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As Director of Serious Music, Ms. Bilfield will take on broader responsibility for developing and directing long-term strategies and projects in support of B&H's roster of composers. B&H's Serious Music Division consists of its Promotion and Editorial departments, along with its Rental Library.
Educated at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied composition, Ms. Bilfield's background includes 15 years in the field of arts management. While serving as Executive Director of the National Orchestral Association, Ms. Bilfield created the "New Music Orchestral Project," devoted exclusively to the reading, taping, and performance of orchestral works by living American composers. As a result of this unique program, 48 works were launched through world premieres, readings and second performances. For her work with the NOA, Ms. Bilfield received the American Symphony Orchestra League's Helen M. Thompson Award, a biennial award given in recognition of outstanding achievement in orchestra management, and an ASCAP citation for Adventuresome Programming.
In addition to the National Orchestral Association, Ms. Bilfield has served as Executive Director of Concordia Chamber Symphony and the Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival, has held positions at Merkin Concert Hall and International Production Associates, and concurrently with these positions provided freelance consulting services to arts organizations. She is Chairman of the Music Publishers Association's Performance Committee and a member of Advisory Boards of "Music at the Anthology" and "Anonymous 4." As a speaker on international topics in new music, Ms. Bilfield has addressed conferences and panels of the American Symphony Orchestra League, Opera America, the National Association of Performing Arts Managers (NAPAMA), and the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio Conference (AMPPR), among others.
