On October 8, The Music Department was honored to be visited by an 11-member delegation of Ukrainian classical music managers. Dr. Mecham and Professor Snyder served as hosts and tour guides.

LVC was part of a tour put together by the INTERNATIONAL VISITORS COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA (IVC), a part of the State Department. Other stops on their tour included, in Philadelphia: Kimmel Center, Academy of Music, Mann Center, Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Company, PA Ballet, Temple University Boyer School of Music, Curtis Institute, Musical Fund Society , Phila. Music Project/Pew Center for Arts and Heritage at UArts, GPCA , Arts and Business Council, International Artist Managers Association, American Composers Forum, Phila. Chapter, Wolfbrown, Peter Dobrin, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Ballard Spahr law firm (representing the Phila. Orchestra and other arts organizations), and in NYC Carnegie Hall and Young Concert Artist. After visiting LVC they met with the Harrisburg Symphony, Harrisburg Youth Orchestra and the Harrisburg Symphony Society.

Accompanied by two translators, the group included some powerful Ukranian musicians including the Director of the National Symphony of Ukraine, the Director of the Regional Philharmonic of Zhytomyr, the Director of the Center for Music Information, the Chief Specialist of the Department of Music at the National Ukrainian Music Union, and others.They asked many questions of their hosts and 2 students about the music department, music major requirements, the expectations of US music majors, and the LVC music industry degree.

On 9/30, the members of the succesful Cypress String Quartet talked to two music industry classes about how to be succesful as performing musicians.

They emphasized the importance of not only being disciplined as musicians, but also functioning as a business, rather as a rock band or a classical quartet.

This was just a part of the quartet's interaction with LVC and its students. During the whole week, underwritten by the Newton and Adelaide Burgner Endowed Fund for
Chamber Music, the quartet served as part of a residency program giving a recital featuring:

 Beethoven Quartet Op.135

Griffes Two Sketches Based on Native American Themes

and Dvorak's  Quartet Op.96 "American"

They also gave master classes for LVC students and for a select group of high school string players

For more info about the quartet, go to http://www.cypressquartet.com/

LVC students, both current and former, can be found all around the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg PA (PA state capital).

Music Business major Jennifer Payne '09 interned at the Whitaker Center in spring '09 during her senior semester. As an intern she did everything from running to the grocery store to pick up items that visiting musicians had listed in their contract riders, to helping wrap cables and set up the sound system with the production team. She worked with contracts and talent ranging from blues great Buddy Guy to rock band Third Eye Blind.

Here she is pictured with Stephen F. Krempasky, Vice President, Theater Operations

At the same time, Jennifer was in good LVC company with the production team consiting of Music Recording graduates Mat Edgcomb '00 and Andrew Jackson '03. Mat is the production manager for all of the concerts, plays, etc. This after coming off of the road  serving as engineer and road manager for nationally known bands.To read a Mix magazine interview with Mat, go to http://mixonline.com/mixline_live/Edgecomb-Lee-Tour-07190518/

Pictured below are Andrew on the left, Mat on the right, as they set up the lights for the evening event.

2/14/09

Professor Snyder, Director of the music business program, moderated a panel discussion about Music Business education and how to succeed in a rapidly changing industry.

Panelists included educators from Drexel, William Patterson, Shippensburg, and HACC.

  LVC-MIC 2008

Music Industry, Music Recording, and students from other majors successfully hosted the fourth annual fall Music Industry Conference (LVC-MIC) on November 20, 2008.

The all-day event drew around 185 attendees, including industry professionals, sponsors, college students, high school students, and more.

For more information, pictures, etc...go to http://lvcmic.com