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Meet Ruth-Ann Shallow, a speaker for IWD 2019!

We are excited to announce that Ruth-Ann Shallow will be joining us for our FREE music funding event for women and non-binary artists on International Women’s Day on Friday, March 8th 2019!

Ruth-Ann Shallow is a multi-faceted entrepreneur with extensive experience in different areas of the music business. She is a founder of a Toronto based music production and event promotions company, called Black Pearl Entertainment. She is the Chair of Special Events and former Director of Artist Relations, at the Urban Music Association of Canada. She has worked for the industry giant, Universal Music Canada, for over 11 years as a Copyright & Royalty Analyst and was also a part of the Universal Urban / National Marketing & Promotions Team for over 3 years. Prior to that, Ruth-Ann worked at SOCAN for 7 years in various roles from membership to licensing.

Ruth-Ann is also an experienced FACTOR juror! She will share some insights into the process of assessment of Juried Sound Recording and Artists Development programs! Come to learn some tips about jury assessment preparation.

For more information about the event click here.