Warner Chappell Ups Wolaver & Joseph

• Warner Chappell Music announced the promotions of Katy Wolaver to Senior Vice President, A&R, and Wallace Joseph to Vice President, A&R. Over the past few years, they have both helped sign and develop high-profile talent like Ava Max, Summer Walker, Sasha Sloan and many others.

Wolaver and Joseph will continue to report to Ryan Press, President of A&R, U.S., who commented, “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. 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. I couldn’t be more proud to see them continue to grow with us as A&R executives.”

Wolaver manages a mix of talent, including Ava Max, Tayla Parx, All Time Low, MAG (Bad Bunny), Michael Pollack (Maroon 5), Sean Douglas (Thomas Rhett), Fraser Churchill (Mickey Guyton), Jesse Frasure, Sasha Sloan, and many more. She joined Warner Chappell in 2016 as Sr. Director and was upped to VP in 2018. Wolaver got her start in 2006 at Arthouse Entertainment and later served as Director of A&R at SONGS Music Publishing.

Joseph works closely with some of today’s biggest artists, songwriters and producers, including Summer Walker, Tay Keith, Murda Beatz, Section 8, T-Minus, Wale, Dougie F, Turbo, Pluss, and Lazá, among others. He recently signed rising rapper BRS Kash through a new deal with the label LVRN. Prior to joining Warner Chappell in August 2017, Joseph ran a music management company, HMWRK.

Wolaver said, “A&R is all about building connections and developing talent, and over this past year, I’ve had the chance to work between L.A. and Nashville to find new ways to pair our writers with different artists across a variety of genres. I’m very grateful to Ryan and the entire leadership team at Warner Chappell for believing in my approach and allowing me to expand these efforts even more.” Joseph added, “I’d like to thank Guy, Carianne and Ryan for this incredible opportunity. We’ve already signed some of the best producers in the game as well as formed new deals with innovative labels like Lost + Found and LVRN, and I can’t wait to continue our momentum.”