SAEM 231 - Concert & Musical Festival Touring

Institution:

Point Park University

Subject:

SPORT, ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MANAGEMENT

Description:

This course will focus on several advanced aspects of the concert and music festival industry. It will give students a deeper look into the touring industry of concert promotion, booking bands, duties of a talent agent and band managers and the general knowledge of jobs and opportunities available in the live entertainment industry. Prerequisites: SAEM Major, Sophomore Standing. Course Objectives Upon completion of this course students will be able to: (1) Explain the specific roles of a manager, an agent, and a tour manager and production manager. (2) Interpret the ideas, concepts and actual implementation of producing concerts and festivals on small, medium and large scales. (3) Identify the largest concert promoters in the festival business and what jobs are available in the business. (4) Analyze concert rides and communicate with bands in order to determine their needs. (5) Describe how sound, lights and general band production works with large festivals. (6) Conduct research to gain an understanding of the various scenarios in which performers payments should be made. They will work together by "role playing" the job duties of an agent selling talent to a concert promoter. (7) Analyze case studies, on critical decisions made by booking agents and managers that could affect an artist's career.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.pointpark.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 391-4100

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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