- The Savvy Musician
- The Puzzler Company
- Spark Laboratory at the University of South Carolina School of Music
ABOUT DAVID
Dr. David Cutler is one of the world’s leading voices on arts entrepreneurship. His books The Savvy Musician and The Savvy Music Teacher help artists amplify IMPACT and INCOME through the lens of INNOVATION. His multi-day design GAMEs like SAVVY Arts Venture Challenge (6 seasons) and Music School Design Summits (2 seasons) challenge diverse teams to solve arts-related problems, and then compete for awards.
Balancing a career as a multi-genre pianist, composer, educator, author, speaker, and consultant, Cutler is an Aspen Global Leadership Fellow and serves as University of South Carolina’s Director of Music Entrepreneurship. His current writing project, Problem-Solving Champion, is a VISUAL book (illustrations and design throughout) that helps readers gamify the problem-solving process, turbocharge teams, and play to win.


