The Many Facets of Music Entrepreneurship Education

Abstract

As the field of arts entrepreneurship education has developed, so has our collective understanding of the nature of arts entrepreneurship theory and pedagogy. At the same time, critical differences exist between the various arts sectors, with music entrepreneurship embodying a number of specific characteristics more or less unique to it. This essay identifies and explores five such issues and discusses the programmatic, pedagogical and theoretical implications of each, offering insights into how entrepreneurship education can benefit music students.