KL MANAGEMENT

​​Katrina Lopes is the president of KL Management. Together with her clients she has garnered numerous accolades including MMVA Video of the Year, SOCAN #1 Award, SOCAN Pop Song of the Year, numerous platinum and gold certified singles and chart topping hits. 

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Her artists have toured with internationally renowned acts Backstreet Boys, Selena Gomez, opened for acts such as NAO, John Legend, Nas, SWV, Van Hunt, Anderson Paak, Drake, performed alongside Sir Elton John, and have been short listed in NPR’s acclaimed Tiny Deskcontest. Her roster has also graced notable stages including A3C, SXSW, Manifesto, Pride, Luminato, CMW, NXNE, M Pour Montréal, POP Montréal just to name a few. Her clients also boast sync placements on Hulu (Utopia Falls), Netflix (The Order), Amazon (The Lake, Barbelle), CityTV (Hudson & Rex) and CBC (Diggstown, Kim’s Convenience).

 

As the long time manager of Shawn Desman, KL also executive produced the film "ALIVE" in partnership with MUCH which starred Shawn Desman as himself, Kaitlyn Leeb (Heartland), Melinda Shankar (Degrassi), and K.C. Collins (Law & Order Toronto). The film was the cornerstone of an innovative campaign to promote Desman's album of the same name. The premiere grew its time slot by 145%, won “Outstanding Short Film” at ReelWorld Film Awards, garnered nominations including: “Best Youth Program/Series” and “Best Direction in Youth Program/Series” at the Canadian Screen Awards, “Best TV Drama Cinematography” at the Canadian Society of Cinematographers Awards, “Best R&B/Soul Recording” at the JUNO Awards, and Best Pop Music Video at MMVA’s. She also produced the short film “Good Love” w/ Gary Beals which won the Emerging Lens Best Short Documentary Award.

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KL also serves on the board for: Manifesto, a youth arts organization that creates space (physical and digital) that inspires, develops, and amplifies diverse communities through arts, culture and media; Music Nova Scotia; is a mentor with Femme it Forward, a female-led music and entertainment company and joint venture with Live Nation that celebrates, educates and empowers the industry’s most creative and accomplished female visionaries; Shesaid.so a global community of women and gender minorities in music; Diverse Voices (Music PEI); Black Artists Mentorship Program (Music PEI); and runs her own KL Management Black Mentorship Program(s). KL also teaches Music Industry classes through F- You: The Forgiveness Project to young men in custody.

 

She was an innovator w/ Keychange, a global network working towards a total restructure of the music industry in reaching full gender equality. She was also named an honouree on the global “Alternative Power 100 Music List”, received the ANSMA Industry Development Award, and Women in Music Honours Award in Career Achievement.