MPP 025: Trudy Chan on Showing Up

Trudy Chan has had a multifaceted career in music. The former Senior Manager of Promotion at Boosey & Hawkes, Trudy now heads her own boutique composer management company, and works as a collaborative pianist, most notably as one half of the Cheah Chan Duo, which puts on six concerts of art song and piano music each season.

Trudy and I have been friends for years, and we’ve had the pleasure of performing together several times.

During the course of our conversation, we touched on:

• Friendship as the basis for working relationships
• Working for a traditional publisher
• Approaching performers and ensembles
• Doing your research
• The Virtue of Patience
• Being judicious in mailing materials
• Preparing for conferences
• The importance of showing up
• The dance of building relationships
• Business partners
• Some advantages and disadvantages of traditional publishing
• Submission tips
• Program notes
• Follow-up emails
• Black Tea Music
• The differences between promotion and publicity

Links:
Black Tea Music
Cheah Chan Duo