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Performing Arts Industry Events and Conferences

December 2-6, 2019	San Diego, CA	International Congress on Acoustics
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 16-19, 2020	New York, NY	Chamber Music America
January 21-23, 2020	New York, NY	International Ticketing Association Annual Conference
February 5-7, 2020	Montreal, QC	Conductors Guild Annual Conference
February 22-26, 2020	Denver, CO	National Association for Campus Activities National Convention
February 26 - March 1, 2020	Norfolk, VA	Music Library Association Annual Meeting
March 4-7, 2020	Orlando, FL	American String Teachers Association National Conference
March 4-8, 2020	Biloxi, MS	American Bandmasters Association Annual Convention
March 17-20, 2020	Dallas, TX	American Choral Directors Association National Conference
March 21-25, 2020	Chicago, IL	MTNA National Conference
April 1-4, 2020	Houston< TX	US Institute for Theatre Technology Annual Conference
April 18-22, 2020	Las Vegas, NV	National Association of Broadcasters Show
May 11-15, 2020	Chicago, IL	International Congress on Acoustics
May 13-17, 2020	Seattle, WA	Opera America
May 20-22, 2020	Hamilton, ON	Orchestras Canada National Meeting
May 21-25, 2020	Minneapolis, MN	Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference
May 25-28, 2020	Vienna, Austria	Audio Engineering Society Convention
June 3-5, 2020	London, ON	Canadian University Music Society Conference
June 4-6, 2020	Phoenix, AZ	Theatre Communications Group National Conference
June 10-12, 2020	Twin City, MN	League of American Orchestras Annual Conference
June 14-21, 2020	New York, NY	International Computer Music Conference
June 17-20, 2020	Miami, FL	Chorus America Conference
June 17-20, 2020	Denver, CO	Dance/USA Annual Conference
June 21-24, 2020	Orlando, FL	American Harp Society Conference
June 22-27, 2020	Indianapolis, IN	Guitar Foundation of America Convention
June 23-27, 2020	Iowa City, IA	International Double Reed Society Annual Conference
June 24-28, 2020	Reno/Lake Tahoe, NV	ClarinetFest Conference 2020
June 26-28, 2020	Washington, DC	Americans for the Arts Annual Convention
June 26-30, 2020	Knoxville, TN	National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference
July 2020	Cleveland, OH	League of Historic American Theaters Annual Conference
July 5-9, 2020	Atlanta, GA	American Guild of Organists
July 12-16, 2020	Atlanta, GA	The Hymn Society Annual Conference
July 26-29, 2020	Long Beach, CA	International Association of Venue Managers Conference
July 29 - August 1, 2020	Orlando, FL	Piano Technicians Guild Convention
August 6-9, 2020	Dallas, TX	National Flute Association Conference
August 12-14, 2020	Riverside, CA	Association of California Symphony Orchestras Conference
August 23-26, 2020	Seoul, South Korea	InterNoise Conference 2020
August 28-30, 2020	Portsmouth, NH	National Council of Acoustical Consultants Conference
August 31- September 3, 2020	San Diego, CA	Western Arts Alliance Conference
September 9-12, 2020	Omaha, NE	Arts Midwest Conference
October 12-15, 2020	Spokane, WA	Arts Northwest Annual Conference
October 22-24, 2020	Miami, FL	College Music Society National Conference
October 22-25, 2020	Ottawa, ON	Society for Ethnomusicology Conference
November 5-8, 2020	Minneapolis, MN	American Musicological Society Annual Conference
November 5-8, 2020	Minneapolis, MN	Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting
November 9-14, 2020	Montreal, QC	CINARS (International Exchange for the Performing Arts)
November 18-21, 2020	New York, NY	Conference for Community Arts Education
November 20-24, 2020	Scottsdale, AZ	National Association of Schools of Music Annual Meeting
June 11-13, 2021	Los Angeles, CA	Americans for the Arts Annual Convention

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.”