Phillip Gainsley's Podcast

Episode 150: Earl Schub

Phillip Gainsley's Podcast

Show Notes

Earl J. Schub has had a distinguished career as an educator and arts administrator. For 12 years he was the dean of the Chicago College of Performing Arts of Roosevelt University.

He had served as Lyric Opera of Chicago’s director of public relations and marketing, and executive producer for television, and director of education. He served as manager of the company’s Opera Center for American Artists, and as manager of Western Opera Theater, San Francisco Opera’s touring and educational affiliate.

Earl has served on the Illinois Arts Council, the Chicago City Arts Council, and the California Arts Commission and he was as an on-site observer for the National Endowment for the Arts. He served on the education committee of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

In addition, he has been on the board of trustees for a number of music organizations, including the Chicago Music Alliance, the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony.

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