ISU Music Practicum Students

                   My name is Sarah Lange, and I am a Music Business and Arts Technology double major with a French minor at ISU. For the first half of the Spring 2020 semester I had an internship at the Castle Theatre. At this internship, Jay Lowers was my mentor and I was able to work with several other interns from Bradley University. The rest of the staff at the Castle was also comprised of college students or newly graduated students. During my time at the Castle, I worked during the day and during the shows. Both were extremely useful for learning first-hand how performance venues were run and more details about the working of the music industry.                                         When I worked at the Castle during the daytime, Jay would always take time to teach about certain concepts of the music indus...

Hello! My name is Noah White and I am a senior music business major at ISU with a minor in Business Administration. After hearing that an internship is a graduation requirement for the music business major, I will say I was a little nervous that it would be hard to find one in that upcoming semester. However, I was wrong because the opportunities that presented themselves in MUS 175 helped set me up with my internship.  This spring I completed my internship with ISU Alum Dennis Tobensk and NewMusicShelf.com . As I mentioned above, I heard about this opportunity in my MUS 175 class. After reaching out to Dennis to express interest, he sent me some more information on what the internship actually is and what he hopes that I would accomplish with it. The internship was mainly student-based, which I enjoyed because I knew that I would get out of it what I put into it. After chatting with Dennis, he offered me the opportunity for the internship and I immediately got started. The first j...