Michael Manley

Michael Manley is the CEO and Founder of Empowering Musicians, where Michael focuses on national and regional labor contract negotiations, artist worker advocacy and education, dispute resolution, arts and entertainment immigration, and professional theatre labor matters. Michael has had previous roles in contract negotiation and administration in various media, teaching and coaching music students at the middle and high school level, performing in Disney's The Lion King in Las Vegas, and managing artistic programs for the League of American Orchestras. Manley holds a Master of Music in Performance from Stony Brook University and Bachelor degrees in Music Performance from Florida State University.