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Young Concert Artists Announces Expansion of YCA Career Catalyst Platform

January 9, 2023 | By Unison Media

Jonathan Yap

Young Concert Artists Announces Expansion of YCA Career Catalyst Platform

The newly expanded educational platform offers a range of online content focused on finance, media, publicity, self-promotion, and more

The guidance and resources of the YCA Career Catalyst Platform will also be accessible by young musicians outside the YCA Roster.

For release Monday, January 9, 2023:

Young Concert Artists announced today the expansion of YCA Career Catalyst, an online educational platform providing resources for young artists to holistically build their careers. The YCA Career Catalyst will offer a host of online content for learning and growth through a broad range of career guidance and insight from industry experts, YCA staff, and creative musicians – available to young musicians both on, and outside of, YCA’s roster.

Topics covered range from finance, media and publicity, and education outreach to brand building and self-promotion. As part of this new educational platform, participants will have the opportunity to learn from guest contributors including President of Unison Media Andrew Ousley, Founder of Verisimo Communications Beth Stewart, and violist, creator, and storyteller Drew Forde, known as ThatViolaKid, among others.

The expanded YCA Career Catalyst will also offer a specialized 5-week course “Money & Musicians”, led by Founder of Virtuoso Asset Management LLC Tiffany Soricelli, available for a nominal fee, supplemented by YCA.

Of the new platform, YCA President Dan Kellogg said: “YCA is committed to helping a new generation of musicians realize their goals for a self-empowered and self-directed career in music. Through YCA Career Catalyst we extend some of our resources to artists beyond our roster, to help them become more than simply gifted, highly-trained musicians, but also storytellers, entrepreneurs, innovators, business-people, and artist citizens empowered to boldly communicate the power of music.”

YCA Career Catalyst expansion will soon offer more online courses, career development workshops in NYC, and partnerships with music schools and festivals.

Learn more at YCACareerCatalyst.org.

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About Young Concert Artists

Each year through a rigorous audition process, Young Concert Artists chooses a new group of stunning 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. These young people are the future of classical music and we invest in their careers so they may spend a lifetime bringing the gift of music to audiences around the world.

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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