Toronto Urban Music Festival 2009

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Wednesday, January 20 – Monday, January 25
Urban Music Week Visual Arts
Toronto City Hall Rotunda (7:30 – 9:30 p.m.)

Noted visual artists and photographers will be featured in this special exhibition.

Admission: Free!

Currently holding the position of Managing Director for Universal Music Publishing Canada, Jodie also is the President of the Canadian Music Publishing association, where he is active in lobbying, copyright reform and media relations. He is a member of the board of SOCAN and the CMRRA. He is also responsible for the amalgamation of BMG music publishing Canada to UMPG Canada.

While at Universal Music Publishing Group Jodie has been instrumental in the careers of Sam Roberts, KOS, and most recently, Mobile and Hedley as well works with established Canadian superstars Jann Arden, Shania Twain, Daniel Lavoie and Avril Lavigne, among others. He has been named Canadian Music Publisher at the annual CCMA awards, as well as Publisher of the Year at the annual CMW Industry Awards. His artists have also been nominated for or have received awards from The Juno Awards, East Coast Music Awards, SOCAN Awards, Country Music Awards, Much Music Video Awards and The Grammy Awards.

Jodie has lectured at various educational institutions across the country and is continuously asked upon to speak at various seminars, conferences and functions across North America.

He will be speaking as a panelist at the Urban Music Industry Conference on Friday, January 29 from 2:30pm - 3:45pm.

See conference schedule