The Annual 
AMPPR Conference



MPC 48 in New York, NY

April 21-23, 2010

Agenda

Location | Agenda | Entertainment | Hotel | Registration | Scholarship

(Sessions and times may still be subject to change.)

Wednesday, April 21

3-5-Registration
Four Points 1st floor Meeting Room

5:30-Wine Reception
Four Points Atrium and Lobby

6:45-Depart for New York Philharmonic


Thursday, April 22

8-Breakfast
Greene Space

8:30-Opening Remarks

8:45-CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. Solving Problems in Live Performance Recording, part 1: A session with some of New York's most experienced recordists: Live morning music with the Link quartet and demonstrations of miking, recording and remixing.
Greene Space
Producer Steve Rathe, Senior Engineers Saundra Palmer Grassi, George Wellington and Leszek Wojcik.

II. A New Approach to On-Air Fundraising and Programming
7th floor training
Peter Fretwell, David Osenberg, and Glenn Smith, WWFM have discovered how to increase revenue during a recession and maintain their listenership at the same time. They'll share the secrets of their success.

III. Conversations from the Concertgebouw
8th floor blue
Hans Haffmans, host of Radio Netherlands Worldwide's Live! at the Concertgebouw, will share his encounters with conductors and soloists at Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. Some interesting, some funny, some embarrassing, Hans will talk and play selected clips from memorable moments from his many years of multi-lingual Concertgebuow conversations.


10:00-Break

10:15-CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. Solving Problems in Live Performance Recording, part 2:
Greene Space

II. Radio and Record Companies-working together
8th floor cafe
Jeff James, 4Tay Records & ClassicalCDs.net
Becky Starobin, Bridge Records
Sarah Folger, Harmonia Mundi
Raymond Bisha, Naxos
Marvin Reiss, Arabesque Records
Representatives of record companies open the floor to discuss how stations can get the product they need, the future of music servicing, and more.


11:45-Lunch, courtesy of the WFMT Radio Network
8th floor café
The WFMT Fine Arts Network presents an overview of their programming.

1:15-CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. Air Talent Session
Greene Space
Fred Child, host of Performance Today, coaches air talent and their supervisors with regard to best practices for on-air presentation.

II. Grant Writing
7th floor training
Ted Libbey of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Marty Ronish, Producer, Chicago Symphony Broadcasts will present the secrets for writing grants that get funded.


2:45-Break

3:00-Rebirth-the Future of Classical Music
Greene Space
Veteran critic, composer and teacher Greg Sandow gives his vision of classical music's future, and how we can re-engage with the culture.

4:00-Break

4:30-SHOWCASE
Greene Space
4:45-5:10-Gil Shaham, violin/Akira Eguchi, piano
5:15-5:40-Laurel Zucker, flute/Mark Delpiora, guitar
5:45-6:10-Sandrine Erdely-Sayo, piano
6:15-6:40-Jonas Kaufmann, tenor
6:45-7:15-John Pizzarelli, guitar, et al


Friday, April 23

8:30-Breakfast, courtesy of WQXR
Greene Space

9-10:30-WQXR Presents
Greene Space
WQXR is now the number one public station in the country, and they're succeeding with classical music! Find out what they're doing that works.

10:30-Break

10:45-Grow the Audience
Greene Space
Tom Thomas of Station Resource Group will report on the Grow the Audience project and its implications, and then will lead a discussion about the next steps needed to implement the project's ambitious recommendations.

12:00-Alisa Weilerstein, cello
Greene Space

12:30-Lunch, courtesy of NPR Music
8th floor cafe

1:30-CONCURRENT SESSIONS

I. Stage and Screen Music
7th floor training
Beth Krakower of Cinemedia, Edmund Stone of KQAC, Derrick Ginter of KOHM, Wally Faas of WQLN, and Alex Miller of Sony Masterworks present ideas being used to successfully program stage and screen music on public radio.

II. Making Jazz Accessible
8th floor blue
Jazz guitarist and vocalist John Pizarelli and producer Don McCulloch open the floor to discuss ways to make jazz accessible, both in selection and presentation.

III. How to Make Best Use of the Web
8th floor cafe
Anya Grundmann of NPR Music presents a vision of how the internet is transforming broadcasting, and how music stations can make best use of it.



2:45-Break

3:00-Reporting for SoundExchange
8th floor café
Joe Orlando of Public Interactive will lead a session on the current reporting requirements for stations that stream music on the internet.

4:15-Break

4:30-Publicists and Radio-How Can we Work Together?
8th floor Café
Christina Jensen - Christina Jensen PR
Rebecca Davis - Rebecca Davis Public Relations (Formerly, Universal)
Amanda Sweet - Bucklesweet Media (Formerly, Telarc)
Louise Barder - 21C Media
Tina Pelikan - ECM
Angela Duryea - Shuman Associates
Other Special Guests to be announced.
Meet some of classical music's most influential Artist Representatives and Public Relation Pros. Find out how they work with artists to get the word and the music out to our (common) audiences. This will be a highly interactive discussion, because they want to know how they can collaborate with radio on a more powerful and creative scale.

7-Depart for Metropolitan Opera




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