Dr. Julia Mortyakova, chair of the Department of Music, presented a workshop at the College Music Society’s 2012 National Conference in San Diego, Calif.

The College Music Society is a consortium of university professors and independent musicians working in all disciplines of music.

Dr. Mortyakova’s workshop, “Advocacy in a Box: Lobby Training for Academia,” drew on her experience lobbying Congress in Washington, D.C., to provide an approach to arts advocacy in both community and government relations.