Items with an asterisk (*) indicate advance registration and/or additional fee required.
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Tuesday, June 109:00am-5:00pm
Location TBA
Cost: $225 per person
On Tuesday, June 10 programs organized by National Arts Strategies (NAS) will provide insight and tools for building partnerships, funding opportunities and negotiating skills. Registration for these seminars is open to all attendees on a first-come, first served basis. Click here for more detailed information about NAS, the programs, and the faculty. Open to all. Registration and additional fee required. Don't delay, space is limited for these outstanding programs by one of the leading executive education organizations for arts and culture.
Professor Walter W. Powell, Stanford University
Today, the most creative initiatives are being achieved through partnerships. How do you identify the partnerships that are most likely to succeed? What are the secrets to creating those relationships efficiently? Learn frameworks for analyzing your "network" and targeting the right partners at the right time. Professor Powell is a leading expert in the areas of network theory and organizational research. Click here for more information and faculty bio.
Professor Margaret Neale, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Negotiation is an art—and a science. Even the most experienced leaders get surprised by the complex psychology and group behaviors that drive negotiations. Enhance your ability to create negotiated solutions that support healthy long-term relationships; achieve your goals, negotiate successful coalitions, and learn to work together to "grow the pie." Professor Neale is a leading expert in negotiation. Click here for more information and faculty bio.
Professor Kash Rangan, Harvard Business School
Corporate sponsorships and philanthropy are harder to find in today's world of strategic corporate philanthropy. Nonprofit organizations are going beyond traditional approaches to develop strategic "cause marketing" relationships with corporations. Explore frameworks to win more attention and financial support from corporations, create an optimal fundraising strategy that includes cause marketing partnerships, identify in advance the most promising cause marketing partners, and design an effective cause marketing program with a corporation. Internationally recognized expert in marketing strategies for mission-driven organizations Kash Rangan leads this program. Click here for more information and faculty bio.
5:00pm-Onward
Evening Activities TBA
Wednesday, June 11Exhibit Hall in the Colorado Convention Center is open from 9:00am to 5:30pm.
8:00am-12:30pm
Hyatt Regency Convention Center Hotel
Cost: $165 per person through April 11; $190 thereafter
ORCHESTRA LEADERSHIP ACADEMY Seminars from the League of American Orchestras
Let us help you invest in the future! The League of American Orchestras is committed to recognizing and encouraging effective and visionary leadership in the orchestra profession and for the performing arts. A healthy and growing talent pool of well-trained, dedicated professionals is critical to maintaining institutional vitality and future growth. And, those who work for the arts in America need enhanced skill sets to undertake the complex tasks needed to ensure our collective success.
There are three half-day OLA seminars open to all delegates; one of them is likely to be just right for you. Click here for complete program information, including agendas and faculty bios.
Orchestra staffs, board, and musicians, are all invested in the health of our musicians.
Faculty: Janet Horvath, associate principal cello, Minnesota Orchestra, author of "Playing (less) Hurt-An Injury Prevention Guide for Musicians"; Russell Jones, former director, Association of British Orchestras; vice president for marketing & membership development, League of American Orchestras
Everyone thinks they have a brand, or need one—but most people aren't quite sure what a brand actually is. Discover how brand-building is wider and deeper than identity, and how every communication—print, digital, environmental, conversational—can work hard to build your brand.
Faculty: Roger Sametz, president, Sametz Blackstone Associates, Brandon Walsh, strategist, Sametz Blackstone Associates
A great opportunity for women conductors to share their experiences and establish a powerful professional leadership network.
Faculty: Rayona Sharpnack, founder, Institute for Women's Leadership and author of "Trade Up: 5 Skills for Redesigning Your Leadership and Life from the Inside Out"
9:00am-Noon
The National Center for Voice and Speech,
1101 13th Street, Denver (within walking distance)
Cost: $95 per person
Pre-Convention Seminar presented by Chorus America and OPERA America
Ingo Titze, Ph.D., executive director, The National Center for Voice and Speech
We've arranged for a special session to discuss the science behind the voice and current trends, issues, and discoveries about vocal health for singers of all ages. The session will also feature a tour of this fantastic facility, to see vocal health strategies in action. Open to all. Additional fee required. Click here for more details. (Click here should link this session description on the Programming page)
NOTE: Additional seminars will be available on Wednesday, June 11 offered by our partner service organizations for their own membership. Please check your own organization's registration page or website for details.
Exhibitors Area is open from 9:00am to 5:30pm.
12:45pm-1:15pm
Location TBA
2:00pm-3:30pm
Wells Fargo Theater, Colorado Convention Center
Join host Anna Deavere Smith to celebrate the performing community and share exciting visions of what the future of the performing arts could be.
Hear three inspiring stories of successful community-building with the arts, from three distinct and compelling perspectives: Louisiana's Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu speaks on building a strong performing arts community as a crucial part of a vital society; Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch talks about creating performance in partnership with community; and Denver's Mayor John Hickenlooper and Cultural Affairs Director Erin Trapp, present Denver's deeply researched and carefully crafted vision for a healthy performing arts future in 2028.
Don't miss this exciting session. It will lay the foundation for ideas that will be discussed and challenged throughout the Convention. These views and an action plan will be voted on and formalized at the final session led by AmericaSpeaks on Saturday—a plan that will send the performing arts community out ready to take action together.
Click here for more details.
4:00pm-5:30pm
Location TBA
In preparation for Saturday morning's 21st Century Town Meeting® three caucus sessions will be held, one each day Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The caucuses are designed to cull ideas and create action agenda for consideration on Saturday, one aimed at ensuring a strong future for the performing arts in the years to come.
