Robert
Olivia is a music industry professional with 20 years experience working for
orchestras & jazz, rock and pop performers. Experience includes licensing,
synchronization, clearance, negotiating contracts, rights, financial forecasting,
reporting to performing rights organizations such as ASCAP and BMI and tracking
publisher sources and copyright holders globally. Has also worked as an
arranger, clarinetist, personal music library representative.
In
these capacities he works collaboratively and across global platforms with
marketing, legal and artist management representatives. He has a demonstrated ability
to be flexible in approach to problem solving, complicated world-wide logistics
with a strong ability to shift focus and work priorities at a moment’s notice.
In
Los Angeles he worked for JoAnn Kane Music in a diversity of roles and on more
than 100 motion pictures, television shows and popular artist recording
sessions.
He is currently the Associate Librarian of
the Seattle Symphony Orchestra. Previously he served as librarian for the
Oregon, Naples, Detroit, New York Philharmonic and Boston Symphony Orchestras.
Responsibilities in current and past capacities
include preparation of music performed on stage and project management of
logistics involving music performed and recorded. Music genres are not limited
to classical and are diverse ranging from Pop to Jazz, Rock and Hip Hop. For
Seattle Symphony Media, the SSO's own record label, he is responsible for
reporting and negotiating contracts with music publishers, synchronization, and
mechanical licenses.
He has worked with many recording/performing artists
including Doc Severinsen, Pink Martini, Brandi Carlile, Mike McCready/Mad
Season, Grieves, The Decemberists, Cowboy Junkies, Tony Bennett, Frederica von
Stade, Samuel Ramey, John Williams, Marvin Hamlisch and many others. He has
collaborated with publishers on critical editions including Universal Edition
on their new printing of Schubert/Webern Deutsche Tänze and with Janen Music
for the restoration of Henry Mancini arrangements. He has given presentations,
lectures and written for journals and a book soon to be published.
Since 2006, Robert Olivia participates as
part of the Mentor/Supervisor Directed Fieldwork Program at the University of
Washington Information School. He is a member of Los Angeles Musicians Local
47, ASCAP, Recording Musicians of America and of the Major Orchestra Librarians
Association.