Competition, the Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music, the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition, the Oklahoma Community Orchestra Young Artist Competition, and the White Lake Chamber Music Festival Solo Competition.
David is founder of Adademic Musician Career Consulting, where he mentors applicants who are entering the academic job search.
NICK PHOTINOS
Four-time Grammy Award-winning cellist Nick Photinos is one of the most innovative and multifaceted cellists of our time. An ardent advocate of new music, he has worked closely with many of the foremost composers of this era and has premiered hundreds of works throughout his career.
IXI CHEN
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. She teaches at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and is founder of the chamber ensemble concertnova, whose fusion of traditional and contemporary elements seeks to cultivate a new audience for music and deeper understanding.
Ixi's commitment to diverse experiences and empowering musicians led her to create Music360 and the Digital Clarinet Academy. All of the resources, programs and work therein are centered on the belief that in order to grow sustainably and intentionally, you must address the many layers of who you are: an artist, human, entrepreneur, creative and so much more.
