NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 13.
PORT ANGELES — Jazz musician Dmitri Matheny will present “Music in the Digital Age: A Music Business Workshop” at Peninsula College today.
The free clinic, sponsored by the Peninsula College Department of Music, will be from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in Maier Performance Hall at the college at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Matheny will discuss several facets of the contemporary music business such as career management; concerts, tours and recordings; websites and social media; publicity and marketing; publishing and licensing; copyright and legal issues; film and video game music; contract negotiation; working with industry pros; balancing art and commerce; and developing an entrepreneurial mindset.
He also will take questions from the audience.
11 albums
Matheny, a flugelhornist, has released 11 albums.
He recently moved to Centralia from the Phoenix area.
Organizers said Matheny has forged a career that is not tied to one label, studio, discipline or institution, and has accomplished many things in several creative areas.
This workshop, organizers said, was created for young musicians just starting to think about a career in music, those who have already entered a musical career and those who simply enjoy music and want a peek behind the curtain.
Matheny has performed at Maier Performance Hall several times in the past few years and has been featured as a soloist with both the Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble and David Jones Trio/Quartet.
He also has presented two clinics focusing on the art of jazz improvisation.
Matheny has served as director of education for SFJAZZ, the largest nonprofit jazz presenter on the West Coast; assistant education director for the Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz Colony; and artist-in-residence for the San Francisco Symphony education department, the Siskiyou Music Project of Ashland, Ore., and the Young Musicians Program at University of California, Berkeley.
For more information, contact David Jones at 360-417-6405 or djones@pencol.edu.
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Reporter Chris McDaniel can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56650, or cmcdaniel@peninsuladailynews.com.
