Amanda Tozzi, Director of Popular Programming from the Houston Symphony, discusses her position and certain aspects of her job. She explains that she works with non-classical artistic matters and is in charge of booking and contracting artists for the pop series at the Houston Symphony. She also describes the American Expressions series that features popular contemporary music.

Amanda Tozzi from the Houston Symphony discusses her background in the music business. In college she double majored in music in and business and found it to be very beneficial when she was looking for a job in the music business. Also in this segment, she discusses working at Sony before coming to the Houston Symphony.

Amanda Tozzi from the Houston Symphony discusses challenges that face music programmers. She also discusses the differences between for profit and non-profit companies.

Amanda Tozzi from the Houston Symphony discusses choosing artists for orchestral pops concerts. She explains that the most important criteria for choosing artists is that they perform with the orchestra. Also in this segment she discusses agents that focus on booking artists with orchestras.

Amanda Tozzi from the Houston Symphony gives advice on pursuing a career in arts administration and the music business. She believes that having knowledge about both music and business are what employers want to see. She suggests getting an education in music and business.