Financial support to be provided to Music Business Administration/Management program students

September 24, 2010

OSHAWA, Ont. – Durham College will welcome members of the Durham Region Concert Association to campus next week to announce a major financial donation to the college that is designed to provide assistance to Music Business Administration/Management program students who achieve an academic standard and demonstrate a financial need.

It will enable those students to complete their studies in the music business field, an area of the community in which the concert association has played a key role for 40 years. The announcement will include specific details of the donation and the impact it will have on students now and in the future.

The two-year Music Business Administration and three-year Music Business Management programs prepare students to manage the business aspect of the music industry with graduates going on to potential careers in the recording industry including artist management; with booking and talent agencies, marketing and promotions firms and record labels; as music publishers; and working in intellectual property rights management.

When:
Thursday, September 30, at10:30 a.m.

Who:
Tom Hodgson, past-president, Durham Region Concert Association
Rick Kerr, professor, School of Justice & Emergency Services, and president, Durham Region Concert Association
Judy Robinson, vice-president, Academic
Greg Murphy, dean, School of Media, Art & Design
Tony Sutherland, program co-ordinator, Music Business Management program
Music Business Management program students

Where:
Durham College Oshawa campus, Gordon Willey building, Room C113
2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa, Ont.

Parking:
Enter off Simcoe Street and proceed to Commencement parking lot.

For more information:
Allison Rosnak
Communications, Marketing and External Relations
905.721.2000 ext. 2333 or allison.rosnak@durhamcollege.ca

 

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