Orchestra Management Handbook: Building Relationships in Turbulent Times - Paperback

by Travis Newton (Author)

Those who choose to make the orchestra enterprise their life's work face a host of challenges that have beset orchestra managers since the very beginning of the art form, alongside new challenges that continue to arise in the twenty-first century. Written for those who are contemplating jumping into the orchestra management realm, the Orchestra Management Handbook will provide a significant head-start for people entering this complicated, exciting, and challenging line of work. Whether short-term, long-term, internal, external or existential, an intentional approach to building, maintaining, and sustaining relationships must be at the core of the orchestra manager's daily routine. Few arts organizations have more potential for building community than orchestras. With a typically large permanent complement of artists, a high volume of performances, and a need for large audiences, building community should be central to the internal and external operations of the modern orchestra.

Author Biography

Travis Newton is Associate Professor of Music at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY, where he is director of the Arts Administration program. Also an active performer, he conducts the Le Moyne College Symphony Orchestra and maintains a steady performing schedule as a violinist.
Travis is a former board member of the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) and has worked in orchestra management and arts administration for nearly 20 years.