Any popular artist has hundreds, even thousands of fans. He is admired for his talent, his ability to sing if he is a musician. But few people think about the fact that something else is needed for success besides talent and a good voice. Need a music manager. About what kind of profession this is and where there are faculties of music management in Moscow, we tell in our material.
What is music management
First of all, it is necessary to explain what a speci alty called "Music Management" is. What kind of profession can you get after training?
Profession is called: music manager. This is a person who stands behind the artist, directs his career in the right direction, helps to make decisions that can somehow affect the reputation or career of the singer, monitors the commercial component of this musician. Music managers work with both solo artists and bands.
Between music althe manager and his ward draw up a contract in which all the duties of the manager are prescribed. There can be a lot of them: promotion, organizing tours and various events, recording, commercial deals and contracts, finding a producer, building the image of an artist, creating a fan base, maintaining a page on social networks, and so on. All these and similar tricks are taught at the Faculty of Musical Management. Such directions - perhaps with some adjustment - are in higher educational institutions throughout the country, but we will talk exclusively about Moscow universities. After all, it is known that Moscow is a city of great opportunities.
Faculty of Music Management: where to go to study
In the golden-domed universities - a dime a dozen. This includes those related to music, creativity and art in general. We will tell you about seven institutions that you can get out of by waving the crusts of a music manager.
Management of Musical Art of Moscow State Pedagogical University
Strange as it may seem, the Pedagogical University also trains such specialists: it has a faculty of musical art. Management is one of the areas of training on it.
You need to study full-time for four years, so that at the exit a novice manager will turn out to be a bachelor. It is up to him to decide whether to improve his degree or not, but you need to take into account that in a pedagogical university, among the areas of master's training, there is also music management.
As the information on the website of the Moscow State Pedagogical University itself says, in the field of activityfuture managers of the world of music includes both educational and educational work, and administrative, and aesthetic - in general, a person will be "and a reader, and a reaper, and a player on the pipe." Interestingly, in the course of their studies, managers necessarily undergo practical training, and this can be done both in some art institution and by working for any creative team. At the same time, you can see the underside of this world.
MSGU address: Malaya Pirogovskaya street, building 1, building 1.
RMA Business School Music and Entertainment Management
The RMA Business School trains managers of the highest category in various fields, whether it be games, restaurants or music. And although the RMA is not specifically a musically oriented educational institution, today it is the largest business center in our country. Namely, the conduct of business, in fact, the music manager and must own in full.
The RMA School was founded nineteen years ago. Over the years, she has proven herself well. The main and distinctive feature of the institution is absolute immersion in the business environment and a guide to the practical side of the issue. All teachers of the school are eminent and venerable specialists in their fields who have achieved high results.
As for the Faculty of Music Management, the full name of this direction sounds like "Management in the music business and entertainment industry." Information on the school website says that this is the first educational program in Russia,focused specifically on show business (and not on cultural institutions). It is here that you can hear lectures and participate in master classes from representatives of famous Russian music labels (Black Star, for example, or Universal Music). Foreign speakers often come here and share their experience. Students undergo internships both in Russian music companies and abroad. The RMA also practices open lectures. Anyone can sign up for them.
The conditions for admission to the RMA School of Music Management are simple. It is only necessary to have a ready-made secondary or higher education in any field. You need to come to the admissions office, pass a selection test about the show business industry and an interview with the head of the faculty. It is important to remember that there is evening and part-time education.
The RMA Business School is located on Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya Street, not far from Chkalovskaya and Kurskaya metro stations.
Production department of GITIS
A producer and a music manager are different people. Nevertheless, it is possible to get the speci alty of the latter at GITIS, despite the fact that it is the faculty of music management that is not there. The fact is that among other disciplines taught at the production department of this university, there are also special disciplines in the field of management. Any graduate of this department has every right to work as a producer, manager, theater agent, impresario - the choice is quite wide.
At the faculty are heldspecial free consultations to help applicants, but you need to pay attention: this is not a lecture, but a dialogue. You need to be prepared for this kind of communication. Topics for conversation will be different depending on which direction of the faculty a person enters (there is art history, there are more questions about the theater; there are production and management, here - about culture, concert activity, theater).
The production department is located in the main building of GITIS. You can find it at Maly Kislovsky lane, 6.
Faculty of Music Management, Film and Television MFPA
But the Moscow Financial and Industrial Academy ("Synergy") can boast of having its own management faculty. What does this department offer? Firstly, training is conducted in two profiles at once. This is music management and organization management, therefore, students of this faculty will have more knowledge. Secondly, lectures at the Faculty of Music Management, Film and Television are read by well-known media people who themselves understand something in the world of music and management. For example, Alexander Tolmatsky or Joseph Prigogine.
Thirdly, the faculty has its own variety school-studio. The list of advantages of this institution can be long. But it's better to just enter the faculty of music management. Admission conditions can be found by contacting a representative of the institution. As for the address, it is not difficult to find the faculty: it is located on Meshchanskaya Street, near the metro"Prospect Mira".
Music management in RGAIS
Strange as it may seem, the Russian State Academy of Intellectual Property also trains music managers. There is no separate faculty there, of course. But there is a department at the Faculty of Intellectual Property Management. By the way, it used to be called the Faculty of Economics and Management.
The department "Management in the music business" exists there for the third year, and one of the teachers is Vasily Vakulenko, better known as the rapper Basta. The department trains only undergraduates. All questions of interest can be asked in person by calling the academy by phone (the numbers are on the official website of the institution). Address of the educational institution: Miklukho-Maklaya street, 55, letter A.
Music management at the conservatory
Yes, yes, at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory you can also get an education as a manager in the world of music. Of course, there is no faculty of musical management there. But there is a direction for preparing a bachelor's degree in musicology with such a profile.
In order to become a student of the conservatory, you need to pass the Russian language with literature, as well as two tests (creative and professional) and pass an interview. Preparatory courses also work here.
The Moscow Conservatory is located on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street.
Music management in Gnesinka
Corresponding field of studyThere is also a bachelor's degree at the Gnessin Higher Educational Institution. There are several entrance tests. These are the Russian language, literature, as well as creative and professional competitions. After all the tests, you need to pass an interview.
Gnesinka's address: Povarskaya street, houses 30-36. You need to get off at the Arbatskaya or Povarskaya metro station.
This is the information about where in Moscow you can get the speci alty of a music manager. Good luck and easy knowledge!
