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July 16-29, 2023 Arlington, VA Piano Technicians Guild Convention
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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.

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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.”

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ROCO’s November Concerts feature an all-female composer program, a panel of Women in the Arts, and a Vintage Game Night at Rienzi

September 20, 2018 | By Andrew Ousley
Unison Media

ROCO’s November Concerts feature an all-female composer program, a panel of Women in the Arts, and a Vintage Game Night at Rienzi

 

ROCO’s 2018 In Concert series continues with Queen of Hearts on November 17 highlighting a program of all female composers, featuring the world premiere of Heather Schmidt’s Solitaire for solo violin and orchestra

Honoring their commitment to women in the performing arts, ROCO will also host Concert & Conversation: Women in the Arts, a performance and panel with conductor Mei-Ann Chen, composer Heather Schmidt, Houston Ballet dancer Lauren Anderson, Houston First Cultural Programs manager Christine West, University of Houston Arts Leadership Graduate Program director Fleurette Fernando, and Mitchell Center for the Arts program director Pia Agrawal

ROCO invites concertgoers to enjoy vintage board games at Rienzi before the first concert of their 2018 Connections series on November 29, featuring principal cellist Richard Belcher and violinist Cecilia Belcher

 

 

For immediate release – Houston, TX – ROCO’s 14th season, Games People Play, continues with three November events. Featuring the world premiere of Heather Schmidt’s Solitaire, ROCO’s In Concertseries picks up on November 17 with Queen of Hearts, presenting a program of all female composers. On November 29, ROCO’s 2018 Connections series continues with a vintage board game night and concert at Rienzi, featuring principal cellist Richard Belcher and violinist Cecilia Belcher.

Guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen will lead ROCO’s all-female-composer program Queen of Hearts on November 17. Taking center stage for the evening, Heather Schmidt’s Solitaire will mark ROCO’s 3rd world premiere for the season, bringing their total number of commissions to 76 in just 14 years. Composed for solo violin and orchestra, Solitaire is inspired by the inherent solitude of the classic card game and will feature ROCO’s concertmaster, Scott St. John, as soloist interacting with the orchestra as though flipping through a deck of cards. The program will also include Anna Clyne’s Within Her Arms, Ruth Gipps’s Seascape, and Louise Farrenc’s Symphony No. 3.

Mei-Ann Chen will also lead the orchestra in selections from the Queen of Hearts program the night prior on November 16 as part of a performance and panel discussion titled Concert & Conversation: Women in the Arts. Dialogue will focus on the roles of women in the arts and cultural industries, the importance of diverse female voices, and the future of their representation. Panelists will include Lauren Anderson of Houston Ballet, Christine West of Houston First, Fleurette Fernando of UH’s Masters in Arts Leadership program, Pia Agrawal of UH’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, Mei-Ann Chen, conductor, and Heather Schmidt, composer. The concert and panel will be held at Houston’s MATCH (Midtown Arts and Theatre Center Houston).

On November 29, before an evening of music from the husband and wife duo of principal cellist Richard Belcher and principal second violinist Cecilia Belcher, ROCO invites attendees to enjoy a variety of vintage board games in the unique surroundings of the historic 1950s era Rienzi home at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. This will be the second concert for ROCO’s 2018 Connections series, focused on site-specific, collaborative, and multi-disciplinary performances. 

 

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November 16, 8pm — Houston, TX (MATCH | Midtown Arts and Theatre Center Houston)
Concert & Conversation: Women in the Arts
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Lauren Anderson, Houston Ballet
Christine West, Houston First
Fleurette Fernando, UH’s Masters in Arts Leadership program
Pia Agrawal, UH’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts
Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Heather Schmidt, composer


November 17, 5pm — Houston, TX (The Church of St. John the Divine)
ROCO In Concert: Queen of Hearts
River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Mei-Ann Chen, conductor
Scott St. John, violin

Anna ClyneWithin Her Arms
Louise Farrenc: Symphony No. 3
Ruth GippsSeascape 
Heather SchmidtSolitaire

November 29, 5:30pm games | 7:00pm concert — Houston, TX (Rienzi)
ROCO Connections: Vintage Game Night
Richard Belcher, cello
Cecilia Belcher, violin 

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