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Tuesday, June 19
| There are 13 Orchestra Leadership Academy seminars available. While, of course, you can enroll in any of them, these may be of particular interest to you. | |
| 9:30am-4:30pm Convention Center Room 201 |
Artistic
Excellence: Giving Meaning, Ensuring Continuity, and Achieving
Legacy* This seminar will examine what "artistic excellence" really means and the essential roles and responsibilities that institutional leaders must take on to ensure artistic excellence and institutional legacy over time. Faculty: Tom Morris, artistic director, Ojai Festival; former executive director, The Cleveland Orchestra; Marin Alsop, music director designate, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Bruce Coppock, president and managing director, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra; John de Jarnatt, retired musician, Seattle Symphony; Lowell J. Noteboom, chair, American Symphony Orchestra League |
| 9:30am-5:30pm Note: Building Audiences runs one hour longer than other sessions Convention Center Rooms 209-210 |
Building
Audiences through Engagement: Aligning Marketing, Education,
and Programming* This cross-disciplinary seminar will tackle tough issues at the intersection of programming, education, and marketing. Participants will be asked to reconsider old thinking in favor of a more coherent strategy of engagement that embraces audiences on many levels. Faculty: Alan Brown, principal, WolfBrown; Joan Cumming, vice president, marketing and communications, Los Angeles Philharmonic; Ted Wiprud, director of education, New York Philharmonic |
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Wednesday, June 20
| 7:00am-4:00pm | Exhibit Area and Internet Café Open |
| There are 13 Orchestra Leadership Academy seminars available. While, of course, you can enroll in any of them, these may be of particular interest to you. | |
| 8:00am-1:00pm Convention Center Room 201 |
Artistic
Excellence: Giving Meaning, Ensuring Continuity, and Achieving
Legacy* (Continued from Tuesday) |
| Convention Center Room 209-210 |
Building
Audiences through Engagement: Aligning Marketing, Education,
and Programming* (Continued from Tuesday) |
| Convention
Center Room 202 |
Achieving
Civic Stature* What would it look like for an orchestra to be seen by a wide public as absolutely essential to its community? This hands-on workshop—and laboratory—will begin to define characteristics that would exemplify "best practices" in orchestra-community connections. Faculty: Jonathan Katz, chief executive officer, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies; James Undercofler, president and CEO, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Tom Cabaniss, animateur, The Philadelphia Orchestra |
| Convention
Center Room 212 |
Increasing
Older Adults' Engagement In the Arts* Americans increasingly expect to live active lives well into their golden years. This session provides training and ideas on how to grow our educational programming and to welcome older adults into new relationships with our orchestras. Faculty: Kenneth T. Cole, program director, National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts; Susan Perlstein, executive director, National Center for Creative Aging |
| Convention
Center Room 103 |
Putting
Your Passion to Work: Developing Effective Advocacy Skills* In this seminar, you will learn to develop the confidence, capacity, and skill to be a powerful advocate, and to leverage the enthusiasm and energy of staff, board members, volunteers, and musicians as advocates for your orchestra. Faculty: Tom Birch, legislative counsel, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies; Dalouge Smith, trustee, California Arts Advocates, president and CEO, San Diego Youth Symphony and Conservatory; Heather Noonan, vice president, advocacy, American Symphony Orchestra League |
| Convention Center Room 108 |
What's
New in Electronic Media* New opportunities and challenges in technology seem to fly at us—at warp speed—almost on a daily basis. This seminar will provide an overview of business models and the strategic, contractual, and other practical issues you need to understand in this rapidly changing area of our industry. Faculty: Laura Brownell, executive director, Symphonic Services Division, American Federation of Musicians; Joseph H. Kluger, senior consultant, AEA Consulting, former executive director, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Robert Levine, musician, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, co-chair, local Internet oversight committee |
| 1:15pm-2:00pm | Conference Orientation! Connect with seasoned attendees and first-time delegates. |
| 2:15pm-3:30pm Convention Center Room 203 |
Musician Meeting—Exploring
Musician Roles
Facilitated by Fred Miller, president, The Chatham Group; and Robert Wagner, principal bassoon, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra |
| 4:00pm | Exhibit Area and Internet Café Close |
