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The American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has promoted Nicole George-Middleton to Government Vice President & Head of Artistic Membership.
Reporting to CEO Elizabeth Matthews, George-Middleton will sit on the ASCAP Senior Management Crew and she is going to oversee songwriter, lyricist and composer relations at ASCAP and lead the ASCAP Artistic Membership Division.
Most lately, George-Middleton held the positions of Senior Vice President of Membership in addition to Government Director of The ASCAP Basis.
The exec will proceed to function Government Director of The ASCAP Basis whereas The ASCAP Basis begins the seek for her substitute in order that she will commit full-time to her new position.
In her position as SVP of Membership, ASCAP says that George-Middleton was instrumental in signing and retaining prime expertise together with Cardi B, Lil Uzi Vert, Lil Child, Sexyy Crimson, Migos, Mustard, Large Sean, Swizz Beatz, Tyla, Beyoncé, Jay Z, Victoria Monét, Lil Child, G. Herbo, Muni Lengthy, Raphael Saadiq, Theron Thomas, Timbaland, 50 Cent, Child Cudi, The-Dream, Andre 3000, Alicia Keys and Tommy Richman, amongst others.
ASCAP additionally says that she efficiently launched quite a few member applications “to have fun and foster the careers of [its] members”, together with the ASCAP Grammy Brunch, Ladies Behind the Music, Nation/City Track Camp in addition to elevating ASCAP’s Rhythm & Soul Music Awards and ASCAP’s Aspire Internship Program to develop the following technology of music business expertise.
George-Middleton has been at ASCAP since 2008, and was promoted to Senior Vice President, Membership, in 2016, liable for the oversight and day by day operational administration of ASCAP’s Rhythm & Soul and Symphonic and Live performance Membership Departments.
In 2021, George-Middleton added the brand new position of Government Director of The ASCAP Basis to her already current duties.
In line with ASCAP, on this further position, she ensured that The ASCAP Basis “efficiently fulfilled its mission of nurturing the music expertise of tomorrow and sustaining the inventive incentive for as we speak’s music creators” by way of quite a lot of instructional, skilled and humanitarian applications and actions.
The ASCAP Basis’s music applications attain over 300,000 individuals yearly, together with 60,000 college students at 700 Ok – 12 faculties nationwide, who should not have entry to music training.
Earlier than coming to ASCAP, George-Middleton was Director of Enterprise & Authorized Affairs at Zomba Music Group, and previous to that she practiced leisure legislation at The Middleton Legislation Group PC.
She is a member of the American Bar Affiliation, Black Leisure and Sports activities Attorneys Affiliation, the Government Committee of She Is The Music, and was named to the Billboard R&B Hip-Hop Energy Gamers Record in 2019 – 2024.
“Nicole is a unprecedented government with a ardour for music and an expansive imaginative and prescient for a way ASCAP may also help our creator members thrive in an more and more complicated and difficult setting.”
Elizabeth Matthews
“Nicole is a unprecedented government with a ardour for music and an expansive imaginative and prescient for a way ASCAP may also help our creator members thrive in an more and more complicated and difficult setting,” mentioned ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews.
“Nicole is an progressive chief who brings an unparalleled stage of tenacity, intelligence, onerous work and good humor to each state of affairs. She is dedicated to ASCAP’s ‘creator first / future ahead’ mission and I’ve each confidence that she is going to efficiently execute her imaginative and prescient to offer creators the company and assist that they deserve.”
“I stay up for working with your complete ASCAP membership workforce to seek out new methods of supporting the careers of our members by selling and celebrating their inventive work and cultivating new alternatives for them to make connections and succeed.”
Nicole George-Middleton
George-Middleton added: “Via my work each in membership and at The ASCAP Basis, I’ve been lucky to construct relationships with ASCAP members in all genres of music which is fulfilling on each stage.
“I stay up for working with your complete ASCAP membership workforce to seek out new methods of supporting the careers of our members by selling and celebrating their inventive work and cultivating new alternatives for them to make connections and succeed.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
