- Jim Koplik
Jim Koplik is a concert promoter who has produced shows by
The Rolling Stones ,Paul McCartney ,Bruce Springsteen , Madonna,Billy Joel andElton John , among others. A resident ofStamford, Connecticut , Koplik works through Jim Koplik Presents, hisWallingford, Connecticut -based company. He owns the Dodge Music Center inHartford, Connecticut .Lockhart, Brian, "Promoter praised for keeping the music playing: Jim Koplik honored as one of state's finest", news article, "The Advocate" of Stamford, Connecticut,March 10 ,2007 , pages 1, A6]Born in
New Rochelle, New York , Koplik launched his career in the late 1960s when he was a student atOhio State University and promoted a show for the band Steppenwolf. Before that he had worked at Ohio State on the 1968 presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy. In 1981 Koplik moved from Westchester County, New York to Stamford.Jim Koplik Presents produces 150 concerts a year, many for the Chevrolet Theatre in Wallingford, the Dodge Music Center and for the
Mohegan Sun Casino inUncasville .Koplik is a board member of Connecticut Special Olympics, the National Kidney Foundation of Connecticut, the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Connecticut and the Jewish Community Center of Stamford. He is a former member of the boards of the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Riverfront Recapture and the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. [ [http://www.cga.ct.gov/hdo/118/pr118-07.html#030607a] "Jim Koplik to be Honored As One of 'Connecticut's Finest': House Speaker to welcome concert promoter to State Capitol Wednesday", news release at the Web site of Connecticut House Speaker James Amann, accessed
May 12 ,2007 ]Notes
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