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Greetings!
It’s hard to believe that more than a year has gone by since we last sent an alumni newsletter to our Music Management alumni family and friends. It’s been a wonderfully productive year that has seen many significant changes in our programs and curricula. Particularly rewarding for me has been the new interest in alumni involvement and the strong support that our program is receiving from Dean Steve Anderson. I look forward to getting to know more of you and hope that you will take the opportunity to visit campus and meet our current students. Pick up the phone and call or send an email to let us know what you are doing these days. Keith Hatschek Chair, Department of Music Management (209) 946-2443 khatschek@uop.edu |
Table Of Contents
photo captions appear when you roll over each picture Conservatory Capital Campaign Kicks Off B.A., Music Industry Studies In the Wings Industry Pros Help Teach at UOP Business Symposium Chris Haseleu in the House NAMBI E-MENTORS Spring Break 2003 Brubeck Festival an SRO Hit MMGT 193: Senior Seminar Back in Touch |
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Summer Internships
Summer 2002 found seven MMGT students participating in an industry internship. When we returned to campus in August ‘02, our interns shared what they learned over a luncheon with all Music Management students at the Career Resource Center. This gave a chance for interns to brief each other on their learning accomplishments, as well as allow students who were not able to participate in an internship to get up-to-date news from the front lines. The following students participated in internships:
Could your firm benefit from a Pacific Intern? If the answer is “yes,” please contact us so that we may add your firm to our database of prospective UOP internship hosts. |
Conservatory Capital Campaign Kicks Off
Last month, as part of the University-wide $200 million campaign, the Conservatory started major fund raising efforts to raise $9,000,000 for a variety of Conservatory initiatives. One such initiative will support music technology, including an on campus-recording studio and a music technology lab to provide a training ground for recording, composition, music education, music therapy and other new technology areas in music. This goal also establishes an endowment to insure up-to-date facilities year after year to help all Conservatory students to become more tech-savvy in all areas of music. Another aspect of the capital campaign will be to fund the Richard Etlinger Scholarship. During his 17 years at Pacific, Dick established the program as one of the best in the West. Many of our graduates hold leading positions throughout the entertainment industry. This scholarship will provide financial assistance to worthy upper division Music Management students and honor Dick’s founding role for our Department at Pacific (more news on Dick later). Please consider supporting the Conservatory’s ambitious fund raising goals with a gift to demonstrate your support of the program. TOP B.A., Music Industry Studies In the Wings A second degree track, a Bachelor of Arts in Music, with Emphasis in Music Industry Studies has been approved for implementation in fall 2004. This degree will allow a greater breadth of study into a range of music, business and general study areas than the existing B.M. degree, which will continue to be offered. As part of the new degree program, we will be developing new curricula in various areas including Popular Music in America, Advanced Music & Record Production (pending construction of an on-campus recording lab), Record Company operations and Arts Administration. One of the first new Music Management courses, MMGT 140: Music Products Management was successfully offered last fall. The course provides interested students with the basics of the relatively recession-proof Music Products market. TOP Industry Pros Help Teach at UOP During Fall semester, Bill Stevens, manager of the Music Box music store helped teach our Music Products class. His 30 years of experience in music products proved invaluable to our students. Bill also opened up his store after hours so our students could do real-world simulations and learn about the “behind the scenes” operation of a successful music retail operation. He joined students on our field trips to Guitar Center in Modesto, PianoDisc in Sacramento and to the NAMM show in Anaheim. Finally, Bill introduced our students to two class guests from the Kaman Corporation, one of the world’s premiere music products distributors. 
In the Spring semester, former KUOP Production Director Jeff Crawford, assisted teaching Commercial Music in the Recording Studio. Jeff led our on-campus recording labs during which students were responsible for set-up, recording and tear down of nine different music combos. He also provided digital post production for the student recording projects and a unique evening lab demonstrating the latest digital audio software including Logic Gold, BIAS Peak and Metasynth. Thanks to both of these dedicated professionals who so ably augment our full time faculty. 
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Pacific Music Business Symposium
On November 9th, 2002, the Pacific Music Management Club produced the second annual Pacific Music Business Symposium. The event was a success with nearly 100 students and community attendees. The Symposium started off with the Seminar titled, Common Sense Music Business: How to Make it, Why It’s Possible & How To Do It by keynote speaker Nadine Condon. Nadine has been instrumental in the success of some of today’s hottest acts, having “Godmother-ed” dozens of successful artists. She is a 20-year plus music industry veteran, with 14 gold and platinum records from current pop stars Smashmouth, and Stroke 9, along with mentoring superstars like Melissa Etheridge, Travis Tritt, and the Jefferson Starship. |
An afternoon panel session on digital rights featured: John H. Carmichael, Esq. is an entertainment attorney specializing in intellectual property and entertainment transactions. He is a 1992 graduate of Pacific’s Entertainment Management Program. Most recently John has represented author Harlan Ellison in his suit against AOL for unauthorized posting of some of Mr. Ellison’s works. Gary Miller is currently Vice President, Motion Picture and Television Music, Clearance and Licensing at Universal Music Publishing Group in Los Angeles. He is a 1990 graduate of Pacific’s Entertainment Management program. Mr. Miller supervises a department that regularly grants licenses to Walt Disney Pictures, 20th Century Fox Film Corp., Warner Brothers Television, Universal Pictures and scores of music supervisors within the film and television community. He represents Universal Music Publishing copyrights exclusively for commercial use including songwriters such as Prince, Elton John, and many others. Brooke M. Wentz is a seasoned music and intellectual property rights executive in the TV, cable, film and recording industries. She currently represents issues relating to licensing, publishing, PRS rights and the Internet through her firm, The Rights Workshop, based in San Francisco. Clients include Microsoft, Warner Brothers Records, ESPN, Inc., KCET-TV, and Rounder Records. |
The Pacific Music Management Club honored Professor Emeritus Dick Etlinger for his years of teaching, mentoring, and service to the Music Management program here at Pacific. He received a special certificate as the program’s founder, shown here (l-r) with club officers, Pamela Moreau and Michelle Seli.
