Agency Known For Supporting Black and Latinx String Players’ Careers Closes

Marianne Sciolino of Sciolino Artist Management announced plans to close her agency. She has been supporting the development of many racially diverse musicians’ careers since 2005.

What’s up: Earlier this month, the Manhattan-based artists’ agency Sciolino Artist Management (SAM) announced in Musical America that it will be winding down its operations. Marianne Sciolino, its founder, has been helping to guide young musicians, composers, and conductors’ careers since 2005, with a particular focus on string players of Black and Latinx racial identities. Sciolino’s clients include the Harlem Quartet, the Rolston String Quartet, the New York Philharmonic principal cellist Carter Brey, the pianist Michael Brown, and others.

Digging deeper: Marianne Sciolino worked on Wall Street before founding Sciolino Artist Management in 2005. Her late husband Chester Lane worked at Symphony Magazine for over four decades and is credited with helping Sciolino develop her passion for classical music.

While Sciolino’s departure from classical music management comes as a blow, she has been helping her clients find new representation. Thus far, Sciolino has helped her clients sign with agencies, including Suòno Artist Management, Monica Felkel Creative Partners, Blu Ocean Arts, Dinan Arts, Arabella Arts, and Epstein Fox Performances. We’re confident her retirement is well-deserved.

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Sara Schabas

Sara Schabas is a Dora-nominated soprano, writer and yoga teacher. She has performed and created leading roles with companies including Vancouver Opera, Pacific Opera Victoria, the Dayton Opera, and Aspen Opera, and is a former member of Barbara Hannigan’s Equilibrium Young Artists. Currently based in Montreal, she is a doctoral student at McGill University — where she recently received the Wirth Vocal Prize — and editor of Art Song Canada magazine.