INDUSTRY EVENTS AND CONFERENCES

June 3-8, 2024	Los Angeles, CA	Opera America
June 6-8, 2024	Atlanta, GA	Chorus America Conference
June 16-19, 2024	Orlando, FL	American Harp Society Conference
June 17-22, 2024	Fullerton, CA	Guitar Foundation of America Convention
June 20-22, 2024	Chicago, IL	Theatre Communications Group National Conference
June 28 - July 2, 2024	Knoxville, TN	National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference
June 30 - July 4, 2024	San Francisco, CA	American Guild of Organists
July 21-25, 2024	Flagstaff, AZ	International Double Reed Society Annual Conference
July 31 - August 4, 2024	Dublin, Ireland	ClarinetFest Conference 2024
August 1-4, 2024	San Antonio, TX	National Flute Association Conference
October 17-26, 2024	Virtual	Society for Ethnomusicology Conference
November 7-9, 2024	Washington, DC	College Music Society National Conference
November 7-10, 2024	Jacksonville, FL	Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting
November 11-16, 2024	Montréal, QC	CINARS (International Exchange for the Performing Arts)
November 14-17, 2024	Chicago, IL	American Musicological Society Annual Conference
November 22-26, 2024	Chicago, IL	National Association of Schools of Music Annual Meeting
February 26 - March 2, 2025	Chattanooga, TN	American Bandmasters Association Annual Convention
March 5-8, 2025	Columbus, OH	US Institute for Theatre Technology Annual Conference
March 15-19, 2025	Minneapolis, MN	Music Teachers National Association National Conference
May 19-23, 2025	New Orleans, LA	Acoustical Society of America 188th Meeting
June 17-20, 2025	Chicago, IL	Dance/USA Annual Conference
August 7-10, 2025	Atlanta, GA	National Flute Association Conference
October 23-26, 2025	Atlanta, GA	Society for Ethnomusicology Conference
October 30 - November 1, 2025	Spokane, WA	College Music Society National Conference
November 4-9, 2025	Minneapolis, MN	American Musicological Society Annual Conference
November 6-9, 2025	Minneapolis, MN	Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting
March 18-21, 2026	Long Beach, CA	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.”