About Étude Arts
Étude Arts is an independent management agency built on experience, fuelled by integrity, and emboldened by the possibilities open to artists and the arts in the twenty-first century.
Étude Arts offers flexible, personalized service underpinned by the authority, expertise, and vision of its founder, Bill Palant. Having guided the careers of some of the world’s most accomplished classical musicians, Bill Palant approaches the culture and industry of classical performance with skill and discernment, combining – like any great artist – distinguished technique with creative flair.
Étude Arts embodies a commitment to the development of exceptional artistry at every level of the profession. Bill Palant is dedicated to the holistic success of both performer and presenter: to health and well-being, to dynamic growth and career longevity, to progressive business practice, and to outstanding performance on a global stage.
About: Étude Arts staff
Bill Palant, Founder and Managing DirectorFounder and Managing Director of Étude Arts, Bill Palant manages some of the world’s most acclaimed classical artists. His clients appear at the world’s greatest performing arts institutions and many have been recorded by the most distinguished media labels in the industry. Before establishing Étude Arts in 2015, Bill Palant was Senior Vice President at IMG Artists, where he worked for nearly nineteen years. He also has worked for the Metropolitan Opera’s Rehearsal Department and for the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood. He was graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in psychology. Bill Palant has been recognized as an Innovator by Musical America in the 2016 Professionals of the Year and served on the Board of Directors of OPERA America from 2016 to 2022. He is Artistic Advisor of Classical Action: Performing Arts Against AIDS, and is on the faculty of Classical Singing and New York in June (CSNY) and the Denyce Graves Foundation’s Shared Voices initiative.
Duncan Holzhall, Managerial Assistant, Contracts ManagerDuncan Holzhall is a recent graduate of Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music with a Bachelor’s of Science in Voice Performance and Arts Management with High Distinction. In August 2020, he published a book called Voices of Tomorrows Songs, a vision statement for American opera according to young professionals in the field. His writings have been featured on Opera Innovation, Backseat Mafia, Indie Shuffle, Twisted Spruce, The Indiana Daily Student, and WIUX, among others. He has served as the Artistic Director for New Voices Opera, as well as the Vice President of Event Planning and Promotion for the Interdisciplinary Network of Students in Music, in addition to working for Cincinnati Opera. Duncan has produced several virtual music events, including New Voices Opera’s Fall Exhibition; What’s Going On, a panel discussing merging music and activism; and A Light of Hope: A Virtual Recital Fundraiser. A lyric baritone, he is an avid performer of new and underperformed art song.
