Coran Capshaw

Robert Coran Capshaw is the manager of Dave Matthews Band, Phish, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Alicia Keys, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, and Trey Anastasio, among others. He also is the founder of Red Light Management, co-founder of ATO Records, former CEO of Musictoday LLC, and a real estate mogul in Charlottesville, Virginia. Extensive touring with the Grateful Dead honed his understanding of the music industry. His early management model adopted emerging technologies, which, combined with tried and true music industry management techniques, have placed him at the top of the industry. ^[1]

Capshaw has won the Pollstar Magazine Manager of the Year award three times in 2010, 2003 and 1998. He has been nominated for the award eleven times in 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010.^[2] Capshaw also won the Music Managers Forum International Manager of the Year award in 2007.^[3]

In 2005, The Charlottesville Pavilion, a 3.5 million joint endeavor between the city of Charlottesville and Capshaw opened on the downtown mall. The pavilion serves multiple uses in the community including hosting the Fridays After Five free concert series. Since opening the Pavilion has been renamed the nTelos Wireless Pavilion. The Pavillion has hosted concerts by Earth Wind and Fire, Loretta Lynn, Arcade Fire, The Avett Brothers, Trey Anastasio and an appearance by President Obama. ^[4]

Capshaw owns the historic Jefferson Theater in downtown Charlottesville, and oversaw an intensive renovation beginning in 2006. The Jefferson Theater reopened on November 27, 2009 after a comprehensive restoration that highlights the 
theater's vintage architecture while modernizing its facilities. The Jefferson Theater was established in 1912 as a live performance theater that played host to silent movies, vaudeville acts and a historic list of live performers, ranging from Harry Houdini to The Three 
Stooges. ^[5]

Capshaw has been heavily involved in real estate development in the Charlottesville area, to both the delight and dismay of local citizens; the addition of the Charlottesville Pavilion and the ongoing plans to add a nine story building near the Downtown Mall have garnered complaints from Charlottesville natives. Capshaw also owns restaurants on the Downtown Mall, including Blue Light Grill, Positively 4th Street, Mas, Mono Loco, and Ten. ^[6]

Capshaw also founded sister company Starr Hill Presents to promote live music on a regional and national level. The company has an equity position in large-scale music festivals including the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Outside Lands, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and Wanderlust Yoga and Music Festival.^[7]

References

1. ^ Salter, Chuck (02 2007). "Way Behind The Music". Fast Company (112). http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/112/open_features-waybehindthemusic.html. Retrieved 2008-09-13. 
2. ^ {{|url=http://www.pollstar.com/blogs/news/archive/2011/02/06/755344.aspx |}}
3. ^ {{|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storyCode=27767&sectioncode=1 |}}
4. ^ {{|url=http://www.thenteloswirelesspavilion.com/pavilion-information}}
5. ^ {{|url=http://www.jeffersontheater.com/theater-information}}
6. ^ Ludwig, Katherine (2008-01-15). "Function is the new form". C-Ville Weekly (Portico Publications). http://www.c-ville.com/index.php?cat=121304062461064&ShowArticle_ID=11431101081446646. Retrieved 2008-09-13. 
7. ^ {{|url=http://encore.celebrityaccess.com/index.php?encoreId=126&articleId=26020 |}}

External links

• Coran Capshaw, Business Genius

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