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I’m all ears.
I hate crowds. Rather, I struggle to interface with more than one person at a time. (I was going to refine that thought to say only during professional situations – conferences, donor dinners, and the...
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Annie Burridge: Soprano and Senior VP
Profile Phridays are back! I’m glad to introduce you to Annie Burridge, Senior Vice-President for Institutional Advancement for the Opera Company of Philadelphia. I had a chance to get to know her...
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Tom Wright
This week we’re talking with Tom Wright, the Director of Artistic Planning for Vancouver Opera. I met Tom during the Opera America Leadership Intensive, and it’s true what you’ve heard about Canadians...
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Peter Zimmerman – from Performer to Presenter
Peter Zimmerman is the Director of Programming for the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. He’s responsible for booking the majority of the 200+ shows that the Foundation presents each year...
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Reading Room
On my reading list for the holidays? This new book from Clara Pressler. She says, in a post on the Fractured Atlas Blog: When I went through my career transition, I couldn’t find any resources that...
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Homecomings.
On Thursday, I went back to my undergraduate alma mater, Carnegie Mellon, and spoke to a music business class and to the school of music’s undergrads. I was nervous. I was also flattered as hell...
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Indirect paths, speechifying, and links galore.
I read a great post today by Brooke Berman about the differences between what success looks like when you’re a 20-something and a 30-something. (Taking into account that everyone’s definition of...
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Nigel Boon: A Leave of Absence.
Happy New Year! For our first Profile Phriday of 2014, I’d like to introduce you to Nigel Boon. Nigel is the Director of Artistic Planning for the National Symphony Orchestra, a world-class ensemble...
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Opportunity: Leadership Intensive
Opera America is again offering a fantastic professional development course for Opera professionals. The application deadline for their Leadership Intensive is January 31st. As a member of the...
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Sarah Andrew Wilson: Two Choices.
Today I’m talking with Sarah Andrew Wilson, who is currently the Assistant Director of Education for the Levine School of Music, a multi-campus nonprofit community music school with locations in and...
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