About Us

The Network of Music Career Development Officers+ (NETMCDO+) is a thriving network with members across the world: a community of professionals advancing music career development and arts entrepreneurship through connection, collaboration, and shared learning.

Free and open to everyone in the field, quarterly Zoom Gatherings offer opportunities to share ideas and solutions that focus on what matters most in helping musicians build successful careers. They feature our signature use of OPEN SPACE, mini-sessions created on the spot by attendees, enabling all to have direct, confident, and open conversations.

The Network focuses on important issues vital to the careers of classical and jazz musicians and the professionals that counsel them. Members of NETMCDO support each other throughout the year with social media discussions and advice.

Note: A plus sign (+) was added to the group name in the spring of 2024, symbolizing our continued goal of inclusiveness and emphasizing the diversity of our field's activities and community.

NETMCDO was founded in 1995 by by Angela Beeching, of New England Conservatory at the time, and John Blanchard, of Manhattan School of Music. The original goal was simply to gather together colleagues at similar music schools throughout the U.S. to discuss issues and get to know each other. When we began to widen our circle and advertise our annual meetings in New York, we saw more and more interest from schools without career centers for musicians or course work on the business of music.

NETMCDO has grown into an inclusive organization where “veterans” and “novices” alike share viewpoints, experiences, and knowledge.

Learn about our current planning comittee ("The Gound Crew") here.