our team
Marna Seltzer, Managing Director
Marna Seltzer graduated from Boston University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music history/theory and a minor in Italian language. Following graduation, she worked for a season as the personal manager of violinist Itzhak Perlman. In 1989, she began work at Herbert Barrett Management as a Sales Representative with responsibility for booking concerts for a roster of over one hundred musicians, including soloists, conductors, singers, and chamber ensembles. Four years later Ms. Seltzer was hired by The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center to revitalize their touring program. In that role, she increased the number of tour concerts from five to over fifty each season. In 1995 she was promoted to a newly-created position of Artistic Administrator and Director of Touring. In that role, she worked directly with the Artistic Director and Executive Director in the conceptualization and formulation of the organization’s artistic plans, serving as the primary liaison to the artistic and business communities. In April 1998, she became Director of The University of Chicago Presents, one of Chicago’s oldest and most distinguished series of concerts. In that capacity, she managed the artistic direction, business management, fundraising, office administration and long-term planning for the organization. In 2006, she left the University of Chicago to relocate to New Haven, Connecticut where her husband is currently studying architecture at Yale University. Shortly after moving to New Haven, Marna started Seltzer Arts Consulting and has been working as a consultant on several arts-related projects and taking care of her one-year-old daughter Penelope.