Performing Arts non-profits orgz:
Project description:
1. The definition of Arts Managers is vague and disputed (see Arts Managers as Liaison between Finance and Art). With references to this reading, comments from our visitors, and info on the community organizations discussed in this segment, argue your own position on the role and definition of an arts manager in the performing arts segment.
2. Choose a Bloomington Performing Arts non-profit organization and analyze its position in the Bloomington community based on the integration strategies discussed in Boyle’s case study on the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra:
– Community of musicians (performers)
– Community ownership strategies (venue, marketing, interests of stakeholders)
– Links into the external environment
– Unique traits that make it indispensable (repertoire, quality, range of styles…
Non-profit organization suggestion:
https://www.buskirkchumley.org/
https://windfalldancers.wordpress.com/
3. Alan Stanbridge argues in his article “The Tradition of all the Dead Generations” towards a new paradigm of programming for classical performance ensembles.
Select a professional orchestra of your choice (aside from the BSO) and research information that confirms or contradicts Standbridge’s arguments in reference to:
a. Repertoire focused on dead composer
b. Little focus on contemporary music and other styles of musi
c. Little inclusion of women and minorities
d. Resulting current problems with sustainability
Provide specific number and data in support of your arguments and conclude with suggestions for your specific case on programming for the future.