Monica Corton, Vice President
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Monica Corton is Vice President of Creative Affairs and Licensing at Next Decade Entertainment, Inc. Her responsibilities include all creative exploitation of Next Decade’s works, searching for new talent, negotiating, drafting and licensing all works published and administered by the company as well as overseeing the distribution of royalties. Next Decade’s prestigious publishing clients include Harry Belafonte, the music from the band Boston’s first two albums, the Estate of Milton Gabler, Gaucho/Sandbox Music (70s R&B catalog), the Estate of E.Y. “Yip” Harburg, trance/dance writer Jan Johnston, J Joy (famous DJ from Malta), Bob McGrath (from Sesame Street), Vic Mizzy (“Addams Family Theme” and “Green Acres Theme”) and jazz singer/songwriter Nora York. In addition, she serves as a music supervisor for Next Decade’s various film, television and Broadway projects.
Since joining Next Decade in 1991, she has been involved in the supervision of Golden Harvest Films', Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III and was the Assistant Music Supervisor for Warner Bros., Grumpier Old Men. In addition, she was Music Supervisor for Paramount Pictures, The Odd Couple II starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. She served as the Music Supervisor for the Broadway play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest starring Gary Sinise and the Broadway play Freak starring John Leguizamo. Ms. Corton was a Music Consultant to Warner Bros. for the motion picture release of The Replacements starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman. She was the music supervisor for the CBS television motion picture entitled Gleason. Other credits include Music Supervisor for the Off-Broadway production, Bunny Bunny, a play based on the relationship of the playwright, Alan Zweibel, and Gilda Radner during their tenure as writer and performer on Saturday Night Live.
Ms. Corton is an active member of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. In 2005 and 2006, she was the national chairperson for Copyright Awareness Week (CAW), an annual event sponsored by the Copyright Society to advance the understanding of copyright to American students in public schools and colleges. Under her leadership, CAW promoted a national radio PSA campaign with artists including 3 Doors Down, Deborah Allen, Gavin DeGraw, John Legend, Mary Mary, Martina McBride, Paul Overstreet, Leslie Satcher, Sir Mix-A-Lot and the Ying Yang Twins. She created alliances for CAW with the Motion Picture Association of America, the Business Software Alliance, the Entertainment Software Association and the Film Foundation, as well as other copyright related organizations for their participation in CAW and their contribution of curricula materials to the project. In addition, she wrote and created curricula materials which were promoted to teachers through CAW’s teacher partners which included MENC – The National Association for Music Education, NAEA – The National Art Education Association, NCTE – The National Council of Teachers of English and the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.
In 2005, Ms. Corton was a guest speaker at the International Intellectual Property Conference at Fordham Law School as well as guest speaker for the recipients of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. She is a member of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) where she served on its Steering Committee. Her other speaking engagements have included panelist for the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.'s “Internet Licensing” forum, guest lecturer for the New York Java Users Group and guest lecturer for the Music Management Program at the Hartt School of Music/University of Hartford Career Day.
Ms. Corton is also an active member of the Friars Club where she has served on their Admissions Committee, Entertainment Committee, House Committee and Nominating Committee. She is currently the chairperson for the Licensing Committee, a committee she helped to create due to the growing licensing demands of the club. Most recently, Ms. Corton became a member of the board of ELEM, Youth in Distress, a group whose efforts support some twenty-five programs throughout Israel to advance issues for young people and give social support as well as job training in a variety of multi-cultural programs.
Ms. Corton is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford and holds a Bachelor of Music in flute performance and music education. While at Hartt she obtained certification from the Kodaly Musical Training Institute. Ms. Corton has studied flute with John Wion and Bert Lucarelli and has given classical and jazz concerts and master classes throughout the east coast.