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Global Sounds: Touring, Visas and Immigration is programming from Musicplus: Skill Building for Musicians. Recorded 5/16/10 at East Bay Community Foundation in Oakland, CA.

There is no doubt that today's music marketplace has gone global, which means many more opportunities for cross-border collaboration and performance. But it is not as easy as booking a plane ticket and duct taping your cello case shut. This session will cover some of the new opportunities of international performances and collaboration, as well as the challenges associated with visas, work permits and logistics, both for U.S. artists going out of the country, and artists entering the U.S. for performances.

Alexandra Casazza, Owner, Trouble Worldwide
Matthew Covey, Owner, Tamizdat
Tim Motzer, Guitarist, Composer, Touring Musician, 1K Recordings

Presented by East Bay Community Foundation, Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, The San Francisco Foundation, Future of Music Coalition

This program is made possible with the support of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, LINC (Leveraging Investments in Creativity), The James Irvine Foundation, and The Wallace Foundation.

Visit the Future of Music website for more information.
futureofmusic.org/events/musicplus-skill-building-musicians