Association of British Orchestras

Specialist Managers Meetings - Artistic Planners

Artistic Planners Meeting

Where: Cadogan Hall, London

When: 20 June 2007

Times: 10.30am - 4pm

The agenda for this meeting included:

  • Sally Groves, Director and Head of Contemporary Music, Schott Music Limited, to talk about new composers, how they are developed and promoted; the commissioning process and fee structures
  • Meurig Bowen, previous Director of the Lichfield Festival and Head of Programming at Aldeburgh Music, to talk about programming a Festival, the selection process and how to get noticed 
  • discussion on current issues for members
  • updates on all the forthcoming ABO events including the 2008 conference in Brighton