Seminars • Consultations
Chamber Music America offers a wide range of seminars and workshops for chamber music professionals. Whether at the CMA National Conference every January, the Education and Residency Institute or at conferences taking place around the country, CMA provides a presence on behalf of and for its membership. Activities range from professional development consultations to interactive skill development workshops for individual artists, ensembles, and presenters.
CMA will be offering showcases, career consultations, and professional-development opportunities at the 2010 regionals.
www.artsmidwest.org
Indianapolis, IN
September 13-16
CMA Grants and Awards Meeting
Join Marc Giosi to learn about Chamber Music America's grants and awards, which support ensembles and presenters working in early, classical, contemporary, jazz and world ensemble music.
September 14, 10:30-11:15 A.M.
Panel Discussion: Programming for "Generation Next"
Moderated by Margaret M. Lioi, CEO, Chamber Music America; with panelists Simon Crookall, president and CEO, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and David Skidmore, percussionist, Third Coast Percussion.
The discussion will focus on strategies for reaching 21- to 40 year-olds, a growing demographic that ensembles and presenters want to reach.
September 14, 11:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
Consultations
CMA staff is available for free career consultations. Members need not be registered at the Midwest Arts conference to secure an appointment but should contact CMA in advance. Schedule an appointment, or FMI.
www.southarts.org
Pittsburgh, PA
September 29-October 2, 2010
Panel Session: Chamber Music Presenters' Roundtable
Moderated by Ellis Finger, Director of the Williams Center for the Arts at Lafayette College, with CMA staff and other participants
Exchange new ideas for presenting chamber music with some of the field's most respected practitioners. Bring your ideas and recent successes, and take advantage of an opportunity to talk with others who share your goals.
October 1, 9:00-10:00 A.M.
Showcase of CMA Ensembles
August Wilson Center for African American Culture
980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA
October 1, 6:00 P.M.
Ensembles will be announced in late August.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Member Get-Together
If you'll be in the Pittsburgh area during the conference, take the opportunity to meet fellow CMA members and staff on Thursday, September 30 at 6:00 P.M.
Location to be announced. Conference registration not required for this event.
Consultations
CMA staff is available for free career consultations. Members need not be registered at the PAE conference to secure an appointment but should contact CMA in advance.
Schedule an appointment, or FMI.
