August 2023 Meeting: How the Huntsville Music Office is strengthening Huntsville’s music scene

Join us for our August Chapter Meeting where we will hear Matt Mandrella, Huntsville Music Officer, discuss how the Huntsville Music Office is strengthening the community’s music scene ahead of September’s Huntsville Music Month.

About Matt:
The Huntsville Music Office serves to create a more dynamic music environment that supports and strengthens Huntsville’s growing economy, attracts visitors and enhances the quality of life for current residents. It nurtures the city’s music ecosystem through advocacy, policy and strategic planning initiatives focused on ensuring that our thriving music sector reaches its full potential. As Huntsville’s Music Officer, Matt Mandrella advocates for the City’s growing music sector and helps oversee music-related strategic planning initiatives and economic opportunities.

Prior to relocating to Huntsville in January 2022, Mandrella worked at Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. There, he was involved with all aspects of marketing for the iconic Graceland campus and for Graceland Live, a new music venture with Live Nation focused on bringing renowned touring acts to venues at the property. Before working at Graceland, Mandrella spent more than a decade in one of the nation’s foremost music cities – Austin, Texas – where he worked for a variety of different venues, festivals and companies involved with booking and promoting live music across the USA such as Fun Fun Fun Fest, Mohawk, SXSW and Do512 (DoStuff Media). Mandrella originally hails from the Mobile area and earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of South Alabama.

Book your spot today so you don’t miss this amazing speaker!