Crane School of Music Presents Seventh Annual Sandy Feldstein Music Business Roundtable

POTSDAM, NY (09/21/2015)(readMedia)-- The seventh annual Sandy Feldstein Music Business Roundtable will focus on how to find employment in the music industry this weekend. The Crane School of Music will welcome five accomplished music business executives for this engaging panel discussion.

Sponsored by the Crane Institute for Music Business and Entrepreneurship, the roundtable event will be offered at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26 in the Proscenium Theater, located in the Performing Arts Center.

All are welcome to attend this free event, to experience an exciting hour of conversation, explore the changing world of music business and learn about new opportunities for today's students.

The panelists for this year's roundtable include:

• Andy Zildjian, president of Sabian Ltd., one of the world's top cymbal design and manufacturing companies, based in Meductic, New Brunswick
• Greg Cornell, performing and recording artist with The Cornell Brothers Band, a Brooklyn-based roots music quartet
• Bob Popyk, founder of Bentley-Hall Inc., a marketing communications firm based in Syracuse, N.Y.
• Allison Carney '99, co-owner, Brick & Mortar Music, a service music store based in Potsdam, N.Y.
• Tony Verderosa '86, owner of KBV Music, a New York City record label, creative licensing and music supervision firm.

Crane Institute for Music Business and Entrepreneurship Executive Director Carol "Kickie" Britt '69 will serve as the moderator for this discussion.

About music business at The Crane School of Music:

Billboard magazine has recognized SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music as having one of the top 35 music business programs in North America. The Crane School of Music offers a Bachelor of Music degree in music business, which combines the strengths of music study at Crane, along with course offerings in business administration and economics. The program prepares students for employment in the music products business, arts administration and in the recording industry. The Crane Institute for Music Business and Entrepreneurship promotes partnerships with music industry associations and businesses, and provides students with opportunities to learn from professionals. Crane offers the only internship program in the country that places students with companies in the music industry for the annual National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Show, which is the world's leading trade event for the music products industry. To find out more, visit www.potsdam.edu/academics/Crane/MusicBusiness.

For more information about SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music, please visit www.potsdam.edu/crane.

Founded in 1886, SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music has a long legacy of excellence in music education and performance. Life at Crane includes an incredible array of more than 300 recitals, lectures and concerts presented by faculty, students and guests each year. The Crane School of Music is the State University of New York's only All-Steinway institution.

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