Claire ArmbrusterPlanning Stages, Inc. is a consulting business for live music production. Claire Armbruster is a former artist manager at KCA Artists, where she worked with Guy Clark and Sierra Hull. Prior to coming to Nashville, TN in 2007, Claire worked for renowned music festival MerleFest for 15 years where she was Artistic Director for six of them. It is her love of live music and connecting audiences to it that motivated Claire to start her own company in live music production in 2014. Planning Stages’ clients include: artist relations and programming at Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival, Oak Hill, NY (since 2015); festival coordinator Earl Scruggs Music Festival, Tryon, NC (2021); artist relations coordinator ROMP Festival, Owensboro, KY (since 2018); talent buyer The Dixie Performing Arts Center, Huntingdon, TN; producer International Bluegrass Music Association Awards Show (2017-2019); producer Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum's Hall of Fame Celebration, Owensboro, KY (since 2018); talent buyer Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum's Woodward Theatre, Owensboro, KY (2018-2019); coordinator for Nashville's Guitar Mash New York, NY (2018-2019); Pujols Family Foundation fundraising event, Nashville, TN (2016); Borealis Records, Toronto, Ontario (2014-2016); producer for Claire Lynch Christmas production (2014); International Entertainment Buyers Association (IEBA), Nashville, TN (2014-2015). Planning Stages is based in Brevard, North Carolina, but there is no limit to where stages can be planned and live music produced.
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