Year after year, the Association des professionnels de l’édition musicale (APEM) offers a wide range of training courses, starting with its music publishing training program. This program (offered in French) covers the main types of expertise required in music publishing. APEM has been offering training on the legal foundations and business practices of music publishing since 2005 in order to develop a skilled workforce and promote best practices. This comprehensive 44.5-hour course is spread over 10 weeks and covers topics such as legal foundations, sources of revenue and rights management, contracts and licenses, organization and artistic direction of a publishing house, negotiating a publishing contract, and many other essential aspects of the trade. Those topics will be covered in-depth by publishing experts such as Daniel Lafrance, Claude Brunet, Sébastien Charest, Xavier Debreuille, Valérie Gauthier, Marie-Laurence Asselin et Carmel Scurti-Belley.
Please note that the APEM training program will take place in person, from September 11 to November 13, at the Institut national de l’image et du son (INIS). Registration is now open and places are limited. For all the details and to register, visit apem.ca/en/music-publishing-training-program-2.
Development program for people from diverse backgrounds
APEM is also presenting the fourth edition of its Programme de perfectionnement en édition musicale pour personnes issues de la diversité (Music publishing development program for people from diverse backgrounds), aimed at enhancing their knowledge of music publishing, providing them with the tools to develop their activities and becoming part of the APEM network.
More specifically, the program offers (in French):
- Enrolment in the APEM training program on music publishing (44.5 hours of training over 10 sessions);
- Mentoring with music publishing professionals;
- A 1-year APEM membership for those who are not already members;
- Two years of participation in APEM events such as the Music Tech Summit, Quand la musique rencontre l’image (AV Music Event), the presentation of the Christopher J. Reed Award, etc.
Interested persons must :
Have an interest for or work in music publishing;
Identify yourself as part of diversity;
Send in a CV;
Write a short letter (maximum 1 page) describing your plans and explaining your interest in this program.
Applications must be sent to info@apem.ca no later than August 4, 2024.
Training and development programs in music publishing for people from diverse backgrounds are made possible thanks to the financial support of Musicaction, the Québec government, Fondation SOCAN and SODEC.