Join the CAG Roster
Learn about the CAG Louis and Susan Meisel Prize!
The nation’s leading nonprofit artist management and development organization, Concert Artists Guild identifies exceptional young soloists, ensembles, and conductors ready to launch careers on the global stage.
Selected artists will join CAG’s distinguished roster and receive the CAG Louis and Susan Meisel Prize, which includes comprehensive management support, performance opportunities, and curated mentorship essential to building lasting careers.
We are excited to share that starting July 1st, the application portal will stay open year-round!
PRIZE PACKAGE
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Multi-year exclusive management contract with CAG
Concert bookings and tour management
Career Mentorship
Participation in Citizen Musician Training
Career Bootcamp, CAG’s annual weekend workshop intensive for new roster artists
Community Impact Project Incubator, Career launch program providing our artists with entrepreneurial skills needed in today’s music industry
CAG in the Neighborhood, Program that brings CAG artists to communities that traditionally lack access to live classical music
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CAG is proud to partner with Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) in London to offer a groundbreaking international platform for selected musicians from both rosters.
CAG artists selected for this opportunity receive:
International management (Americas and Europe) jointly with CAG and YCAT
Performance at Wigmore Hall (London)
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More than 40 Performance Prizes with leading orchestras, concert series, and festivals (click here for a representative list)
Chamber Music America Showcase Performance
Technical concert apparel from Coregami (winners to be selected in consultation with Coregami)
GEWA case (for string players, winners will select case in consultation with GEWA music USA)
Week-long residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute
Teaching Fellowship at AlpenKammerMusik
Summer residency at Interlochen Public Radio’s Sound Garden Project
Commission support for winner of the Living Composer Prize
“CAG has been the ideal organization to come in and pick up where my conservatory training left off.
They are also providing me with everything that I need in order to build a career in this industry.”
– Carter Johnson, CAG roster pianist
(CAG Winner ‘25 & ‘25 Dublin International Competition 1st Prize Recipient)
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An Artistic Advisory Committee made up of distinguished industry leaders will offer insight and feedback throughout the artist selection process:
Jenny Bilfield, President and CEO – Washington Performing Arts
Geoffrey John Davies, Founder, CEO, and Editor-in-Chief – The Violin Channel
Andre Dowell, Chief Programming Officer – Sphinx Organization
David Frost, GRAMMY-winning Record Producer and Pianist
Leila Getz, Founder and Artistic Director – Vancouver Recital Society
Elizabeth Helgeson, Director, Artistic Planning and Administration – New York Philharmonic
Charles Letourneau, Executive Vice President, Director of Artistic Planning – Festival Napa Valley
Kevin Kwan Loucks, CEO – Chamber Music America
Katie McGuinness, Chief Artistic Officer – Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Pedja Mužijević, Artistic Advisor – Tippet Rise Art Center
Felipe Nieto, Vice President, Artist Manager – Arts Management Group
Nicholas Russotto, Executive Director, Tisch Music – The 92nd Street Y
Marna Seltzer, Artistic and Executive Director – Princeton University Concerts
Simon Woods, President and CEO – League of American Orchestras
Arianna Zukerman, Manager, Artistic Administration – Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
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Anchorage Concert Association (AK)
Beaches Fine Arts Series, Inc. (FL)
Brevard Music Center (NC)
Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, Clemson University (SC)
Chamber Music Society of Little Rock (AR)
Chautauqua Institution (NY)
Chico Performances, California State University, Chico (CA)
Civic Music Association of Des Moines (IA)
Cooperstown Summer Music Festival (NY)
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series (IL)
Detroit Institute of Arts (MI)
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra (MN)
DuPage Symphony Orchestra (IL)
East Meadow Library (NY)
Elon University Office of Cultural and Special Programs (NC)
Eureka Chamber Music Series (CA)
Fairbanks Concert Association (AK)
Festival Napa Valley (CA)
GatherNYC (NY)
Green Music Center, Sonoma State University (CA)
Hilton Head Symphony (SC)
Honest Brook Music Festival (NY)
Howland Friends of Music
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, University of Illinois (IL)
Macon Concert Association (GA)
Melbourne Chamber Music Society (FL)
Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center (NY)
Music Mountain (CT)
Parrish Art Museum Salon Series (NY)
Patrons for Young Artists (NY)
Pepperdine University Center for the Arts (CA)
Purdue University Convocations (IN)
Quick Center for the Arts-St. Bonaventure University (NY)
Ravinia Festival (IL)
Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts (FL)
Rockport Chamber Music Festival (MA)
Roswell Symphony (NM)
Strings Music Festival (CO)
St. Vincent College Concert Series (PA)
Symphony Napa Valley (CA)
Tri-Institutional Noon Recitals, Rockefeller University (NY)
University of Florida Performing Arts (FL)
Washington Performing Arts (DC)
WQXR-FM’s Young Artists Showcase (NY)
Vancouver Recital Society (BC) -
Please contact apply@concertartists.org for questions and further information about joining the CAG roster.
For questions and further information about joining the CAG roster, please contact apply@concertartists.org
“Submitting my application was one of the best decisions I’ve made in my career so far. CAG has opened doors for solos, recitals, and also many chamber music opportunities.”
— Eleni Katz, CAG roster bassoonist
(CAG Winner ‘22 & University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music Bassoon Faculty)