JUDITH FINELL MUSICSERVICES
INC.
Consulting • Research • Music Copyright Matters •
Music Industry Support
Judith Greenberg Finell
c/o Judith Finell MusicServices Inc.
81 Pondfield Road • Suite 246 • Bronxville, NY 10708
Phone: (914) 779-8881• Fax: (914) 779-8883• E-mail: judifinell @ aol.com
Education
M.A. Musicology, University of California, Berkeley. Specialization: 20th Century Music. Also research on 17th and 18th century French opera.
B.A. Music Performance (Piano).University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Professional Experience
President, Judith Finell MusicServices Inc. (New York City): 1976 - Present
Present concentration is in the copyright infringement field, providing consulting, trial preparation, and expert testimony for attorneys, recording and publishing companies, advertising firms, entertainment, and computer companies. Services include musical analysis and comparisons, research into prior art, consulting with advertising agencies on the use of music in their campaigns, and with computer companies when they are preparing music education software. In addition, law firms representing parties in personal injury claims involving the loss of a musician’s career consult on career evaluations, and often ask Judith to testify on this.
Judith Finell MusicServices Inc. was founded in 1976 as a consultation and project development service, initially for classical composers, musicians, and arts organizations requiring a wide variety of career and business advice. Areas covered included promotion, audience development, organizing concert tours and festivals, fund raising, repertoire, publishing, and recording. In addition, writing and design services were available in the preparation of publicity and brochures, arts publications, program and liner notes, proposals, and arts reports. Services soon expanded to the concert production field, including concerts held in major New York halls, including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.
Clients have included Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York New Music Ensemble, artists of the Metropolitan Opera, as well as Michael Jackson, Julio Iglesias, Sony/CBS, and major advertising agencies and law firms. Ms. Finell often appears on Court T.V. regarding music copyright lawsuits, and has been featured in a television documentary hosted by Maria Shriver discussing musical education for children. Ms. Finell was also the musical advisor for a video production promoting ethics entitled Kids for Character. This received international recognition and awards, including a humanitarian award from B’nai B’rith. From 1993-present, Ms. Finell has been the musical advisor to the television series Barney and Friends, which has included consultations on the PBS series, musical publications, recordings, movies, and live shows at Radio City Music Hall.
In March, 1999, NYU presented Ms. Finell in a graduate workshop on intellectual property concerning the future of music copyright in the electronic era where she discussed copyright challenges posed by the electronic age.
Prior Work
Director of Publications and Information Center, American Music Center (New York City): 1975 - 76
Responsibilities included supervising the compilation, editing, publication, promotion, and distribution of all American Music Center books. This position also included advising composers, performers, and musicologists on publishing, repertoire, fund raising, and recordings. Established and organized a musical manuscript lending library, compiled and published 11,000-title music catalog.
Program Director of Directory Project, American Music Center: 1974 - 75
Responsibilities included compiling and supervising the research and publication of The Contemporary Music Performance Directory - a 200 page resource for composers and performers. Responsibilities also included raising $40,000 in order to publish and promote the book.
Music Career and Management workshops (New York City): 1984 - 90
Taught workshops for conductors, composers, managers, and other musical artists and administrators on various subjects including "Career Development," "Fund Raising,""Publicizing a Concert," "Marketing Yourself," and "The Business of Music." Students included emerging and established artists as well as recent graduates of Juilliard School of Music and Manhattan School of Music.
Director of Research, Joseph Boonin Music Publications (New Jersey): 1971 - 73
Responsibilities included designing and editing advertising for professional musicians, musicologists, and librarians, creating access to the college music textbook market, recommending textbooks and new music editions to college professors and music librarians, and copy editing and rewriting musicology textbooks.
Freelance Music and Book Editor: 1972 - 79
Edited music and music textbooks for various publishers, including G. Schirmer Inc., Theodore Presser Co., Editions Salabert, and Alexander Broude, Inc. Edited music in all performance categories: instrumental, vocal, choral, band, orchestral, and electronic, working with both traditional and new notation.
Teacher: Pittsburg Senior High School (Pittsburg, California): 1970 - 71
Subjects taught: chorus, guitar, drama.
Publications
Interview of Judith Finell published in New York Times, August 1995.
"Musicologist Takes a Look at Recent Court Rulings," New York Law Journal, May 1992. Published in a 3-part series, this article discussed approaches to digital sampling, sound-alike, and advertising cases.
"Using an Expert Witness in a Music Copyright Case," Entertainment Law Reporter, September 1990. Lead article.
"Using an Expert Witness in a Music Copyright Case," New York Law Journal, May 1990. Published in a 3-part series, this article outlined the ways in which a music expert can assist an attorney through all stages of a lawsuit.
The Contemporary Music Performance Directory. New York: American Music Center, 1975. 250 pages. A descriptive listing of 550 performing ensembles, 660 sponsoring organizations, 350 performing facilities, and 200 concert series and festivals of contemporary music. Emphasis is on chamber music, jazz, and experimental music. Included are detailed descriptions of the activities of performing ensembles, exact budgetary and grant information on sponsors, and fund raising recommendations. Funded by the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Works of Lukas Foss: Biography and Catalog. New York: Editions Salabert, 1976. 20 pages.
The Works of Erik Satie: Biography and Catalog. New York: Editions Salabert, 1976. 20 pages.
The American Music Center Library Catalog of Choral and Vocal Works. New York: American Music Center, 1975. 200 pages.
The Works of Arthur Honegger: Biography and Catalog. New York: Editions Salabert, 1974. 20 pages.
Twentieth Century Piano Music by American Composers. Hackensack, New Jersey: Joseph Boonin, Inc., 1973. 25 pages.
Speaking Engagements
Guest Speaker, Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP), N.Y.: 1996, 1993.
Guest Lecturer, Fordham Law School.
Guest Speaker, Copyright Law Department, Davis & Gilbert, NY: 1989. Presentation included explanation of musical terminology, definition and illustration of key musical elements for musical comparisons in copyright infringement actions, demonstration of my methodology for analyzing and comparing pieces of music.
Guest Speaker, Copyright Society of the U.S.A., NY: 1996, 1987. Presentation to an audience of copyright lawyers on musical comparisons and analysis techniques, digital sampling, and drawing conclusions of possible infringement.
Panelist, National Music Publishers' Assn., NY: 1995, 1987. Panel for copyright administrators at music publishing companies and record companies. Topic involved the way in which a music expert analyzes and concludes whether music might have been copied.
Speaker, American Institute of Music Studies: 1981 - 84. Subjects addressed to young opera singers included: "Selling Yourself," "Marketing a New Artist," "The Business of Music," and "How to Have a Career in Europe."
Lecturer, National Congress of Women in Music, New York University: 1981. Panel discussion on alternative career opportunities in the music field.
Lecturer, American Music Center: 1980. Discussion on promotion and fundraising for performing ensembles, composers, and administrators.
Moderator, Panel at Music Library Association Convention (Boston, MA): 1979. Panel discussion on alternative publishing and recording possibilities in contemporary concert music.
Memberships
Copyright Society of the USA
Presently on FA(C)E Music Committee - dealing with music copyright issues in
electronic media
Trustee, 1994 - 96 Co-Chairman, 1993 Annual Conference
American Music Center
Association of Independent Music Publishers
Member of nominating committee for Board of Directors, 1993
Entertainment Law Circle
B’nai B’rith section on music and performing arts
Women in Music, New York chapter