2023 Berklee City Music Summit

REFLECTION. RECONNECTION. REJUVENATION.

To Our Berklee City Music Network,

It's that time of year again! RSVP for the 2023 Berklee City Music Summit, hosted in Atlanta, GA!

This year, the Summit will focus on reflection, reconnection and rejuvenation. The Design Team, led by Melody Barham from Stax Music Academy, has been busy over the past year designing the Summit through empathetic listening, defining current concerns and ideating potential solutions for students, teachers, and administrators within the network.

This process culminates in the 2023 Summit where attendees will have the opportunity to find solutions, have conversations and make meaningful connections across the network as we learn from each other.

Location

Summit HQ in Atlanta
1560 E Hamilton Ave,
East Point, GA 30344

Date & Time

January 20, 2023, 6:00 PM - January 22, 2023 - 8:00 PM

2023 Network Summit Schedule

FRIDAY, JANUARY 20

MEET & GREET

5:00-7:00PM EST

Casual gathering as Summit attendees arrive at Summit HQ.

Saturday, January 21

MORNING SESSIONS

9-10:00AM EST: Breakfast at Summit HQ

9:30-10:30AM: Opening Student Performance by City Music Boston Band

10:30-11:15AM: State of the Network from Dr. Krystal Banfield

11:30-12:30PM: Keynote / Opening Remarks by Robert Gould '16

AFTERNOON / EARLY EVE SESSIONS

12:30-1:30PM: Lunch and Performance by Youth Ensemble of Atlanta

1:30-3:20PM: #WhatsMyBrand Panel/Discussion

3:30-4:30PM: A Successful Release: Process of Releasing Music

4:45-5:45PM: Bringing the Content!

7:30-9:30PM: Jam Session led by City Music/Berklee Alumni Band

SUNDAY, JANUARY 22

MORNING SESSIONS

8-9:00AM: Breakfast at Summit HQ

8:30-9:25AM: Student Performance by City Music Boston Band

9:25-9:30AM: Welcome/Sunday Introductions by Melody Barham

9:30-10:30AM: Connect with Your Why\"Diamonds in the Rough" Panel

10:30-11:30AM: How to Return and Rebuild

11:45-12:45PM: New Tech Tools & Digital Collaboration

AFTERNOON SESSIONS

12:45-1:15PM: Lunch

2:00-3:15PM: Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget Panel

3:25-4:30PM: Careers in the Creative Industry Panel

5:00PM: Dinner and Dismissal

Location & Programming Hub

Summit HQ
1560 E Hamilton Ave,
East Point, GA 30344

Join us just a ten-minute drive from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at our Summit HQ, a newly renovated, large-scale event space and Airbnb, where all programming, performances, communal lunches, and dinners will take place.

Berklee City Music has arranged a hotel block at Renaissance Concourse at Atlanta Airport, two miles from the Main Event space where programming and meals will take place.

Reservation Information and Address:

One Hartsfield Centre Parkway,
Atlanta, Georgia 30354
Contact: (404)-209-9999

*Must reserve rooms by December 23, 2022.
Guests should identify themselves as part of the Berklee College of Music group staying at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel, located at One Hartsfield Centre Parkway, Atlanta, GA.

Rate at $179/night (2 double beds or King bed)

If you have any questions about hotel accommodations, travel, and/or stay, please reach out to [email protected].

Summit Design Team

The Design Team, led by Melody Barham from Berklee City Music Network member Stax Music Academy, has been busy over the past year designing the Summit through empathetic listening, defining current concerns and ideating potential solutions for students, teachers, and administrators within the network. This process culminates in the 2023 Summit where attendees will have the opportunity to find solutions, have conversations and make meaningful connections across the network as we learn from each other.

Melody Barham

Student Services Manager at Stax Music Academy in Memphis, TN

Jordan Morrison

Music Education Director at W.O. Smith Music School in Nashville, TN

Joaquin Pacheco

Audio Recording and Music Production Instructor at APCH, Los Angeles, CA

Shantel Teixeira

Student at Berklee College of Music, from City Music Boston

Chris Powe

Student at Berklee College of Music, from Fernando Pullum’s Community Arts Center

Melanie Doerner

Executive Director at Community Music School, Raleigh, NC

Chris Bank

Music Educator at Jazz Aspen Snowmass in Aspen, CO

Session Descriptions

Saturday, Jan 21

SAT. 1/21
1:20PM EST

#WhatsMyBrand (Presentation/Workshop)

Includes a presentation that delves into platform-specific (Tiktok, Instagram, YouTube) branding tactics and interactive workshop to allow for application and stakeholder collaboration.
Learn how to leverage your social media accounts to further your reach/network
Include information on debunking social media myths

SAT. 1/21
3:30PM EST

A Successful Release: Process of Releasing Music (Panel)

Attendees will learn about registering songs, know which distribution services to use, what platforms there are to release music, etc.
Learn about all the steps one needs to take to release music across various platforms

SAT. 1/21
4:45PM EST

Bringing the Content (Interactive Presentation)

Attendees will learn about various types of digital content, their utility and benefit to the growth of your profile, business, and/organization
- Engage in "content creation" activity to begin actualizing skills learned in our workshop together!

Sunday, January 22

SUN. 1/22
9:30AM EST

Connect with Your "Why" (Discussion)

What's your purpose? Engage in thoughtful discussion and reflection around your "why". Join us in conversation around protecting your "yes", learning how to say "no", and understand what aligns you with your truest purpose.

SUN. 1/22
10:30AM EST

"Diamonds in the Rough" (Discussion and Activity)

Facilitated discussion on self care and wellness, especially for musicians
Activity around moments of reflection, practice of daily habits (movement, yoga), steps to take to etch into your true self & purpose and methods that create longevity and sustainability as musicians and human beings

SUN. 1/22
2:00PM EST

How to Return and Rebuild (Panel)

How do we return and rebuild within the "new normal" resulting from the ongoing pandemic? What new learnings, skills, and ideas have you learned that you will take forward?

SUN. 1/22
3:25PM EST

Champagne Taste on a Beer Budget (Panel / Discussion)

Panel Discussion: How to assess your budget, maximize limited resources, approach to budget cuts, planning for growth and the unexpected.
Breakout/Table Activity: Real-world budgeting exercise for Administrators

SUN. 1/22
3:25PM EST

Careers in the Creative Music Industry (Discussion)

This session should provide organizations, educators, working musicians, and students with exposure to a variety of careers in music and give them the opportunity to ask questions and have a dialogue with the panelists.

SUN. 1/22
4:45PM EST

New Tech Tools & Digital Collaboration (Presentations)

Empower All Stakeholders to better do what they are meant to do through new ideas, practices, and tech.
- For Students - New tech for Social Media/Production/Organization
- For Teachers - New Productivity Tools/Organization/New Music Resources,
- For Admins - New Productivity Tools/Resources to Expand Programmatic Abilities and Reach