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11th Annual Touring Career Workshop Attracts 350 Attendees to Nashville Event

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The 11th Annual Touring Career Workshop (TCW) at Nashville’s SoundCheck rehearsal studios attracted 350 attendees who gathered to participate in workshops and hear from top experts from a variety of fields. The free Nov. 1 event covered topics including affordable health care, tax and savings advice, mental health wellbeing, personal safety, diversity and touring, and giving back, among other topics.

TCW was co-created by Lighting Designer Chris Lisle (CLLD, LLC), as a way to ensure that the next generation of touring professionals have access to important career information to support their lives on and off tour.

Touring Females panel: TCW Fo-Founder Erik Parker, Brittan Yeomans, Natalia Pena (Video Director for Maren Morris), Helena Pygrum (Solotech), Tee Cee Bailey (Monitor Engineer for Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks) and TCW Co-Founder Chris Lisle.

 

Work life/Home life Balance panel (l to r:) Erik Parker, Kyle Shepherd, Janna Shepherd, Erik Leighty (Production Manager for Miranda Lambert), Chris Lisle, Curt Jenkins (Tour Manager for Miranda Lambert), Ellie Jenkins.

 

(L to r:) Erik Parker, TCW co-founder/Bandit Lites Founder Michael Strickland, and Chris Lisle.

All photos by Jason Davis.
For more information visit www.touringcareerworkshop.com