Upcoming Events 2013

Thursday, January 17, 2013 - Noon ET on Twitter
Quick and Functional Websites for Actors
Professional Distraction, Gedaly Guberek, will help us to discuss how to create a quick and functional website for actors that won't break the bank. 

Thursday, February 14, 2013 - Noon ET on Twitter
Loving Your Donors
A perfect Valentine's Day conversation! Marc Pitman, Fundraising Coach and avid bow tie advocate, will lead us in a chat on how we can assure that our donors are appreciated and feeling the love and gratitude they deserve!

Thursday, March 14, 2013 - Noon ET on Twitter
Putting the Passion back into Classical Music
Join the Maestro with a Mission, Stephen P. Brown, and me for a juicy conversation about allowing the classical music industry let its hair down and have passion again. The audiences will love it!

Thursday, April 18, 2013 - Noon ET on Twitter
Orchestra Management and Audience Relations
Drew McManus, Orchestral Arts Consultant and author of Adaptistration.com will be chatting with us about Orchestra Management and how it affects audience relations, especially during the negotiation season. How can we make sure our audience relations are positive experiences even in challenging times.

Friday, February 22, 2013 - 1 pm ET - Google+ On Air Hangout
Composers need to build their audiences too!

Shoshana will be conducting a *FREE* webinar for composers to talk about how to build a fan base, share the music again, organize your website, and create a solid plan to build audiences. This webinar is hosted by Pierre-Arnaud, Dablemont, pianist.

Friday, March 15, 2013 - Noon ET - Recording Available Now!
Classical Music: The challenges of making the affection clear

The conversation continues with, John Steinmetz, all around musician and educator. People get involved with music because they love it, yet too often the love is not clear enough. Musicians get distracted by technical perfection, administrators get distracted by all the responsibilities, and our way of writing and talking about music is often dry. How can we as an industry, as musicians, show and share the love again before the stuffiness of protocol buries us.

Friday, June 21, 2013 - 1 pm ET - Details TBA
10 amazingly simple audience development ideas

Shoshana is back to share her favorite Top 10 tips for audience development. Join us for a reminder of simple, common sense ideas that are not being commonly practiced. Implementing just one of these ideas will help you to build your audiences and support!

Friday, December 13, 2013 - Noon ET - Details TBA
Arts: The lost element of fandom (Topic may change)

Join Adam Thurman, as he explains about the missing element of arts audience involvement. We talk about patrons, ticket buyers, subscribers and donors, but what about creating fans for our art? There is a huge difference. This is going to be a hot topic that makes you go "Wow, that's brilliant!"

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January 22, 6:00 pm/January 29, 11:30 am
Twitter: Hit the ground running! A BCAA Business of Arts Workshop (Boulder, CO)

Sign-up for an intimate, hands-on workshop about getting started with Twitter, presented by Shoshana Fanizza, founder of Audience Development Specialists. If you don't have a Twitter account already, we'll hook you up. If you have one, but don't know what to do with it, we'll get you going so that you can take advantage of this powerful publicity tool. Bring your laptop (power cord too). Limited to 9 participants each day - must pre-pay to attend.

April 12 & 13 (Denver/Boulder respectively)
Pro Musica Colorado Chamber Orchestra: The Road Home: American Journeys!

Tickets are on sale! Pro Musica Colorado's Season Finale!. We journey home to America to highlight an all American program: Copland Clarinet Concerto, with guest artist, Daniel Silver, clarinet; Philip Glass Symphony No. 3 and David Diamond Rounds for String Orchestra.