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July 16-29, 2023 Arlington, VA Piano Technicians Guild Convention
July 31 - August 3, 2023 Pittsburgh, PA International Association of Venue Managers Conference
August 16-18, 2023 Riverside, CA Association of California Symphony Orchestras Conference
August 20-23, 2023 Tokyo, Japan InterNoise Conference 2023
August 23-25, 2023 Huddersfield, United Kingdom Audio Engineering Society International Conference (Spacial & Immersive Audio)
September 5-8, 2023 Seattle, WA Western Arts Alliance Conference
September 6-8, 2023 Hasselt, Belgium Audio Engineering Society International Conference (Audio Education)
September 18-21, 2023 Quito, Ecuador Audio Engineering Society Latin American Conference
October 12-14, 2023 Charleston, SC National Association for Campus Activities Convention
October 16-19, 2023 Beaverton, OR Arts Northwest Annual Conference
October 19-21, 2023 Little Rock, AR National Association for Campus Activities Convention
October 19-22, 2023 Ottowa, ON Society for Ethnomusicology Conference
October 25-26, 2023 New York, NY National Association of Broadcasters Show
October 25-27, 2023 New York, NY Audio Engineering Society 155th Convention
October 26-28, 2023 Miami, FL College Music Society National Conference
October 26-28, 2023 Syracuse, NY National Association for Campus Activities Convention
November 3-5, 2023 Raleigh, NC National Council of Acoustical Consultants Conference
November 4-8, 2023 Ottowa, ON Canadian Arts Presenting Association
November 9-12, 2023 Denver, CO American Musicological Society Annual Conference
November 9-12, 2023 Denver, CO Society for Music Theory Annual Meeting
November 16-18, 2023 Riverside, CA National Association for Campus Activities Convention
November 17-21, 2023 Scottsdale, AZ National Association of Schools of Music Annual Meeting
December 4-8, 2023 Sydney, Australia Acoustical Society of America 185th Meeting
January 3-6, 2024 Phoenix, AZ National Opera Association Annual Convention
January 4-6, 2024 New York, NY International Conductors Guild
January 9-11, 2024 New York, NY International Society for the Performing Arts
January 12-16, 2024 New York, NY Arts Presenters Conference
January 18-21, 2024 New York, NY Chamber Music America
January 24-27, 2024 Spokane, WA American Choral Directors Association Northwestern Region Conference
January 25-28, 2024 Anaheim, CA National Association of Music Merchants Show
January 29 - February 1, 2024 Las Vegas, NV International Ticketing Association Annual Conference
February 7-10, 2024 Omaha, NE American Choral Directors Association Midwestern Region Conference
February 21-24, 2024 Louisville, KY American Choral Directors Association Southern Region Conference
February 27 - March 2, 2024 Denver, CO American Choral Directors Association Southwestern Region Conference
February 28 - March 2, 2024 Providence, RI American Choral Directors Association Eastern Region Conference
February 28 - March 2, 2024 Cincinnati, OH Music Library Association Annual Meeting
March 6-9, 2024 Pasadena, CA American Choral Directors Association Western Region Conference
March 6-10, 2024 Washington, DC American Bandmasters Association Annual Convention
March 16-20, 2024 Atlanta, GA Music Teachers National Association National Conference
March 20-23, 2024 Louisville, KY Suzuki Association of the Americas Conference
March 20-23, 2024 Louisville, KY American String Teachers Association National Conference
March 20-23, 2024 Seattle, WA US Institute for Theatre Technology Annual Conference
April 4-6, 2024 Des Moines, IA National Association for Campus Activities National Convention
April 13-17, 2024 Las Vegas, NV National Association of Broadcasters Show
April 30 - May 3, 2024 Perth, Australia International Society for the Performing Arts
May 13-17, 2024 Ottowa, ON Acoustical Society of America 186th Meeting
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

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.”

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London Songwriting And Production Duo FaB Tops iTunes Charts

January 23, 2019 | By Michael Stover
President, MTS Management Group

London songwriting and production duo Neil Fitzsimon And Bee Brogan (FaB) have topped the iTunes Belgium Alternative and All Genres Singles charts.

I think I’ve finally found what I’ve been so thirsty for as a pop music fan”— NeuFutur Magazine

“Thick layers of guitar and near-synthetic percussion create an atmospheric tidal wave that’s impossible to escape once you get caught in its alluring undercurrent.” -No Depression

“A welcome addition to any rock, adult contemporary radio playlist” – MusicExistence.com

“I think I’ve finally found what I’ve been so thirsty for as a pop music fan” – NeuFutur Magazine

With the release of their latest album, Big Blue World, and its infectious title track, the London songwriting and production team of Neil Fitzsimon and Bee Brogan, collectively known as FaB, have propelled their collective career into the pop stratosphere. They’ve earned worldwide critical acclaim, international radio airplay and charting, and even a nod from the Indie Music Hall of Fame: they earned an Achievement Award for the Top 2 performance of their lyric video, on the renowned Beat100.com video charts. The duo have also been recognized as an Emerging Artist in Billboard Magazine.

Now, FaB, as they are commonly referred to, have topped the iTunes Belgium charts with their latest single from Big Blue World, “Girl In a Gilded Cage.” The song topped the Alternative and All Genre Singles chart on January 22, 2019. “Girl” bested tracks from Panic! At The Disco, Imagine Dragons, Halsey and Coldplay, among other notable acts.

Neil Fitzsimon on the song’s creation: “When i first wrote the song, Bee’s (Brogan’s) mum said it sounded like ‘Waltzing Matilda.’ When we recorded the song in the studio, with producer Pat Collier (Katrina and the Waves), Bee could not get the scream to sound right, so we had to ask an ex-band member to send in the demo, so we could drop the original into the track. I don’t think he was very pleased!”

ABOUT FITZSIMON AND BROGAN: Neil Fitzsimon, the songwriter, and Bee Brogan, the vocalist, aim to produce “Pure Pop For Now People.” Preferring to remain faceless in an industry that holds image in high regard, the pair have gone on to form a songwriting/production partnership that led to placement of their songs in Film and TV. They also wrote a musical, Jack Dagger, which was showcased at the Greenwich Theatre, London for the Musical Futures Award. It was also showcased at the Bridewell and the Royal College of Music in London. They have also just had a song placed in a USA Sci–Fi Feature film. The duo recently had a track reach number 3 on a French national download chart. Their track, “This Is Love” earned the duo Semi-Finalist status in the Eurovision Contest. Their lyric video for “Big Blue World” reached #2 on the Beat100.com World Videos chart. The Billboard Magazine Emerging Artists have been featured on the NBC Radio and Westwood One Radio networks. They’ve recently recorded tracks with longtime David Bowie drummer, Woody Woodmansey.

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Fitzsimon And Brogan (FaB) “Girl In A Gilded Cage” Lyric Video

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