M.A. Papper is the Artistic Director of a US national historic landmark, The Town Hall, in New York City. Over the past six years, Papper revitalized the 1,500-seat non-profit institution with bold, adventurous programming featuring world premieres, cross-cultural collaborations and ensemble concerts, literary events and multimedia productions. He amplified the theatre's great history of inclusiveness and equality with benefit concerts for social justice causes and diverse, spectacular tributes to its cultural and musical milestones. Papper has worked with hundreds of artists, authors, politicians and luminaries from dozens of countries, and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for organizations with missions to protect refugees, help homeless LGBTQ youth, combat climate change and promote gun control. Town Hall Presents concerts have consistently been included in Best Concerts of the Year lists by the New York Times and numerous other esteemed publications.

M.A. Papper graduated from New York University Tisch School of Film/TV, and then worked briefly in management for some of his music idols--Sly and the Family Stone, WAR and Isaac Hayes. Papper moved on to work with an independent concert promoter, presenting jazz concerts, and then served as Marketing Director for George Wein and Festival Productions for a decade, where he directed campaigns for Newport Jazz Festival, Newport Folk Festival, JVC Jazz Festivals, Verizon Music Festivals, plus concerts, tours and events at the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, and more.