Courses TaughtMusic Festival Management
About
Erik Soderstrom
began working at the Ravinia Festival in 1999 while also pursuing a law degree from
the John Marshall Law
School. Prior to law school, Soderstrom’s passion for
music blossomed while a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
At U.W. Soderstrom worked on the prestigious memorial union
music and entertainment committee programming live music for several venues and
events throughout the campus. After
graduating from law school, he accepted a position at Hurley & Stanners,
Ltd in Chicago, where he practiced entertainment
law, representing recording artists, theatres, presenters and working with the
City of Chicago
to present a seminar educating venues on safety procedures. With a solid background in law and strong
experience in programming, Soderstrom became a perfect fit for the artistic
department of the Ravinia Festival where he works closely with the popular music
and dance programming, serves as liaison between Ravinia and the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, and uses his contract knowledge with performance agreements,
commissioning agreements and licensing agreements. Since 2012, Soderstrom has been teaching
Music Festival Management to undergraduate students at DePaul University.
Learn more on the Performing Arts Management Page