WCM UPS A&R DUO

Warner Chappell Music has promoted Katy Wolaver to Senior Vice President, A&R, and Wallace Joseph to Vice President, A&R. In their new roles, they’ll continue to report to Ryan Press, Warner Chappell’s President of A&R, U.S.

“Katy and Wallace both have an amazing ear for talent discovery and a natural ability to turn someone with potential into the next big hitmaker,” says Press. “They’ve already helped to build the careers of some of today’s hottest songwriters and are truly a great example of where hard work and dedication can get you in this business.”

Wolaver joined Warner Chappell in 2016 and manages a mix of artists, including Ava Max, Tayla Parx, All Time Low and Sasha Sloan as well as songwriters MAG (Bad Bunny), Michael Pollack (Maroon 5), Sean Douglas (Thomas Rhett), Fraser Churchill (Mickey Guyton), Jon Bellion (Maroon 5, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus) and producer Jesse Frasure, among others. She got her start at Arthouse Entertainment and went on to serve as Director of A&R at SONGS Music Publishing.

Joseph works closely with Summer Walker, Tay Keith, Murda Beatz and others. He recently signed rapper BRS Kash through a new deal with LVRN.Prior to joining Warner Chappell in August 2017, Joseph ran the music management company, HMWRK.