Deirdre Chadwick is Executive Director, Creative, Classical at BMI, based in the company’s New York City office. In this role she oversees the company’s Classical department that manages royalty distributions for orchestral and large ensemble live classical concerts, offers guidance to BMI composers and publishers regarding payment eligibility, work registrations, licensing, and copyright matters, and more. Additionally, Chadwick directs the BMI Composer Awards, an annual premiere competition for young classical composers which distributes awards totaling $20,000.
Before joining BMI in 2010, Deirdre Chadwick was a classical oboist, performing extensively in the U.S. and Canada with such ensembles as the Montreal Symphony, the American Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Canadian Opera Company, and the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, where she served as principal oboe for seven years. A dedicated teacher, Chadwick has also served on the faculties of Dickinson College and Susquehanna University.
Chadwick holds two performance degrees and the Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music and also serves as President of the BMI Foundation, a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to encouraging the creation, performance, and study of new American music.