Strasbourg Music Week Training and recruitment (careers opportunities)
What bridges can be built between training and career opportunities? What milestones need to be crossed and reconsidered? How can we disseminate a managerial culture that is compatible with the pop music scene? How can we attract, retain and develop talent?
Based on observations from France, these questions about recruitment issues will be illuminated by European experience. The challenges of recruitment in the pop music sector and the creation of a sustainable managerial vision are a real challenge.
CUR - Stan Souedet (FR)
Working in the music industry since 2000 at various positions (record dealer, production manager, stage manager, booker), Stan joined the Formations d'Issoudun and specialized in training and work analysis.
He was also co-president of Fracama from 2019 to 2023 and is still co-chairman of Lylo Prod.
Much more than a training organization, Les Formations d'Issoudun (LFI) is an essential link towards the professionalization of the actors of the music industry. A true pioneer in France, LFI federates a unique community of 1,300 former trainees and 70 professional speakers within a network of 1,200 partner companies.
The institution has four main missions: to train the talents of tomorrow to encourage changes in practices, to certify the skills of professionals in the industry, to insert new vital forces by contributing to the recruitment of companies and the creation of new structures, and to accompany organizations (institutions, universities and grandes écoles, networks and federations, support and accompaniment structures) willing to develop skills in the music industry.
Dereck Van Groh (ALL)
Chief Executive Officer of Popakademie, director of the department of pop music.Born in Stuttgart, Derek von Krogh has many years of experience in music production, composition, arrangement, and songwriting.
He brings with him an exceptionally broad range of expertise in pop music practice and its various genres and formats, for which he has received multiple gold, platinum, and live entertainment awards.
Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is the only public university in Germany specializing in pop music and creative industries. Therefore, we aspire to provide the best possible personalized university education to young people who want to succeed as musicians or managers in the music and creative industries.
All their degree programs are accredited by ACQUIN, the Accreditation, Certification, and Quality Assurance Institute. Ensuring and developing high-quality teaching is an ongoing process - that's why it aims to incorporate the latest discoveries in business, research, and pop culture while integrating direct feedback from its students.
In addition to being a university, Popakademie is a training center that undertakes numerous projects in the areas of European cooperation, regional development, and business development in the Baden-Württemberg region, which is highly publicized.
The training center, with its various departments, is an optimal complement to the degree programs of Popakademie Baden-Württemberg and significantly contributes to our reputation in the world of business, politics, and society. This unique model allows them to bring together relevant aspects of pop music culture at different levels and create synergies for the creative and economic production of the music and creative sectors in Germany and beyond.
Claire Monville (BEL)
Claire Monville has been immersed in culture since her early days. Initially involved in the contemporary art sector, she then transitioned through Jeunesses Musicales before joining the Music Council of the French Community of Belgium, of which she has been the director for 13 years.
She has also worked as a press attaché at the Festival de Wallonie, co-founded the festival 100% which is the origin of the Musiq’3 Festival in Brussels where she remains active, organized concert tours abroad, and produced shows.
She also participated in the creation of Studio des Variétés WB, of which she still serves as president. She is one of the founders of the Scivias platform, which works for better representation of women. Over nearly 30 years, she has thus been able to develop extensive experience in production, organization, and programming, with the particularity of being interested in all musical styles.
Founded in 1981, the Music Council is a non-profit association whose objective is to inform, advise, and promote the music sector in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. It represents the Wallonia-Brussels Federation on the international stage at the UNESCO International Music Council and the European Music Council.
The activities of the Music Council concern music professionals, amateurs, and music lovers across all types of music.
Since 1985, around June 21, the Music Council has been organizing and coordinating the Fête de la Musique in Wallonia and Brussels, which has taken on an international and transcontinental dimension.
The Music Council also produces and supports other initiatives, including a competition for emerging artists and those on the path to professionalism (Du F. dans le texte). It also develops a sector dedicated to pedagogy (GRiAM) and organizes numerous information days through its Musiscope service. The Music Council is also the author of numerous publications, magazines, guides, and studies aimed at all audiences. It publishes the magazine Larsen as well as a magazine, Orphée Apprenti, dedicated to music education. These works inform about the multiple facets of the history, evolution, and current events of the music world in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation as a whole. It also produces the Intégrale de la Musique, a database containing as much information as possible about the music sector in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
The Music Council also participates in the Belgian Music Week. A week of Belgian music in partnership with VI.BE, VRT, Court-Circuit, and RTBF aimed at showcasing and honoring artists and groups from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Since 1999, the Music Council has managed the Maison des Musiques, a place that hosts various musical institutions from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Numerous activities, including concerts (classical, pop, current, young audience, etc.), workshops, showcases, among others, are programmed throughout the year at the Maison des Musiques, in partnership with actors and actresses from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. The Maison des Musiques also hosts many artists for residencies.
Since 2021, the Music Council has hosted the Scivias platform, whose objective is to drive change for a more inclusive music sector in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. As part of its projects, the Music Council regularly establishes privileged partnerships with French structures.
Adelaïde Wojciechowski (CH)
Adélaïde Wojciechowski is responsible for projects and training at the FCMA. She has supported numerous artists from French-speaking Switzerland in their development projects in connection with the FCMA. She coordinates activities such as artistic residency programs and the Music+ support project for Swiss artists.
The FCMA (Fondation romande pour la Chanson et les Musiques Actuelles) was founded in 1997 with the aim of providing assistance to artists in the diverse and varied landscape of "musiques actuelles"/ pop music. The FCMA team is committed to supporting artists in their career development through support programs, advice, training, and by networking music professionals in Switzerland and in preferred export territories. The Foundation is also pleased to be able to support the transformation currently taking place within this sector.
