When Madison Tallman graduates next month, she鈥檒l take away more than a degree鈥攕he鈥檒l take a community with her.听
Tallman moved to Boulder from Colorado Springs, struck by how tight-knit the College of Music is. 鈥淚 just love the community here,鈥� she says. 鈥淚 have really enjoyed getting to work with fellow students and build strong relationships with other people.听
鈥淚 think it makes us much better musicians when we know people on a personal level because music is such a personal thing.鈥�
Alongside performing, Tallman leveraged the College of Music鈥檚 business offerings: She鈥檒l graduate with a Bachelor of Music in flute performance as well as a Music Entrepreneurship certificate and business minor. 鈥淚 like having a balance of tangible results鈥攍ike working in the nonprofit world鈥攁nd very subjective results, like playing music. I like having both. I think it鈥檚 a nice balance.鈥�
Business courses empowered Tallman to build practical skills for potential future entrepreneurial ventures. 鈥淔or the music entrepreneurship capstone, I鈥檓 working on studio materials for when I want to start a private studio,鈥� she says. 鈥淚 think that鈥檚 really important.听
鈥淭here are so many aspects of that, like setting up an LLC and payments and all these nitty-gritty things鈥擨鈥檓 really glad that I have the tools and resources to learn those kinds of things now.鈥�
Tallman鈥檚 future goals also include playing chamber music and working in the nonprofit sector. She explains, 鈥淚 want to work for a nonprofit that does outreach to make arts more accessible in schools. I actually had a personal experience with that鈥攊n fifth grade through middle school, the arts were not funded by my school. I think it鈥檚 important that kids have arts experience.鈥�
Next year, Tallman will continue her journey in both performance and management鈥攕he鈥檚 starting a master鈥檚 program in music and arts management at Colorado State University. 鈥淚鈥檓 super excited!鈥�
Congratulations to Madison and all of our winter 2023 and spring 2024 graduates!
