![]() “So the $112,000 subsidized most of the cost from the concert and then from there, putting production aside, we say ok, we can spend anywhere up to about $85,000 on an artist.” ![]() ![]() “We get $112,000 of the student activity fee,” Mayard said. When finalizing an artist to perform at the spring concert, the committee must find an artist who is willing to do a college show, is available and in the area, is going to do well at the institution and is able to perform for the price. So content is something a lot of artists have to be willing to adjust to when they do college shows.” ![]() “There are a lot more guidelines, rules and regulations, especially if it is a Catholic Jesuit school. “The thing that a lot of people don’t understand is not every artist is even willing to do a college show because there are different factors that go into a doing college shows,” Mayard said. The committee works with a middle agent, which connects with the agents of artists who are willing to perform at college shows. “That is how we start and then we work our way down until we find a match.” “We provided the school with a list of different artist names in the fall and based off the students vote, we go through the list, starting from number one, and we see if they are available, if we are willing to perform for the price we are paying there is a lot of different factors that go into it,” said Sabrina Schielein, ’18, co-chair of Spring Concert committee. The committee made the official announcement to the university on March 21. The SJU Spring Concert Committee has been working since November to plan an artist for this year’s show, and received a bid from the artist in January. “I think the artist is a household name, generally speaking, folks know who this artist is.” “I think Mac Miller is going to bring a lot of energy, a lot of excitement,” said Melissa Mayard, assistant director of the Office of Student Leadership and Activities. Mac Miller will be the headliner for the spring concert accompanied by Clockwork DJ as the opening act. The 2017 spring concert at Saint Joseph’s University will be held on April 27. Joe’s Spring ConcertĪfter months of planning and negotiating, the spring concert committee has signed a contract with the artist for the 2017 Spring Concert. Clockwork DJ revealed as opening act for St.
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