INDUSTRY EVENTS AND CONFERENCES

May 19-23, 2025	New Orleans, LA	Acoustical Society of America 188th Meeting
May 20-23, 2025	Memphis, TN	Opera America
May 22-24, 2025	Warsaw, Poland	Audio Engineering Society European Convention
May 22-25, 2025	Waterloo, ON	Canadian University Music Society Conference
June 4-7 2025	St. Louis, MO	Chorus America Conference
June 10-13 2025	Lugano, Switzerland	International Society for the Performing Arts
June 10-14 2025	Indianapolis, IN	International Double Reed Society Annual Conference
June 11-13 2025	Salt Lake City, UT	League of American Orchestras Annual Conference
June 17-20, 2025	Chicago, IL	Dance/USA Annual Conference
June 23-29, 2025	Valencia, Spain	International Tuba-Euphonium Conference
June 29 - July 1, 2025	Nashville, TN	National Association of Music Merchants NET
July 9-13, 2025	Fort Worth, TX	ClarinetFest Conference
July 13-16, 2025	Detroit, MI	The Hymn Society Annual Conference
July 14-15, 2025	Virtual	American String Teachers Association Virtual String Teachers Summit
July 16-19, 2025	Des Moines, IA	Piano Technicians Guild Convention
July 20-23, 2025	Pittsburgh, PA	League of Historic American Theaters Annual Conference
July 25-27, 2025	Denver, CO	National Council of Acoustical Consultants Conference
July 28-31, 2025	New Orleans, LA	International Association of Venue Managers Conference
August 7-10, 2025	Atlanta, GA	National Flute Association Conference
August 15-17, 2025	Mexico City, Mexico	Audio Engineering Society Latin American Conference
August 17-19, 2025	Costa Mesa, CA	Association of California Symphony Orchestras Conference
August 24-27, 2025	São Paulo, Brazil	InterNoise Conference
September 2-5, 2025	Los Angeles, CA	Western Arts Alliance Conference
October 2-4, 2025	Savannah, GA	National Association for Campus Activities Conference
October 13-16, 2025	Beaverton, OR	Arts Northwest Annual Conference
October 16-18, 2025	Hartford, CT	National Association for Campus Activities Conference
October 23-26, 2025	Long Beach, CA	Audio Engineering Society Convention
October 23-26, 2025	Atlanta, GA	Society for Ethnomusicology Conference
October 30 - November 1, 2025	Spokane, WA	College Music Society National Conference
November 6-9, 2025	Minneapolis, MN	American Musicological Society Annual Conference
November 6-9, 2025	Minneapolis, MN	Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting
November 20-22, 2025	Riverside, CA	National Association for Campus Activities Conference
November 21-25, 2025	Orlando, FL	National Association of Schools of Music Annual Meeting
December 1-5, 2025	Ottawa, ON	Canadian Arts Presenting Association
January 7-10, 2026	Boston, MA	National Opera Association Annual Convention
January 9-13, 2026	New York, NY	Arts Presenters Conference
January 13-15, 2026	New York, NY	International Society for the Performing Arts
January 16-19, 2026	Dallas, TX	International Conductors Guild 50th Anniversary Conference
January 20-24, 2026	New York, NY	National Association of Music Merchants Show
January 26-29, 2026	Las Vegas, NV	International Ticketing Association Annual Conference
February 25-28, 2026	Providence, RI	American Choral Directors Association Eastern Conference
February 25-28, 2026	Milwaukee, WI	American Choral Directors Association Midwestern Region Conference
February 25-28, 2026	San Francisco, CA	Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference
March 2026	Salt Lake City, UT	Music Library Association Annual Meeting
March 4-7, 2026	Tacoma, WA	American Choral Directors Association Northwestern Region Conference
March 4-7, 2026	Memphis, TN	American Choral Directors Association Southern Region Conference
March 4-7, 2026	Albuquerque, NM	American Choral Directors Association Southwestern Region Conference
March 4-7, 2026	San Jose, CA	American Choral Directors Association Western Region Conference
March 18-21, 2026	Long Beach, CA	US Institute for Theatre Technology Annual Conference
March 21-25, 2026	Chicago, IL	Music Teachers National Association National Conference
April 9-11, 2026	Milwaukee, WI	National Association for Campus Activities Conference
April 18-22, 2026	Las Vegas, NV	National Association of Broadcasters Show
May 19-22, 2026	Singapore	International Society for the Performing Arts
July 3-7, 2026	San Antonio, TX	National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference
July 6-10, 2026	St. Louis, MO	American Guild of Organists
August 20-23, 2026	Chicago, IL	Chamber Music America
January 12-14, 2027	New York, NY	International Society for the Performing Arts
April 2-6, 2027	St. Louis, MO	Music Teachers National Association National 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.”