Art Management in the Main Role
22 March 2019, Brno
Symposium: Art | Music | Management is coming back to JAMU in Brno after two years.
From 8 to 10 April 2019, professionals, students and teachers will be in a three-day vortex
of questions, answers, ideas and contacts. The seventh year of the Symposium in Brno will
introduce three tens of lecturers from four countries and an extensive accompanying
programme.
The Symposium started as the first of its kind in 2013 at the Faculty of Music of the Janáček
Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno and thanks to the positive response, it
became an annual event. The place and organizer's role are switched every year between
one of the art universities that teach music management or production (the Janáček
Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
and the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava).
This time, the Symposium does not focus on a single area; on the contrary, it will present
varied views on the education of art and mostly music managers. There will be a time to talk
about building a brand through music with the expert and significant creator of sound
identities, John Groves (USA, N). The visitors will sharpen their etiquette and soft skills with
the mentor Daniel Šmíd (CR) and extend their knowledge of the current status of the
German orchestras and their challenges with Steffen Höhne (G).
Apart from these and many more topics, the 7th year of the Symposium will also open more
to musicians. “We have prepared a programme that gives musicians and other students of
performing fields the opportunity to get acquainted with the basics of managerial work,
which will help mostly the new professionals to start off on the right foot,” explains Lucie
Pešl Šilerová, Head of the JAMU Music Production Department. The discussed areas will
include the key ones, such as fundraising or concert booking.
The Symposium, realized by third year students of Music Management at JAMU FM
Michaela Gereová and Mária Takáčová, is completely free for the visitors, registration is the
only condition.
Another new element of the conference is the third day, namely Wednesday, 10 April, when
the whole programme moves from the Na Orlí Theatre to the premises of Impact Hub at
Cyrilská Street. International cooperation is the key feature of the day. The morning will
start with lectures on the SoundCzech, ENCATC and AEC professional networks. Then a panel
discussion
of the representatives of the culture and music management and production at Central
European universities (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Germany) will follow. The
theme of education abroad will continue in the block in which students will share their
experience from foreign fellowships and internships. Moreover, the Symposium will offer a
new poster section, where young professionals can introduce their projects to the
professional public. All who wish to get inspired not only by lectures, will appreciate the
possibility to purchase selected monographs from the publishing centres of JAMU, AMU and
the Arts and Theatre Institute at discounted prices.
For registration links and more information, go to: hf.jamu.cz/symposium-umeni-hudba-
management/
Michaela Gereová, Mária Takáčová: symposium@jamu.cz