Delighting in the Baroque: Les Délices
Featured Member Profile Performing seldom-heard works from the French Baroque on period instruments, the chamber ensemble Les Délices is the only group in the U.S. specializing in historically-informed performances of French Baroque chamber music. Les Délices seeks to bring their captivating repertoire to a wide audience and, with a favorably-reviewed CD and active tour schedule in their native Cleveland, they are succeeding. Director Debra Nagy, an Oberlin-trained baroque oboist, speaks of recording, touring, fundraising and her ensemble’s amazing opportunity at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

I Am My Own Focus Group
This weekend I attended the National Arts Marketing Project conference in Providence with my colleagues Dianne Debicella and Alex Gray.  The topics discussed concerned how to market to both new and existing audiences, as well as how to attract funders and other interested parties to the work that we do in the arts.  Many things I had heard in the past — subscriptions are declining,  “everyone” uses

Congratulations to Recently Approved Fiscally Sponsorsed Projects!
This month our board approved 81 projects from 17 states.  Check them out! [Amended] Christoph Bull Premiere Recording of Walt Disney Concert Hall pipe organ 24Hour PlayFun Agrarian Art Lab Art For Well Beings Art Teach International

Welcome Alternate ROOTS!!
I’d like to give a big WELCOME to our friends and, now, our partners at Alternate ROOTS.  They became our newest partner in the Open Arts Network today. Alternate ROOTS is a tremendous organization that I am always referring people to.  From their website: “Alternate ROOTS provides the connective tissue for a distinct segment of the arts and culture field - artists who have a commitment to making work in, with, by, for and about their communities, and those whose cultural work strives for social justice. While this is a large sector

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