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Performing Arts Industry Events and Conferences

January 2-3, 2019	New York, NY	Conductors Guild Annual Conference
January 4-8, 2019	New York, NY	Arts Presenters Conference
January 9-12, 2019	Salt Lake City, UT	National Opera Association Annual Convention
January 17-20, 2019	Washington, DC	Chamber Music America
January 24-27, 2019	Anaheim, CA	National Association of Music Merchants Show
January 29-31, 2019	Grapevine, TX	International Ticketing Association Annual Conference
February 16-20, 2019	Columbus, OH	National Association for Campus Activities National Convention
February 20-24, 2019	St. Louis, MO	Music Library Association Annual Meeting
February 27 - March 2, 2019	Kansas City, MO	American Choral Directors Association National Conference
March 6-9, 2019	Loveland, CO	American Bandmasters Association Annual Convention
March 6-9, 2019	Albuquerque, NM	American String Teachers Association National Conference
March 16-20, 2019	Spokane, WA	MTNA National Conference
March 20-23, 2019	Louisville, KY	US Institute for Theatre Technology Annual Conference
March 20-23, 2019	Dublin, Ireland	Audio Engineering Society Convention
April 6-11, 2019	Location TBD	National Association of Broadcasters Show
May 1-5, 2019	Cancun, Mexico	Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference
May 13-17, 2019	Louisville, KY	International Congress on Acoustics
May 25 - June 1, 2019	Iowa City, IA	International Tuba-Euphonium Conference
June 3-5, 2019	Nashville, TN	League of American Orchestras Annual Conference
June 5-7, 2019	Miami, FL	Theatre Communications Group National Conference
June 5-7, 2019	Vancouver, BC	Canadian University Music Society Conference
June 12-14, 2019	Ottowa, ON	Orchestras Canada National Meeting
June 12-14, 2019	Cleveland, OH	Dance/USA Annual Conference
June 12-15, 2019	San Francisco, CA	Opera America
June 14-16, 2019	Minneapolis, MN	Americans for the Arts Annual Convention
June 16-19, 2019	Madrid, Spain	InterNoise Conference 2019
June 17-22, 2019	Miami, FL	Guitar Foundation of America Convention
June 26-29, 2019	Philadelphia, PA	Chorus America Conference
July 1-6, 2019	Philadelphia, PA	Musica Sacra Conference
July 10-13, 2019	Tucson, AZ	League of Historic American Theaters Annual Conference
July 14-17, 2019	Philadelphia, PA	Piano Technicians Guild Convention
July 14-18, 2019	Dallas, TX	The Hymn Society Annual Conference
July 14-18, 2019	Tampa, FL	International Double Reed Society Annual Conference
July 19-22, 2019	Winston-Salem, NC	American Harp Society Conference
July 21-24, 2019	Chicago, IL	International Association of Venue Managers Conference
July 24-28, 2019	Knoxville, TN	ClarinetFest Conference 2019
August 1-4, 2019	Salt Lake City, UT	National Flute Association Conference
August 8-10, 2019	Monterey, CA	Association of California Symphony Orchestras Conference
August 26-29, 2019	Los Angeles, CA	Western Arts Alliance Conference
September 4-7, 2019	Minneapolis, MN	Arts Midwest Conference
September 13-15, 2019	Atlanta, GA	National Council of Acoustical Consultants Conference
September 23-26, 2019	Orlando, FL	Performing Arts Exchange
September 24-27, 2019	Dallas, TX	Radio Show
October 14-17, 2019	Boise, ID	Arts Northwest Annual Conference
October 24-26, 2019	Louisville, KY	College Music Society National Conference
October 30 - November 2, 2019	Austin, TX	Conference for Community Arts Education
October 31 - November 3, 2019	Boston, MA	American Musicological Society Annual Conference
November 7-10, 2019	Columbus, OH	Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting
November 7-10, 2019	Bloomington, IN	Society for Ethnomusicology Conference
November 14-16, 2019	Ottowa, ON	Canadian Arts Presenting Association
November 21-24, 2019	Minneapolis, MN	American Music Therapy Association Conference
November 22-26, 2019	Chicago, IL	National Association of Schools of Music Annual Meeting
January 8-11, 2020	Cleveland, OH	National Opera Association Annual Convention
January 10-14, 2020	New York, NY	Arts Presenters Conference
January 16-19, 2020	Anaheim, CA	National Association of Music Merchants Show
January 21-23, 2020	New York, NY	International Ticketing Association Annual Conference
March 21-25, 2020	Chicago, IL	MTNA National Conference
July 5-9, 2020	Atlanta, GA	American Guild of Organists
June 26-30, 2020	Knoxville, TN	National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference

Edna Landau—doyenne of the music business, long-time managing director of IMG Artists and director of career development at the Colburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles—writes Ask Edna exclusively for MusicalAmerica.com to provide invaluable advice to music students and young professional artists. Read more about Edna’s impact on the performing arts.

Send your questions to Edna Landau at AskEdna@MusicalAmerica.com and she’ll answer through Ask Edna. Click the links below to read Edna’s recent columns on the critical aspects of launching and managing and professional music career.

Arts Administration

Career Etiquette

Communicating with Your Audience

Finding a Manager

For Chamber Music Ensembles

Listening to Your Inner Voice

Managing Your Own Career

Publicity and Promotion

The Orchestral World

When It Comes to Recording

During Edna’s 23 years as managing director of IMG Artists, she personally looked after the career of violinist, Itzhak Perlman and launched the careers of musicians such as pianists Evgeny Kissin and Lang Lang, violinist Hilary Hahn, and conductors Franz Welser-Mõst and Alan Gilbert.

Edna believes young musicians can grow their own careers, with “hard work, blind faith, passion for the cause, incessant networking and a vision that refuse[s] to be tarnished by naysayers.”