Savvy Concert Pianist & Black Belt with an MBA Team Up to Take Artist-Entrepreneurs to Level Next

March 19, 2012 - PRLog -- Step Up Your Game to Level Next, a unique group coaching intensive designed for artist-entrepreneurs, begins Sunday, March 25th, 2012. The 8-week program brings together the mindset strategies of mental toughness expert Renita Kalhorn with the career-building innovation of concert pianist Jade Simmons. Artists and creative entrepreneurs in various stages of their careers will learn how to develop the attitude, habits and artistic branding techniques that lead to a more satisfying, successful and profitable career. The deadline for registration is Thursday, March 22nd and five slots remain for interested participants.

“There’s increasing recognition that mastering one’s psychology — the mental game — is critical to making the most of one’s potential in any arena, from sports and performing arts to business”, says Kalhorn.

Topics will cover the aspects often neglected in the educational training of most artists and entrepreneurs including mission definition, artistic identity and branding, building an audience, organic self-promotion, motivation, solutions-based focus, creative risk-taking, growth mindset and poise under pressure. Participants can expect to gain an increase in high-level performance, a newly developed awareness of surrounding opportunity and the tools necessary to capitalize on these advances.

Jade Simmons believes that "for too long, artists have waited around to be discovered. I'm challenging them to discover themselves instead. In order to do that, a dramatic shift must take place from the mindset of a freelancer to one of an entrepreneur. In other words, artists and creative entrepreneurs must become the boss of their own art."

For more details on the specifics of the course and to register for this career-altering program, go to: http://coaching.stepupyourgamenow.com/level-next-for-arti...

About Renita Kalhorn
A Juilliard-trained concert pianist with a martial arts black belt and an MBA, Renita Kalhorn helps the "elite performers in every arena" achieve better, faster results. Renita has delivered leadership and development programs in the U.S. and Asia for Fortune 500 clients such as Deutsche Bank, Pfizer and Time Warner, as well as mental toughness training to executive teams and the Navy SEALs RDAC.

About Jade Simmons
This concert pianist and arts entrepreneur's creative career takes her to a mix of renowned stages including Ravinia in 2012, artist residencies at prestigious universities like the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Chicago, and stints as the webcast host for both the Van Cliburn and the Tchaikovsky competitions. She ended 2011 with a performance at the White House. Simmons is the creator of Emerge Already!, a career-building online platform for artists and the author of the Ultimate Guide to Career Building for Emerging Artists. Jade speaks often on the arts, arts marketing, race & culture as well as career-building.