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Boston Conservatory at Berklee

8 Fenway
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 912-9153

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INDUSTRY EVENTS AND CONFERENCES
Trade shows, seminars, events and conferences about the business of the performing arts
June 1-3, 2022 Los Angeles, CA League of American Orchestras Annual Conference
June 3-5, 2022 Anaheim, CA National Association of Music Merchants Show
June 8-10, 2022 Dearborn, MI Audio Engineering Society Convention
June 16-18, 2022 Pittsburgh, PA Theatre Communications Group National Conference
June 20-26, 2022 New York, NY International Computer Music Conference
June 22-25, 2022 Sioux Falls, SD American Harp Society Conference
June 27 - July 2, 2022 Indianapolis, IN Guitar Foundation of America Convention
June 29 - July 3, 2022 Reno/Lake Tahoe, NV ClarinetFest Conference 2022
July 1-6, 2022 Chicago, IL National Association of Teachers of Singing Conference
July 3-7, 2022 Seattle, WA American Guild of Organists
July 10-13, 2022 Cleveland, OH League of Historic American Theaters Annual Conference
July 17-21, 2022 Washington, DC The Hymn Society Annual Conference
July 18-21, 2022 Phoenix. AZ International Association of Venue Managers Conference
August 3-6, 2022 Anaheim, CA Piano Technicians Guild Convention
August 11-14, 2022 Chicago, IL National Flute Association Conference
August 21-24, 2022 Glasgow, Scotland InterNoise Conference 2022
August 29 - September 1, 2022 Calgary, AB Western Arts Alliance Conference
September 22-24, 2022 Long Beach, CA College Music Society National Conference
October 5-7, 2022 New York, NY Radio Show
October 17-23, 2022 Jacksonville, FL/CANCELED American Music Therapy Association Conference
December 5-9, 2022 Nashville, TN Society for Ethnomusicology Conference
November 10-13, 2022 New Orleans, LA Acoustical Society of America 183rd Meeting
January 10-12, 2023 New York, NY International Society for the Performing Arts
January 10-13, 2023 Valencia, Spain International Conductors Guild Conference
January 13-17, 2023 New York, NY Arts Presenters Conference
January 24-26, 2023 Seattle, WA International Ticketing Association Annual Conference
February 18-21, 2023 Louiville, KY National Association for Campus Activities National Convention
March 1-5, 2023 Lawrence, KS American Bandmasters Association Annual Convention
March 1-5, 2023 St. Louis, MO Music Library Association Annual Meeting
March 15-18, 2023 St. Louis, MO US Institute for Theatre Technology Annual Conference
March 15-18, 2023 Orlando, FL American String Teachers Association National Conference
March 25-29, 2023 Reno, NV Music Teachers National Association National Conference
April 15-19, 2023 Las Vegas, NV National Association of Broadcasters Show
April 4-7, 2023 Houston, TX National Opera Association Annual Convention
August 3-6, 2023 Phoenix, AZ National Flute Association Conference
August 31-16, 2023 Mission Inn, Riverside Association of California Symphony Orchestras Conference
January 9-11, 2024 New York, NY International Society for the Performing Arts
June 16-19, 2024 Orlando, FL American Harp Society Conference
 

Ask Edna
Edna Landau’s blog
Edna LandauEdna 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.”


People in the News

Composer Kaija Saariaho Dies at 70

June 2, 2023 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, whose music is as rigorous as it is imaginative, died at her home in Paris this morning at the age of 70. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2021.  Among her milestone works, L’Amour de Loin, … »Read
 

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Guerrero Will Leave Nashville

June 2, 2023 | Susan Elliott, Musical America
Giancarlo Guerrero has announced his departure as music director of the Nashville Symphony at the end of his current contract, through 2024-25. He will have been in the job 16 years. It has been, by all signs, a landmark tenure, marked by 11 … »Read
 

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In Boston: A Critic's Great Expectations

June 2, 2023 | Taylor Grant, Musical America
The talent migration from Los Angeles to the East Coast in the world of classical music continues, with Chad Smith as the latest emigrant. As soon as this fall, he is set to succeed Gail Samuel, in the position less than two years, as president … »Read
 

Contests & Awards

Recent Awards & Competition Wins:
Strings Edition

June 2, 2023 | Rick Beard, Musical America
Switzerland’s Fritz Gerber Foundation for Gifted Young People selected Italian cellist Elide Sulsenti [pictured] as one of three recipients of its annual award, given to artists 28 or younger who are Swiss citizens or have lived in the … »Read
 

People in the News

Arkansas Orchestra Exec to Run Cabrillo Festival

June 2, 2023 | Edward Edgerton, Musical America
Riley Nicholson will attempt to fill the huge shoes left by Executive Director Ellen Primack when she steps down at the end of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music this summer. Primack, in the job 33 years, announced her intent to exit in … »Read
 

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Long Yu Exits Guangzhou.
Is Hong Kong Next?

June 1, 2023 | Rudolph Tang, Musical America
SHANGHAI--In a sudden but not unexpected move, Long Yu [pictured] has stepped down as music director of the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra after being at the helm for two decades. He is retitled Lifetime Music Director Emeritus and remains chair of … »Read
 
 

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