Graduate Student Bios
Name: Mauricio Lizarazo
Hometown: Berlin, Germany / Bogota, Colombia
Favorite Music/Artist/Band: The Beatles, Panteon Rococo, El Sie7e among others...
What you plan on doing within the music industry after graduating: contribute to the expansion and reach of the Latin Alternative music genre between Europe, the US and Latin America. As founder and president of Pachamama Culture (www.pachamamaculture.com) we'll continue to secure music sponsorship agreements and endorsements for Latin Alternative bands. We'll focus on the integration of Latin Alternative music into the European and U.S. general market. In Pachamama Culture we'll continue to develop our business as a full-service, including booking and management, Music Company for Latin Alternative music artists.
Favorite Class and Why: Among many interest lectures, The Business of Music and Film class provided interest business insights from the music and film industries. The lectures were open for debate generating a 'juicy' environment for discussion and positive feedback.
Favorite thing to do in the city: Check out the music (alternative) scene at the Village (East & West) and be part of the amazing intercultural exchange NY constantly.
Name: Maria Isabel Nunez Del Prado
Hometown: Key Biscayne FL/La Paz Bolivia
Favorite Music/Artist/Band: Aerosmith
What you plan on doing within the music industry after graduating: I am interested in several areas: concert/artist management, publicity/promotion, marketing, special events organizing, A&R, and publishing . I am especially interested in Rock/pop and Latin Music.
Favorite Class and Why: One of my favorite classes is Law in the Music Industry because I think that it is important to know about copyrights, licensing, contracts, and any other laws concerning the field in which I intend to work. I also like Publicity and Promotion in the Music Industry because it is very interesting and it was useful for my internship at Rogers and Cowan.
Favorite thing to do in the city: Concerts, Broadway Musicals, Museums.
If you think of anything else you would want on your profile: I just started doing independent publicity/promotion for new bands
Name: Eugene Song
Hometown: Irvington, NY / Tampa, FL
Favorite Music/Artist/Band: The Who
What you currently do within the music industry: Work at EMI Music Publishing
Favorite Class and Why: Global Music Management -- We got to go to London!
Favorite thing to do in the city: Discover new places to eat/drink/ listen to music
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