Music Business Departmental Past Guest Speakers

  • Richard Gore - Owner/CEO, Pender's Music Company
  • Sean Vega - Director of Sales, Conn-Selmer
  • Dolores August - Arts Administrator
  • Sonya Askew - Membership & Academic Partnership Director, Music Business Association
  • Raymond Murphy - Tour Manager
  • Mike Corrigan - President, B.A.C. Musical Instruments
  • Hans Schuman - Founder/Executive Director, JazzReach
  • Henry Fogel - Director of Performing Arts Administration, Roosevelt University
  • Azim Rashid - Senior VP of Urban Promotions, Columbia Records (former)
  • Nathan Hanks - Founder, Music Audience Exchange
  • Robert August - Assistant Director of Music and Organist, St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal
  • Heidi Kay Begay - Creative Consultant, J&K Media Productions, Flute360
  • Rick Ghinelli - Educational Support Manager, Conn-Selmer
  • Julien McCall - Artist Manager, Roundtable Records
  • Cristina DiPietropolo - International Marketing, Leader Essentials Group
  • Rich Redmond - Drummer, Author, Entrepreneur (C.R.A.S.H.)
  • Jason Levi - Jazz Trumpeter, Author, Entrepreneur
  • Renée Paule-Guthrie - Violinist, Entrepreneur, Mind Over Finger
  • Frank Greene - Trumpeter, Entrepreneur
  • Gigi Johnson - Entrepreneur, Socio-technologist
  • Jeffrey Nytch - Author, The Entrepreneurial Muse
  • Stan Renard - Director of the Arts Incubation Research Lab
  • The Spektral Quartet
  • John Kieser - Senior Performing Arts and Media Executive, New World Symphony
  • Megan Heber - Executive Director, Children's Chorus of Greater Dallas
  • New Zealand String Quartet
  • Maria Schneider - Composer, Entrepreneur
  • Jeff Slattery - Music Attorney
  • Elida Dakoli - Pianist/Founder, DFW Institute of Musical Advancement (DIMA)