Harmonizing Finances: Budgeting and Financial Planning for Composers

Soundstreams’ RBC Bridges Workshop Week Presents this free event.

Reflecting on his own experience and the volumes of advice he has collected over 30 years (some headed, some ignored), André Ristic will discuss how to have a decent financial life as a professional composer of contemporary music. The workshop will include a break down of the general principles that guide financial planning for the modern composer, including: identifying income sources, navigating public and private funding structures, selecting community and mentorship, and balancing income generation with artistic activity. This will be followed by an interactive presentation and analysis of a provisional project budget. The workshop will close with a Q&A for participant questions.

We ask that you please register in advance to attend this workshop.

Canadian composer André Ristic, who performs both as a pianist and accordion player, is also a music theorist whose interests include the mathematical representation of sound and programming models. As a composer he owns a catalogue of roughly 60 works, including 4 operas, a dozen string quartets and 10 symphonies. He won a few prizes, most notably the Jules-Léger Prize for new chamber music, and the Composer of the Year Award in Québec; he has been commissioned by many soloists, orchestras and ensembles – mostly in Canada and Belgium. He studied mathematics at the Université du Québec in Montréal (UQAM) and completed his musical studies at the conservatory in Montréal where he received instruction in composition, harpsichord and piano. In 2008 he moved to Brussels to join the Piano Faculty at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, where he currently resides. He has been a consultant in the last few years at the local Ministry of Culture where he manages subsidies in classical / contemporary music.

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