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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
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August 20-23, 2023 Tokyo, Japan InterNoise Conference 2023
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October 12-14, 2023 Charleston, SC National Association for Campus Activities Convention
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November 14-17, 2024 Chicago, IL American Musicological Society Annual Conference
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March 5-8, 2025 Columbus, OH US Institute for Theatre Technology Annual Conference
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November 4-9, 2025 Minneapolis, MN American Musicological Society Annual Conference
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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.

Arts Administration

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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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Young Concert Artists to host Season Finale Concert on May 2 at Carnegie Hall

March 28, 2023 | By Unison Media
Jonathan Yap

 
 

Young Concert Artists to host Season Finale Concert on May 2 at Carnegie Hall
 
 
 

YCA’s Season Finale Concert features performances from current YCA artists and alum - including Steven Banks, Risa Hokamura, Daniel McGrew, Megan Moore, and more

YCA will also host their 62nd Gala honoring Deborah Borda on May 8 at Jazz at Lincoln Center
 

New York, NY - For Immediate Release - Young Concert Artists (YCA) announces today their upcoming Season Finale concert on May 2 at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, which will showcase seven current artists and four alumni in a diverse program that includes Nina Shekhar, Ravel, Bach, Prokofiev, and Beethoven. YCA will also host their 62nd annual gala on May 8 at Jazz at Lincoln Center, honoring Linda and Mitch Hart President and CEO of the New York Philharmonic, Deborah Borda.

On May 2, YCA will present a festive chamber music extravaganza at Zankel Hall which will feature a piece from YCA Composer-in-Residence Nina Shekhar’s Glitch, works by J.S. Bach, Ravel’s La Valse for piano, Prokofiev’s Sonata for Two Violins, and Beethoven’s Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano. The event will feature current YCA Artists along with YCA Alum, including pianist Anne-Marie McDermott, violinist Chee-Yun, and cellist Carter Brey, among others.

Then, on May 8, YCA will honor Debora Borda during their annual gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center in recognition of her efforts to extend the artistic, commercial, and technological boundaries of what artists and ensembles can achieve through creative leadership, commitment to innovation, and progressive vision. The event celebrates the organization's 62-year history of fostering and developing the next generation of talented young artists. Final program to be announced.
 

Event Information 2022-2023

YCA Season Finale
May 2 at 7:30pm
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
Narek Arutyunian, clarinet

Steven Banks, saxophone

Carter Brey, cello

Chee-Yun, violin

Alexander Cox, cello

Chelsea Guo, soprano

Risa Hokamura, violin

Lun Li, violin & viola

Ying Li, piano

Anne-Marie McDermott, piano

Daniel McGrew, tenor

Megan Moore, mezzo-soprano

Anthony Newman, harpsichord

Fred Sherry, cello

William Socolof, bass-baritone

Harmony Zhu, piano
 

J.S. Bach: Cantata - Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind, BWV 153
Nina Shekhar: Glitch
Maurice Ravel: La Valse for two pianos
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata for two violins, Op. 56
Beethoven: Trio for clarinet, cello and piano, Op. 11
 

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About Young Concert Artists
Each year, through a rigorous audition process, Young Concert Artists chooses a new group of exceptional young musicians to add to its roster with the promise of debuts in both New York City and Washington, D.C. followed by at least three years of career management. This includes providing performance opportunities, promotional and marketing services, travel arrangements, educational residency experience, and extensive professional development. 

Founded in 1961 by Susan Wadsworth, Young Concert Artists has presented nearly 300 artist debut concerts, has commissioned more than 30 compositions from YCA composers, and has facilitated thousands of residencies through the Annaliese Soros Educational Residency Program.
 

About YCA President Daniel Kellogg
Daniel Kellogg steps into the leadership role of Young Concert Artists with the unique perspective of an alumnus of Young Concert Artists, one of the extraordinary musicians whose careers were discovered and launched to prominence by this innovative non-profit organization. Chosen as YCA Composer-in-Residence in 2002, Daniel Kellogg was a member of the Young Concert Artists roster for ten years. His compositions have been premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, at the Aspen Music Festival, and by the Takacs Quartet and eighth blackbird. He holds degrees in music composition from the Curtis Institute of Music and the Yale School of Music, and served as the Head of Composition at the University of Colorado, College of Music from 2005 to 2019. He has also served as Composer-in-Residence for the South Dakota Symphony, Green Bay Symphony, and Lexington Philharmonic.
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