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sai-national.org • SPRING 2017 • PAN PIPES 11 MUSIC CAREERS rights associated with the creation, along with the royalties collected from these rights. My company focuses on exploitation of the music for use in film, television, and commercials. Print music is a very small part of the overall music industry, and is shrinking rapidly due to online sources of music. Why do I tell this story? Well, I want flautists out there to realize that, in the event that something stands in the way of you being a performer or a teacher, that there are other options out there. Just think about anywhere music is used, heard, or purchased. ere is a business behind that use. And it is a great business, if you are willing to work hard. I love that I can be around music every day, work with musicians and creative people, and share that music with the world. I still play my flute today, and until my recent relocation to Los Angeles, I performed with several ensembles in the Greater Philadelphia Area. I have learned to overcome my injury to the point of being able to continue playing, while working in the industry. It is really the best of all possibilities. I love my job, and I wouldn't trade it for the world. io Specializing in Copyright, Licensing, Royalties and Publishing, Paula Savastano has worked in the music business for more than 25 year. As a classically trained musician, she began her career in Opera Management, but quickly made the switch to the popular music realm. She has worked in administrative management and intellectual property departments for several notable companies including Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), Spirit Music Group, Rykomusic, Cherry Lane Music, Musical Heritage Society and Turn up the Music. For several years, Paula's knowledge and experience has been sought aer by publishers and record companies to assist them with audits, royalties and copyright issues. Aer significant and continued demand, she started her own company, SSA Music, which provides financial, legal, auditing, licensing and royalty consulting services to a diverse clientele ranging from independent musicians to major music publishers and record companies. In recent years, SSA Music has expanded to offer catalog pitching and placement for a select clientele. SSA Music Catalog has grown to include over 1500 titles from nearly all genres of music, ranging from classical, jazz, pop, rock, alternative, rockabilly and varying cross-over genres. e majority of the SSA Music catalog is available as one-stop/all-in licensing, and has instrumental mixes and stems, as well as full tracks available. In the recent past, SSA Music has directed the focus of its business to pairing music supervisors with quality music to fit their musical needs. Paula has been an active speaker at educational conferences and universities around the country for more than 10 year. She has held the position of Adjunct Professor in the Music Industry Departments at Drexel University and William Paterson University. She is active member of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), National Association for Recording Industry Professionals (NARIP), Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP), Women in Music (WIM) and Sigma Alpha Iota (Professional Music Fraternity). She is also an active musician, performing in the greater New York and Philadelphia metropolitan areas, as a freelance flautist. J oan Lippincott, an SAI Honorary Member initiated in 1969 by the Beta Tau Chapter at New York University, was the honoree for the 2017 American Guild of Organists (AGO) Endowment Fund Distinguished Artist Award Recital and Gala Benefit Reception on Friday, April 21st in Princeton, NJ. The recital was held at the Princeton University Chapel and featured Lippincott, as well as organists Eric Plutz and Scott Dettra. Lippincott is Professor Emerita of Organ at Westminster Choir College of Rider University and was Principal University Organist at Princeton University from 1993 to 2000. A graduate of The Curtis Institute of Music and Westminster Choir College, where she was a student of Alexander McCurdy, she also studied at Union Theological Seminary and Princeton Theological Seminary. She has been a featured recitalist at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, at the Spoleto USA Festival, at The American Bach Society Biennial, at the Dublin International Organ Festival, and at conventions of the AGO, the Organ Historical Society, and the Music Teachers National Association. She has performed on most of the prominent organs in churches and universities throughout the United States and has toured widely in Europe. She is currently performing and recording organ works on a reduced schedule. Her most recent recording is J.S. Bach's Orgelbüchlein, recorded on the Fritts organ at Princeton Theological Seminary. In 2016-2017, she will be performing the Bach Goldberg Variations (organ) in concert. Christian Steiner SAI Honorary Member Joan Lippincott AGO Honors SAI Lippincott

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