Empowering Musicians and Launching Careers Since 1951
What is CAG?
Concert Artists Guild empowers musicians and launches careers that are sustainable, unique and relevant. Through mentorship and performance opportunities, we identify and develop young artists who will make an impact in the world through music.
CAG enables artists to manifest a new definition of a professional musician: resilient citizen performers who engage with, respond to, and impact the world around them through music and service, galvanizing the fabric of society through the power of culture.
How We Help Our Artists
Booking domestic and international performance tours
Participation in CAG’s Career Bootcamp
Providing educational and community engagement opportunities
Professional development workshops
Mentorship from CAG staff and alumni
Networking opportunities with the CAG roster
Fiscal sponsorship for project development
Commissioning opportunities of new composers
Exposure to top industry leaders and tastemakers
Our Impact
Since 1951, CAG has helped more than 500 young musicians launch careers. Winners of CAG’s annual competition receive comprehensive management support, New York performances, concert bookings and professional career development and coaching.
Notable CAG alumni artists include GRAMMY-winning musicians such as violinists Jennifer Koh, Joseph Lin (Juilliard Quartet), Eugene Drucker (Emerson Quartet); ensembles Pacifica Quartet, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, and Eighth Blackbird; MacArthur fellow Claire Chase; pianists Barry Douglas and Michael Brown; clarinetists David Shifrin and David Krakauer; flutist Marina Piccinini; violinist Geneva Lewis; and groundbreaking ensembles Imani Winds, the Brasil Guitar Duo, PUBLIQuartet, and Aizuri Quartet.
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Help our musicians tell their stories and make an impact in communities across North America! Your contribution makes a difference through the power of music.