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MATATU founder MICHAEL ORANGE, an APAP Leadership Fellow, has been appointed to the Oakland (California) Cultural Affairs Commission. The recently revived commission is
an advisory council to the mayor, city council and city administrator on all matters affecting cultural development in Oakland. Commission members’ primary
role and responsibility is to act as ambassadors and advocates for arts and culture in Oakland. Orange is the Art House Convergence Conference Co-chair and executive producer of the forthcoming sci-fi musical, Neptune Frost.
TINA M. SAWTELLE is the
new executive director of The
Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where she has served
as chief financial officer for the
past five years. Her financial acuity, knowledge of the community and commitment to the theater will
be key as The Music Hall plans to reopen after the Covid-19 pandemic. “In her five years at The Music Hall, Tina has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills not only in finance but in fundraising, human resource management, marketing and developing strategies for long-term success,” says Music Hall board president Edwin Garside. “She’s the perfect fit.” Sawtelle has 25 years’ experience working in the arts and entertainment, higher education and health care industries. Before joining the Music Hall in 2015, she spent
15 years at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) in a variety of roles, including associate dean of finance and administration, vice president
of finance and treasurer for the UNH Foundation and interim associate vice president for alumni relations. She has a bachelor’s degree in
health management and policy and a master’s degree in business from UNH. She succeeds Patricia Lynch, who stepped down after 16 years to pursue other interests.
Lori Wiest
LORI WIEST
has been appointed director of the University of Arizona Fred Fox School
of Music. For Wiest, this is a homecoming, as she
Skyline Artists Agency has added two staffers to
its Nashville team. LAURA SCHNEIDER joins as Skyline’s first director of artist
received her doctorate in choral conducting from the university
30 years ago. She also holds a master of music in choral music from Arizona State University, and
a bachelor of science in music education and piano performance from North Dakota State University. Since 1991, Wiest has served on faculty in the School of Music at Washington State University, and from 2004 to 2018, she held a series of leadership positions at WSU, including associate dean of the Graduate School and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. She returned to full-time teaching and has been director of choral activities in the WSU School of Music, conducting two auditioned choirs and teaching graduate courses in choral history/literature and choral conducting. “I have always felt a special connection to Tucson and the school,” says Wiest. “It is with great pride that I return to work alongside such talented colleagues and students as we continue to achieve excellence, create new paths,
and lead in new directions.” She succeeds Rex Woods, who served as interim director during the 2019-20 academic year, and will return full- time to the faculty in the fall.
Laura Schneider
relations. She previously worked as management assistant to Nashville’s Amy Speace and ran her own business, Laura Schneider Photo, which she will continue to operate. She will work alongside Skyline
Sean Quinn
Artists’ president Bruce Houghton to expand artists’ services for the agency’s roster. SEAN QUINN joins Skyline
as a tour coordinator working with agent
James Leslie and vice president Mark Lourie. Quinn comes to the agency after stints at BMI Nashville and Disc Makers.
After 28 years with his own firm and 36 years in the artist management business, MARC BAYLIN has decided to close Baylin Artists Management. His first job was at a Philadelphia– based artist management company, but after eight years, at the age
of 30, he decided to go out on his own. Over the course of his career,
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