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Performing arts leaders gather in Toronto for two afternoons of seminars and discussions designed to help people make a career as classical singers, instrumentalists, conductors, composers, and other related professionals.
The International Resource Centre for Performing Artists (IRCPA) presents Career Moves, Saturday and Sunday, November 12 and 13, 2-5 p.m. at the Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street. Information is posted at www.internationalresourcecentreforperformingartists.com, and available via the IRCPA on Facebook, by calling 416-362-1422, or by e-mailing sumintl@rogers.com. The Career Moves sessions are presented in collaboration with the Toronto Centre for the Arts.
Organized by IRCPA founder and artist manager Ann Summers Dossena, the two-day program is as follows:
Saturday, November 12, 2-5 p.m.: Making it Happen: Working as a Performing Artist – A panel discussion featuring presenters, managers, a publicist, critics and artists. Moderated by William Littler, senior critic, The Toronto Star, the panel includes critic Colin Eatock, contributor to the Globe and Mail and other publications; arts publicist Liz Parker; manager Robert Baird, president of the North American Association of Performing Arts Agents and Managers (NAPAMA); presenters Marco Parisotto, conductor, Ontario Philharmonic; and Bruce Owen, Barrie Concert Association; Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Michael Colgrass, artist in a successful career. They will share their experiences and offer insight and advice into what is expected of performers in the industry today, to help aspiring artists, professionals and semi-professionals know who does what and why, in order to take their careers to the next level.
Sunday, November 13, 2-5 p.m.: Ask Edna in Person: A Q&A – Legendary artist manager Edna Landau, a co-founder of IMG in New York, headlines a question-and-answer session, fielding questions from participants. Now retired from IMG, Ms. Landau offers career advice for performing artists on her Musical America blog Ask Edna.
The Career Moves sessions are also recommended for presenters, managers, publicists, coaches, teachers, corporate sponsors, foundation representatives, and even parents of gifted children – anyone who wants to understand the requirements and demands of artists’ careers.
Tickets - $40 for one day, or both for $70 – are available at the Toronto Centre for the Arts Box Office, in person, by phone at 416-250-3708. For those registering before November 1, the cost is $35 per day, or both sessions for $65. Single tickets ($40) are also available online at www.ticketmaster.ca, or phone 1-855-985-2787.
The International Resource Centre for Performing Artists has designed programs since 1983 to prepare artists for employment in national and international markets.
2011-10-14
Toronto: IRCPA’s “Career Moves” sessions for performing artists to be held November 12 & 13