Departmentals

Music Business Departmental Past Guest Speakers

  • Richard Gore – Owner/CEO, Pender’s Music Company
  • Sean Vega – Director of Sales, Conn-Selmer
  • Dolores August – Arts Administrator
  • Sonya Askew – Membership & Academic Partnership Director, Music Business Association
  • Raymond Murphy – Tour Manager
  • Mike Corrigan – President, B.A.C. Musical Instruments
  • Hans Schuman – Founder/Executive Director, JazzReach
  • Henry Fogel – Director of Performing Arts Administration, Roosevelt University
  • Azim Rashid – Senior VP of Urban Promotions, Columbia Records (former)
  • Nathan Hanks – Founder, Music Audience Exchange
  • Robert August – Assistant Director of Music and Organist, St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal
  • Heidi Kay Begay – Creative Consultant, J&K Media Productions, Flute360
  • Rick Ghinelli – Educational Support Manager, Conn-Selmer
  • Julien McCall – Artist Manager, Roundtable Records
  • Cristina DiPietropolo – International Marketing, Leader Essentials Group
  • Rich Redmond – Drummer, Author, Entrepreneur (C.R.A.S.H.)
  • Jason Levi – Jazz Trumpeter, Author, Entrepreneur
  • Renée Paule-Guthrie – Violinist, Entrepreneur, Mind Over Finger
  • Frank Greene – Trumpeter, Entrepreneur
  • Gigi Johnson – Entrepreneur, Socio-technologist
  • Jeffrey Nytch – Author, The Entrepreneurial Muse
  • Stan Renard – Director of the Arts Incubation Research Lab
  • The Spektral Quartet
  • John Kieser – Senior Performing Arts and Media Executive, New World Symphony
  • Megan Heber – Executive Director, Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas
  • New Zealand String Quartet
  • Maria Schneider – Composer, Entrepreneur
  • Jeff Slattery – Music Attorney
  • Elida Dakoli – Pianist/Founder, DFW Institute of Musical Advancement (DIMA)