| 4:00pm-6:00pm Ryman Auditorium | OPENING SESSION "EVERY CITY, MUSIC CITY" How can every city become a music city? A panel discussion around "The Role of Arts and Culture in the Creation of Smart/Destination Cities and Communities" includes Nashville's own mayor, the Honorable Bill Purcell; publisher Austin Kiplinger; Elizabeth Burmaster, president, Council of Chief State School Officers; Mac Crawford, chairman, CVS/Caremark; and moderator Adrian Ellis, founder and managing principal, AEA Consulting. Keynote Speaker Marin Alsop, music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, addresses "Defining Community and Maximizing Opportunity." One route to reinforcing community connectivity is through our work with young people, reaching across generations to build a better future through music. A selection from the Peabody Award-winning HBO Family television series The Music in Me, featuring Nathan Chan, a cellist in the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra will be featured. The Opening Session places orchestras in a musical and societal perspective as we explore different musical genres through appearances by Amy Grant, Vince Gill, the Fisk University Jubilee Singers®, the Curb Youth Orchestra, and young fiddler Maddie Denton of Murfreesboro, TN, who will be featured in the HBO Family documentary The Music in Me2, A Family Special. All this will make this a stirring and tuneful session you won't want to miss! Click here for full session. The Opening Session is sponsored by NAMM |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm Convention Center Level 2 Foyer, Hallway, and Rooms 209-210 |
Opening Reception Mingle with colleagues, presenters, and business partners at the opening reception. Refreshments, hors d’oeuvres and cash bar available. Open to all. Open to all Sponsored by Fisher Dachs Associates—Theatre Planning and Design |
| 7:00pm-10:00pm Offsite |
National Friends of the
League Dinner (by invitation only) For Donors of $600 or more to the League's Annual Fund. Sponsored by Steinway & Sons and Gaylord Hotels |
| 7:00pm-9:30pm Schermerhorn Symphony Center |
Nashville Symphony Open Rehearsal |
| 9:30pm Renaissance Hotel Belmont 3 and Ryman 1 |
Songwriting Workshops Write a hit in true Nashville style! Express your creativity through a unique collaboration and co-write a song with one of Nashville's hit-writing singer/songwriters. Experience first-hand the Nashville Chamber Orchestra's award winning and GRAMMY® nominated Kid Pan Alley education project! Read all about one songwriter/teacher, Jason Blume, on his web site at www.jasonblume.com. |
| 9:30pm Offsite |
Almost Famous (35 and under) You work in the music business… You are under 35... You have great ideas about the future of orchestras and want to share them with your equally open-minded peers, free from the prying eyes of "authority" and "tradition"... This laid back, late night off-site session on Wednesday, June 20 is your chance! Contact Anastasia Boudanoque (aboudanoque@symphony.org; 646 709 6910) or Jayson Greene (jgreene@symphony.org; 518-810-6257) for details. Sponsored by Young Concert Artists, Inc. and The J. Stephen Turner Foundation |
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Thursday, June 21
| 7:00-7:45am Renaissance Hotel Belmont 1 and Belmont 2 |
Yoga* Relax and renew with some early morning yoga! A great opportunity to stretch, strengthen, and clear your mind. All levels welcome. |
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| 7:30am-2:00pm | Exhibit Area and Internet Café Open | ||||
| 7:30am-8:45am | Continental breakfast available in the Exhibit Area | ||||
| 9:00am-10:15am Renaissance Hotel, Fisk 2 |
Musician
Meeting—Orchestra Marketing
Led by Douglas W. Kinzey, president, Audience Strategies for the Arts, Inc.; senior director of audience development, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
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| 10:30am-Noon Renaissance Hotel, Fisk 2 |
Musician
Meeting—Musician/Administration Relations
Led by Peter Pastreich, former executive director, San Francisco Symphony |
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| 12:15pm-1:45pm Renaissance Hotel, Fisk 2 |
Musician Luncheon+
(Discussion topics to include League strategic planning
and programming update) + advance registration required |
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| 2:00pm |
Exhibit Area and Internet Café Close We encourage all delegates and business partners to attend this important plenary session. |
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| 2:00pm-5:00pm Renaissance Hotel Grand Ballroom, Center and West |
Plenary Session: "Engaging Art: Research, Practice, and Innovation" Bring your laptop to join the live online discussion at this session! Bill Ivey, former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Steven Tepper, a prominent cultural policy scholar and sociologist, the co-editors of "Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America's Cultural Life" and researchers Lynne Conner and Vanessa Bertozzi will present key findings focusing on the newest data around arts engagement and usage. Brent Assink, executive director, San Francisco Symphony; Clive Gillinson, executive and artistic director, Carnegie Hall; and Gerard McBurney, artistic programming advisor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, will respond, providing a window into the practical implications of this information. Delegates will have the opportunity to respond to the findings, exploring their implications for our orchestras. Sponsored by BMI, The Wallace Foundation, and Curb Records |
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| 5:15pm-6:15pm Convention Center Room 201, Rooms 204—206, Rooms 208, 209 and 210 |
*NEW this year!
