Any popular artist has hundreds, even thousands of fans. He is admired for his talent, the ability to sing, if he is a musician. But few people think that success requires something else besides talent and a good voice. A music manager is needed. We talk about what this profession is and where there are music management faculties in Moscow, in our material.
What is music management
First of all, it is necessary to clarify what is a specialty called "Music Management". What kind of profession can I get after training?
The profession is called: the 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 singer’s reputation or career, and monitors the commercial component of this musician. Music managers work both with solo performers and with bands.
A contract is drawn up between the music manager and his ward, 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 transactions and contracts, searching for a producer, creating an artist’s image, creating a fan base, maintaining a page on social networks and so on. All these and similar tricks are taught at the Faculty of Music Management. Such areas - perhaps with some adjustment - are in higher education institutions throughout the country, but we will talk exclusively about Moscow universities. After all, it is known that Moscow is the city of great opportunities.
Faculty of Music Management: where to go to study
In the golden-headed universities - a dime a dozen. This includes those related to music, creativity and art in general. We will talk about seven institutions from which you can exit by waving the crusts of the music manager.
Music Art Management, Moscow State Pedagogical University
Oddly enough, at the Pedagogical University such specialists are also being trained: there is 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 at the exit the novice manager will be a bachelor. It is up to him to decide whether to increase his degree or not, however, it must be taken into account that music management is also available in the pedagogical university among the areas of master's training.
According to the information on the website of the Moscow State Pedagogical University itself, the field of activity of future managers of the world of music includes educational work, administrative and aesthetic work - in general, a person will be "a reader, a reaper, and a dude player." It is interesting that in the course of study, managers must undergo practical training, and this can be done both in some kind of art institution and by working for any creative team. At the same time, you can see the inside of this world.
Moscow State Pedagogical University address: Malaya Pirogovskaya street, house 1, building 1.
Management in the music and entertainment industries of the RMA Business School
RMA Business School is training managers of the highest category in various fields, whether it be gaming, restaurant or music activities. And although RMA is not exactly a music-oriented educational institution, today it is the largest business center in our country. Namely, running a business, in fact, is a music manager and should be fully owned.
RMA was founded nineteen years ago. Over the years, she has established herself well. The main and distinguishing feature of the institution is its 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 the entertainment industry." The information on the school’s website reports 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 experiences. Students undergo internships both in Russian music companies and abroad. RMA also practices open lectures. Anyone can sign up for them.
The conditions for admission to the RMA Department of Music Management are simple. It is only necessary to have a finished secondary or higher education in any field. You need to come to the selection committee, pass the qualification test about the show business industry and an interview with the head of the faculty. It is important to remember that training is evening and part-time.
RMA Business School is located on Nizhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya Street, near the metro stations Chkalovskaya and Kurskaya.
GITIS Production Faculty
The producer and the music manager are different people. Nevertheless, it is possible to get the specialty of the latter at GITIS, despite the fact that it is the Faculty of Music Management that is absent there. The fact is that among other disciplines taught at the production department of this university, there are special disciplines in the field of management. Any graduate of this department has every right to work as a producer, as well as a manager, theater agent, impresario - the choice is wide enough.
Special free consultations are held at the faculty to help applicants, but you need to pay attention: this is not a lecture, but a dialogue. You must be prepared for such a format of communication. The topics for discussion will vary depending on the direction of the faculty a person enters (there is art criticism, there are more questions about the theater; there is production and management, here it is about culture, concert activity, theater).
The faculty of production is located in the main building of GITIS. You can find it at Maly Kislovsky Lane, 6.
Faculty of Music Management, Cinema and Television MFPA
But the Moscow Finance and Industry Academy (Synergy) boasts the presence of its own management faculty. What does this department offer? Firstly, training is conducted immediately on two profiles. This is music management and organization management, therefore, students of this faculty will have more knowledge. Secondly, lectures at the Faculty of Music Management, Cinema and Television are delivered by well-known media people who themselves know something in the world of music and management. For example, Alexander Tolmatsky or Joseph Prigozhin.
Thirdly, the faculty has its own pop-studio school. Enumerate the advantages of this institution for a long time. But it’s better to just enter the Faculty of Music Management. Admission conditions can be found by contacting a representative of the establishment. As for the address, it is not difficult to find the faculty: it is located on Meshchanskaya Street, near the Prospekt Mira metro station.
Music Management at RGAIS
Oddly enough, the Russian State Academy of Intellectual Property also trains music managers. There is, of course, no separate faculty there. But there is a department at the faculty of intellectual property management. Incidentally, he 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 rapper Basta. Only graduate students are trained at the department. All questions of interest can be asked personally by calling the academy by phone (the numbers are on the official website of the institution). The address of the educational institution: 55 Miklukho-Maklaya street, building A.
Music Management at the Conservatory
Yes, yes, at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory you can also get a manager education in the world of music. The Faculty of Music Management is, of course, not there. But there is a direction in the preparation of a bachelor's degree in musicology with such a profile.
In order to become a student at 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 work here.
The Moscow Conservatory is located on Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street.
Music Management in Gnesinka
The corresponding direction of undergraduate training is also available at the Gnesins institution of higher education. There are several entrance tests. This is the Russian language, literature, as well as creative and professional competitions. After all the tests you need to go through an interview.
Gnesinka address: Povarskaya street, 30-36. You need to get off at the Arbatskaya or Povarskaya metro stations.
This is information about where in Moscow you can get the specialty of music manager. Good luck and easy knowledge!