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Chris Haseleu in the House
On November 12th, Professor Chris Haseleu visited Music Management 11. Chris lectured on “The Music Production Process” and the “The Film Production Process.” Chris, a 1972 UOP alum of Callison College, now serves as the Chair of the Recording Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University (the largest recording industry program in the USA). NAMBI (NAMM Affiliated Music Business Institutions) We are proud to announce the Conservatory’s new affiliation with NAMM, the International Music Products Association! Benefits of this new relationship include the annual NAMBI scholarships for which our students are now eligible; student and faculty access to NAMM shows, which feature an array of great seminars and workshops; and a job and internship bank for UOP Music Management students with an interest in Music Products. In addition, NAMM musician extraordinaire and music biz exec Jim Coffin came to campus mid-December for a seminar on how to succeed in the world of music business. In January, nine students traveled down to LA with instructors Keith Hatschek and Bill Stevens to participate in the NAMM show. ![NAMM Education Coordinator Jim Coffin [seated] presented a lively and humorous career workshop for our students about the many possible careers in the music industry.](images/jimcoffin.jpg)
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E-MENTORS
This year marked the launch of Pacific’s Music Management eMentors pilot program. Ten alumni volunteered to provide their wisdom about the music industry to help music management students in their last year of college before they head out to the working world. A special Internet site was created so that questions and answers could be tossed back and forth between students and alumni. Students have created homepages with their bios, resumes, and pictures of themselves to share with our mentors. Thanks to those alums who have so generously volunteered to share their career stories with our seniors! Participating alumni include: Kristen Houkum, Dave Belman, Wendy Adler, Phil Schroeder, Nick Phillips, Branden Linnell, Deborah Vaughn, Patrick Raney and Donovan MacLeod. Please consider serving as an eMentor next year! TOP Spring Break 2003 On March 15th current MMGT and ESB A&E undergrads were invited to attend the alumni mixer held in Sherman Oaks, CA at the law offices of John Carmichael. This was a wonderful opportunity to meet, network with and learn from a range of alumni who are working in the industry. Alumni in attendance included Len Richardson, Deborah Vaughn, Larry Solak, Gary Miller, Jeannie Lee, Donovan MacLeod, Doug Haverty, Scott Liggett, Richelle Brown, Wendy Kasdan Adler, and host John Carmichael. 
TOP Brubeck Festival a SRO Hit Three graduating seniors, Brandi Louck, Pamela Moreau, and Melanie Sanguinet took the opportunity to participate as interns for the Brubeck Festival that was held in Stockton and the Bay Area April 10-14, 2003. They took on key roles in media planning, transportation captain and VIP ticket management for five days of events honoring Conservatory grad Dave Brubeck. Kudos to these students for securing a wonderful, relevant experience that will enhance their music industry skill sets. TOP |
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MMGT 193: Senior Seminar in Music Management
The Senior Seminar class was privileged to host a range of professionals come to campus to discuss their career paths. Speakers/alumni included:
TOP CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2003! We’re graduating a large and particularly talented group of seniors, including a few fifth year “super seniors.” We wish them well as they begin their careers in the music industry and look forward to seeing them join our active alumni network.
TOP Back in Touch In addition to those alumni already mentioned earlier in this edition, the following alumni and friends of the program have been in touch since our last newsletter. Why not take a moment and fire off an email with an update on what you are doing these days, regardless of whether or not you are active in the music industry today. Marco Barbieri, Steve Perlman, Jesse Malchik, Jon Schaeffer, Benjamin Reece, Amy Woolsey, Noli Magsino, Paul Young, Kristine Mollenkopf, Henry Wojtusik, Jackie Kishaba, Rico Ozaki, Carrie Liesenbien, Laura Peter, Katherine Garrett, Richard Rushton, Marjorie Jean Groshart, Jennifer Scott Powers, Brent Locke, Rene Beam Albrecht, Joe Honzik and David Duggan. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to any other alums of the program with whom you are in touch. TOP |
![Phil Schroeder [center] is wearing a sport coat. He looks as young as these students!](images/philshroeder.jpg)