INNOVATIONS
EXPO Orchestras everywhere are doing original and stimulating work. New at Conference this year is the INNOVATIONS EXPO, a forum where innovative projects, presented by their owners, will be showcased. You will have a choice to view one hour-long presentation or several shorter roundtable discussions on different programs. Click here for a full list of topics covered. |
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| 6:15pm-8:00pm | Dine-Arounds Make new friends and enjoy Nashville's fine restaurants at a Dine-Around this evening. Sign-up sheets will be on the bulletin board next to the Registration Area all day on Wednesday and Thursday, and at the Conference Orientation on Wednesday at 1:15 pm. Sign up for the restaurant or group that appeals to you, then meet in the hotel lobby at the time specified on the form. Dine-Arounds are pay-your-own-way. |
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| 8:00pm Laura Turner Concert Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center |
Nashville Symphony Concert* Leonard Slatkin, conductor Peng Peng, piano
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| † Ms. Tower's work is part of
Ford Made in America, made possible by Ford Motor Company Fund. Additional funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. |
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| Gold Baton Award Presented posthumously to Kenneth Schermerhorn, accepted by Martha R. Ingram. The League’s highest honor, the Gold Baton Award, is presented annually in recognition of an individual or organization whose distinguished service to music and the arts has had national impact and significance. |
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| Immediately following the concert | Insights on the Acoustics
of Schermerhorn Symphony Center Meet at the front of the orchestra seating area to hear acousticians Christopher Blair, Paul Scarbrough, and C. Russell Todd from Akustiks, LLC. Sponsored by Akustiks, LLC |
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| Post Concert | Tune-Up Party Open to all. Mingle with colleagues and friends at the Tune-Up Party. Your name badge serves as your admission. Sponsored by the Nashville Symphony and Culinaire |
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Friday, June 22
| 7:00-7:45am Renaissance Hotel Belmont 1 and Belmont 2 |
Yoga* Relax and renew with some early morning yoga! A great opportunity to stretch, strengthen, and clear your mind. All levels welcome. |
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| 7:00am-8:15am | Continental breakfast available in the Exhibit Area | ||||||||||||
| 7:00am-Noon and 1:45pm-5:00pm | Exhibit Area and Internet Café Open | ||||||||||||
| 8:30am-9:45am
Renaissance Hotel, Fisk 2 |
Musician Meeting
With Laura Brownell, executive director, Symphony Services Division, American Federation of Musicians; Tom Fetherston, president, ROPA; and Bruce Ridge, chair, ICSOM |
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| 9:45am-10:30am Convention Center Foyer and Hotel Grand Ballroom East |
Sponsored
Coffee Breaks in Exhibit Area Join your business partners and colleagues over coffee in the exhibit area between sessions. |
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| Choose from six Orchestra Toolbox (T) or Perspectives (P) sessions, including: | |||||||||||||
| 10:30am-11:45am | These sessions are open to all orchestra personnel, business partners/exhibitors | ||||||||||||
| Convention Center Room 205 |
The Music Business: Adapting
to a Changing Landscape (P) Classical music is just a slice of the overall music business world. What might the changing tastes and habits of music consumers tell us about our current and future audiences—and what does it mean for you? Hear from some of Nashville's top music business thinkers about consumer trends, the future of electronic media, and how potential audiences engage with music when they're not in the concert hall. Moderator: Douglas McLennan, editor, ArtsJournal.com Especially recommended for executive directors, musicians, conductors, artistic administrators, board members, marketing, public relations, general managers, development, operations, volunteers, youth orchestra personnel, business partners |
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| Convention Center Rooms 209-210 |
What Makes a Great Workplace Environment for Musicians? (P) Arguably a great workplace environment is one characterized by a sense of common purpose, positive relationships among stakeholders, and an overriding sense of pride in delivering work at the highest level. Isn't this aspiration one shared by musicians, staff, board, and volunteers? What can we do to create the common ground that makes our shared aspiration the norm? Speakers: Laura Brownell, executive director, Symphonic Services Division, American Federation of Musicians; Bruce Ridge, chair, ICSOM; Tom Fetherston, president, ROPA; Carla Johnson, president and executive director, Virginia Symphony Especially recommended for executive directors, education/community, musicians, conductors, artistic administrators, board members, public relations, general managers, development, operations, volunteers |
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| 10:30-11:45am Various rooms, check Volunteer listings for full details |
Volunteer Leadership Sessions | ||||||||||||
| 12:00pm | Exhibit Area and Internet Café Close | ||||||||||||
| 12:00pm-1:30pm |
Conference Luncheon* Keynote Speaker Martha R. Ingram, chair, Nashville Symphony board of directors, will discuss "The Sustainability of the Arts." This is a great opportunity to take a breather in between your meetings, and relax with your colleagues over lunch. Sponsored by Artsmarketing Services Inc. |
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| 1:45pm-5:00pm | Exhibit Area and Internet Café Open | ||||||||||||
