Musical Chairs (12/15/11)

Katy Brown Epley has been promoted to Director of National Expansion for the Musicians On Call network. She has served with the organization’s Nashville chapter as Program Director for nearly five years.

In addition to current Program Director responsibilities, Epley will now be directly involved in establishing new MOC branches around the nation along with training and supporting program directors.

Since joining Musicians On Call, Epley has arranged musical visitors and performances for nearly 45,000 patients, coordinated over 100 volunteer musicians, and created the national Rock a Patient’s World campaign to bring a music visitor to a patient’s room every week for one year.

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As of Thursday (12/22), Jess Draper will be leaving her Creative Manager position with ASCAP Nashville to accept a director position with The Media Collective.

“I’m sad to say goodbye to ASCAP and all of my amazing colleagues, who have become like family, but I’m also very excitedly anticipating this new chapter and the rest of what the future holds,” said Draper.

The Media Collective is a PR firm representing many Christian music artists as Amy Grant, Steven Curtis Chapman, Phil Wickham, Chris Tomlin, and Christy Nockels.

Draper’s new position will become effective January 2, where she can be reached at jess@themcollective.com or (615) 336-4636.

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Janice Bane will step down from her position as General Manager for Conexion Media Group at the end of 2011. Bane previously handled copyright administration, music licensing, and day-to-day operations for the company.

Bane joined Conexion in January 2008, and has held various jobs in the Nashville publishing world since 1987. She will relocate with her family to Columbus, Mississippi and can be reached at janicebane@aol.com.