ICMP panel at MusikMesse

Panel discussion “Print Publishing: Glorious Future or Sentimental Past?”

 

Serious music publishers are often asked whether they believe that sheet music has a future.

 

Is sheet music just a declining market in which there is already too much competition; Is there actually untapped potential to expand the sheet music market; Will other technologies take over from paper any time soon; Does the tradition of musicians building well-printed libraries of music for their instrument or voice have a future; Might the modern generation prefer just to download and print out their own sheet music as and when they need it; Can anybody really make money from a product whose real inventory and distribution costs are so high?

 

In short, is printed paper the ideal delivery mechanism for the future of serious music, or is this just part of the sentimental attachment to the old-fashioned way of doing things that is a general problem with the world of serious music?

 

The future of sheet music, glory or doom, will be discussed at the ICMP Panel at the Frankfurt Musikmesse on 1 April from 15:00 to 17:00 in Hall 3 level Via, room Kontrast. The Panel discussion will be followed by a reception.

 

Confirmed panellists are:

• Kathleen Marsh (CEO Music Notes, USA)

• Christopher Smith (Chairman Halstan, UK)

• Larry Morton (President Hal Leonard, USA)

• Thomas Tietze (Chairman of the Bureau of Sheet Music and Rental Material and Member of the DMV Board, Germany)

• Wolf-Dieter Seiffert (Managing Director Henle Verlag, Germany)

 

The Panel will be moderated by Nicholas Riddle, Managing Director of Peters Edition (UK) and Member of the Board of ICMP.

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