| Choose from six Orchestra Toolbox (T) or Perspectives (P) sessions, including: | |||||||||||||
| 1:45pm-3:00pm | These sessions are open to all orchestra personnel, business partners/exhibitors | ||||||||||||
| Convention Center Room 204 |
Creating an Orchestra—Community Connection (P) As orchestras amplify their civic value, we examine the meaning of community service. We may view an excellent subscription concert as an example of service to the community, but does the general public? Conversely, some of the most "successful" community engagement programs may never produce ticket-buyers. How does an orchestra position the balance of its artistic and charitable activities to communicate its civic value? Moderator: Jonathan Katz, chief executive officer,
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Especially recommended for executive directors, education/community, musicians, conductors, artistic administrators, board members, public relations, business partners, development, youth orchestra personnel |
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| Convention Center Rooms 209-210 |
What is the Future of Pops? (P) Superstars, thematic programming, orchestra centered concerts, multi-media extravaganzas, concerts without orchestra—it's a big pops world out there. What are the trends, and what artists and projects will keep your pops audiences begging for more? Moderator: Kendra Whitlock, general manager, Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra Especially recommended for executive directors, musicians, conductors, artistic administrators, public relations, general managers, business partners |
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| 3:00pm-3:45pm | Sponsored Afternoon Breaks
in the Exhibit Area Enjoy a beverage and light snack and network with your business partners in the exhibit area between sessions. |
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| 3:45pm-5:15pm Convention Center Rooms 209-210 |
Joint meeting of Musicians and
Education/Community Engagement staff Musicians and education staff want and need to partner effectively around our orchestras' education and community missions. Musicians are, after all, the critical resource in the delivery of these programs. How does this work look from a musician's point of view? What do musicians need from staff in order to ensure success that works for the musicians—and for the program participants? What does staff need from musicians in terms of effective partnership to maximize outcomes? Learn from musicians Robert Wagner, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Gloria dePasquale, The Philadelphia Orchestra; and Lucas Richman, music director, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra at a session moderated by Anna Ross from the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. |
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| 5:00pm | Exhibit Area and Internet Café Close | ||||||||||||
| 5:30pm-7:30pm Renaissance Hotel Grand Ballroom, Center and West |
Awards Celebration
and Reception Celebrate the field's achievements. Celebration sponsored by CCS Reception sponsored by ASCAP |
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| 8:00pm Laura Turner Concert Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center |
NASHVILLE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA* Paul Gambill, conductor Gilles Apap, violin John Jorgenson, guitar Laurence Kaptain, cimbalom
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| Immediately following the Concert | Insights on the Architectural
Design of Schermerhorn Symphony Center Meet at the front of the orchestra seating area with design architects David M. Schwarz and Craig P. Williams from David M. Schwarz/Architectural Services, Inc. Sponsored by David M. Schwarz/Architectural Services, Inc. |
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| 9:30pm | Nashville
Symphony Recommends* Fun things to do while you're in Nashville! |
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| 10:30pm | Songwriting Workshops Write a hit in true Nashville style! Express your creativity through a unique collaboration and co-write a song with one of Nashville's hit-writing singer/songwriters. Experience first-hand the Nashville Chamber Orchestra's award winning and GRAMMY® nominated Kid Pan Alley education project! Read all about one songwriter/teacher, Jason Blume, on his web site at www.jasonblume.com. |
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Saturday, June 23
| 9:00am-12:30pm Renaissance Hotel Grand Ballroom West |
A Radical New Revenue Model for Orchestras Drawing on the experiences of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony, this workshop will reframe the discussion about the relationship between earned and contributed income, and will challenge many of the field's fundamental assumptions about the core economic engine for orchestras. By focusing on long-term patron relationships, and understanding the intertwined relationship between attendance, audience experience, and the reward of patron loyalty through contribution, orchestras can increase the number of households they serve and the frequency with which they serve them. |
| Afternoon | Check out "Nashville Symphony Staff Recommends" for fun things to do in Nashville and great places to eat |
| 8:00pm Laura Turner Concert Hall, Schermerhorn Symphony Center |
Bernadette
Peters & the Nashville Chamber Orchestra Tony Award-winning actress, singer, and comedienne Bernadette Peters sparkles with the NCO in an evening featuring songs from her signature Broadway shows. |
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Enjoy Nashville—Consider extending your stay to take advantage of all the city has to offer.*
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