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INDUSTRY EVENTS AND CONFERENCES

February 23-26, 2021	Digital Event	National Association for Campus Activities National Convention
March 1-5, 2021	Digital Event	Music Library Association Annual Meeting
March 3-6, 2021	Digital Event	American String Teachers Association National Conference
March 3-7, 2021	Canceled	American Bandmasters Association Annual Convention
March 8-12, 2021	Digital Event	US Institute for Theatre Technology Annual Conference
March 13-17, 2021	Digital Event	Music Teachers National Association National Conference
March 18-20, 2021	Digital Event	American Choral Directors Association National Conference
May 24-29, 2021	Montréal, QC	CINARS (International Exchange for the Performing Arts)
June 2021	Digital Event	Americans for the Arts Annual Convention
August 4-7, 2021	Orlando, FL	Piano Technicians Guild Convention
August 12-15, 2021	Washington, DC	National Flute Association Conference
October 9-13, 2021	Las Vegas, NV	National Association of Broadcasters Show
March 2-6, 2022	Indianapolis, IN	American Bandmasters Association Annual Convention
August 11-14, 2022	Chicago, IL	National Flute Association Conference
March 1-5, 2023	Lawrence, KS	American Bandmasters Association Annual Convention
August 3-6, 2023	Phoenix, AZ	National Flute Association 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.”