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Performing Arts Industry Events and Conferences

January 4-6, 2018	Fort Worth, TX	Conductors Guild Annual Conference
January 4-7, 2018	New York, NY	Chamber Music America
January 4-7, 2018	New Orleans, LA	National Opera Association Annual Convention
January 12-16, 2018	New York, NY	Arts Presenters Conference
January 23-25, 2018	Baltimore, MD	International Ticketing Association Annual Conference
January 25-28, 2018	Anaheim, CA	National Association of Music Merchants Show
January 31-February 4, 2018	Portland, OR	Music Library Association Annual Meeting
February 17-21, 2018	Boston, MA	National Association for Campus Activities National Convention
March 7-10, 2018	Fort Worth, TX	American Bandmasters Association Annual Convention
March 7-10, 2018	Atlanta, GA	American String Teachers Association National Conference
March 14-17, 2018	Fort Lauderdale, FL	US Institute for Theatre Technology Annual Conference
March 17-21, 2018	Orlando, FL	National Association of Broadcasters Show
April 7-12, 2018	Las Vegas, NV	National Association of Broadcasters Show
May 7-11, 2018	Minneapolis, MN	International Congress on Acoustics
May 23-25, 2018	Edmonton, AB	Canadian University Music Society Conference
May 23-26, 2018	Milan, Italy	Audio Engineering Society Convention
May 24-28, 2018	Minneapolis, MN	Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference
May 30 - June 1, 2018	Calgary, AB	Orchestras Canada National Meeting
June 6-9, 2018	Los Angeles, CA	Dance/USA Annual Conference
June 8-10, 2018	Denver, CO	Americans for the Arts Annual Convention
June 11-15, 2018	Leeuwarden, Netherlands	International Society for the Performing Arts
June 13-15, 2018	Chicago, IL	League of American Orchestras Annual Conference
June 14-16, 2018	St. Louis, MO	Theatre Communications Group National Conference
June 15-17, 2018	Denver, CO	Americans for the Arts Annual Convention
June 18-23, 2018	Louisville, KY	Guitar Foundation of America Convention
June 20-23, 2018	Chicago, IL	Chorus America Conference
June 20-23, 2018	St Louis, MO	Opera America
June 22-26, 2018	Las Vegas, NV	National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference
June 25-30, 2018	Chicago, IL	Musica Sacra Conference
June 27-30, 2018	Redlands, CA	American Harp Society Conference
July 2-6, 2018	Kansas City, MO	American Guild of Organists
July 6-11, 2018	Ostend, Belgium	ClarinetFest Conference 2017
July 11-14, 2018	Lancaster, PA	Piano Technicians Guild Convention
July 15-18, 2018	Austin, TX	League of Historic American Theaters Annual Conference
July 15-19, 2018	St. Louis, MO	The Hymn Society Annual Conference
July 22-25, 2018	Toronto, ON	International Association of Venue Managers Conference
August 9-11, 2018	Sacramento, CA	Association of California Symphony Orchestras Conference
August 9-12, 2018	Orlando, FL	National Flute Association Conference
August 23-25, 2018	Brazil	International Tuba-Euphonium Conference
August 26-29, 2018	Chicago, IL	InterNoise Conference 2018
August 27-30, 2018	Las Vegas, NV	Western Arts Alliance Conference
August 28 September 1, 2018	Granada, Spain	International Double Reed Society Annual Conference
September 5-8, 2018	Indianapolis, IN	Arts Midwest Conference
September 25-28, 2018	Orlando, FL	Radio Show
October 1-4, 2018	Orlando, FL	Performing Arts Exchange
October 8-11, 2018	Eugene, OR	Arts Northwest Annual Conference
October 11-13, 2018	Vancouver, BC	College Music Society National Conference
November 1-4, 2018	San Antonio, TX	Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting
November 1-4, 2018	San Antonio, TX	American Musicological Society Annual Conference
November 3-4, 2018	Seattle, WA	National Council of Acoustical Consultants Conference
November 12-17, 2018	Montreal, QC	CINARS (International Exchange for the Performing Arts)
November 12-17, 2018	Montreal, QC	Canadian Arts Presenting Association
November 14-17, 2018	Baltimore, MD	Conference for Community Arts Education
November 15-18, 2018	Dallas, TX	American Music Therapy Association Conference
November 15-18, 2018	Albuquerque, NM	Society for Ethnomusicology Conference
November 16-20, 2018	Washington, DC	National Association of Schools of Music Annual Meeting
February 27 - March 2, 2019	Kansas City, MO	American Choral Directors Association National Conference
March 6-9, 2019	Denver, CO	American Bandmasters Association Annual Convention
March 16-20, 2019	Spokane, WA	MTNA National Conference
March 20-23, 2019	Louisville, KY	US Institute for Theatre Technology Annual 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.”