Alex Laing, President & Artistic Director of the Gateways Music Festival and 2018 recipient of the Sphinx Medal of Excellence, shares the breadth and impact of their upcoming Spring Festival.
“Organizations should frankly assess whether they seek to expand audiences or whether they seek to expand audiences strictly for their artistic priorities, because these can be in tension. Organizations can choose to do either or both but should not conflate the two.”
— Francie Ostrower, PhD, In Search of a Magic Bullet: Results from the Building Audiences for Sustainability Initiative
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Katie checks in with actor (National Tours of A Bronx Tale, Fiddler on the Roof, and Annie) and musician (West Side Waltz, The Voxies), Stefanie Londino.
'These poems are free sonnets of experience that even Blake would favor. They are tears for the tongue to be savoured once tasted, and like a drop for the eye, ear, or mind, they restore perception to its rightful place. They are dark diamonds.' — David Erdos, MÜ Magazine, London
Charlie Grode, President & Executive Director, Merit School of Music, shares their commitment to accessibility and its impact across the breadth of their programming.
Katie explores artistry and leadership with choreographer and director (Funny Girl, Grey House, and Mr. Saturday Night on Broadway; Little Shop, Titanique, Black Exhibition, and more Off-Broadway), Ellenore Scott.
Hard to believe, but the English National Opera posted a bio of Richard Strauss, in which they said Johann Strauss was his father:
“Richard Strauss (1864-1949) was one of the most highly acclaimed composers of the 20th century. He was a leading representative of the German school of Romantic composers who set new standards for orchestration and tone colour in...
Eduardo Delgado, Public Programs Director of the New World Symphony, shares how they use evolving technology to implement their artistic vision of connecting with community.
In this special edition, I interview National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson and U.S. Census Bureau Director Robert Santos about the mutually reinforcing roles of the arts and the social sciences, and about artists’ contributions to trust-building and community engagement. A transcript is available here.