The caucuses will be broken into round tables of ten. Each table will engage in a facilitated cross-disciplinary conversation which will identify goals and action steps toward a vital performing arts future. Each caucus will have a core question and a specific outcome, and the responses of all of the tables will be compiled every day and shared with the full convention to form the basis of the following day's work.
The National Performing Arts Convention has engaged AmericaSpeaks to lead this process of caucuses leading to our town meeting, using methods and technologies that they have refined in over a decade of work nationwide helping citizens be heard on important issues. You'll find a level playing field where every voice is equal, where all ideas are written down and considered. Join the discussions—let your ideas, opinions, and hopes help shape the ideas, opinions, and hopes of others.
5:30pm-7:00pm
Sponsored by Target
Location TBA
Expand your personal network as you mingle with many new faces from all over the performing arts universe, as well as orchestra colleagues, presenters, and business partners at the opening reception. Refreshments and cash bar available. Open to all.
With additional and deeply appreciated support from Center Plate
5:45pm-7:00pm
Seawell Ballroom
Trustees from diverse performing arts disciplines are invited to a reception featuring cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, offering the opportunity to meet and share common interests. The reception is hosted by trustees from Denver's premiere performing arts organizations.
Evening
Please check your national service organization (NSO) or click here for events in Denver.
9:00pm and beyond
Thursday, June 12Exhibit Hall in the Colorado Convention Center is open from 9:00am to 6:45pm.
7:00am-8:00am
8:00am-9:30am
Please check with your own organization
10:00am-11:30am
Location TBA
Location TBA
In preparation for Saturday morning's 21st Century Town Meeting® three caucus sessions will be held, one each day Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The caucuses are designed to cull ideas and create action agenda for consideration on Saturday, one aimed at ensuring a strong future for the performing arts in the years to come.
The caucuses will be broken into round tables of ten. Each table will engage in a facilitated cross-disciplinary conversation which will identify goals and action steps toward a vital performing arts future. Each caucus will have a core question and a specific outcome, and the responses of all of the tables will be compiled every day and shared with the full convention to form the basis of the following day's work.
The National Performing Arts Convention has engaged AmericaSpeaks to lead this process of caucuses leading to our town meeting, using methods and technologies that they have refined in over a decade of work nationwide helping citizens be heard on important issues. You'll find a level playing field where every voice is equal, where all ideas are written down and considered. Join the discussions—let your ideas, opinions, and hopes help shape the ideas, opinions, and hopes of others.
Noon-1:00pm
Best-selling author Jim Collins discusses his groundbreaking theory on what makes the difference between a "good" organization and a "great" one, and how to achieve superior performance in the social sector. Click here to read selections from the monograph From Good to Great and the Social Sectors.
1:15pm-2:30pm
Exhibit Hall and SmART Bar Consultations
Grab some lunch in the exhibit hall and explore all amenities within.
Ellie Caulkins Opera House
Opera Colorado and Central City Studio artists will perform excerpts from recent premieres that have received funding through OPERA America's Opera Fund. This is your opportunity to hear some of the latest opera and music-theater works from North American composers and librettists! This exciting performance will include excerpts from Elmer Gantry by Robert Aldridge and Hershel Garfein, A Flowering Tree by John Adams and Peter Sellars, Frau Margot by Thomas Pasatieri and Frank Corsaro, Hannaraptor by Allan Gilliland and Val Brandt, and Kirke Mechem's John Brown.
New Works Sampler admission is FREE for all National Performing Arts Convention attendees. For your convenience, you can pre-order lunch for an additional cost when registering. If you have already registered but would like to add a lunch order, please contact Paul Gosselin at PGosselin@operaamerica.org
2:45pm-5:45pm
Sponsored Sessions, Breakout Sessions, In-Depth Workshops, and Art-Making Workshops
For this three-hour period you will have your choice of session(s) to attend. In-Depth Workshops and Art-Making Workshops each last for 3 hours. Breakouts are each 75 minutes. You will find that some breakouts will be held twice, some only once, so please choose carefully.
Some of our sponsors will be providing useful and informative sessions on a number of topics and that are open to all. Click here for a full description of these sessions.
Ten 3-hour comprehensive sessions on a range of topics are yours for the choosing. Hear thoughtful presentations from experts on big issues, engage in active problem solving and exploration in small groups, and, in many cases, create take-away plans and ideas to inform your work back home.
Locations TBA
Take a master class with an artist from your own discipline or another. Workshops are open to anyone at the Convention, whether novice or expert. Take home something you create yourself!
2:45pm-4:00pm
Locations TBA
Looking for a practical approach to a specific problem? Then these rounds of shorter, topic-specific breakout sessions will appeal to you. Because these breakout sessions will be multi-disciplinary, participants will be able to learn from experts and from one another in ways that are not available at regular annual conferences.
4:00pm-5:45pm
Details to come
5:45pm-6:45pm
Mingle with colleagues, presenters, and business partners at the opening reception. Refreshments, hors d'oeuvres and cash bar available. Open to all.
Evening
Please check your national service organization (NSO) or click here for events in Denver.
6:45pm-??
Make new friends and enjoy Denver's fine restaurants at a Dine-Around this evening. Sign up for the restaurant or group that appeals to you, then meet in the hotel lobby at the time specified on the form. Dine-Arounds are pay-your-own-way.
7:30pm-10:00pm
9:00pm and beyond
Friday, June 137:00am-8:00am
8:00am-9:30am
Please check with your own organization
9:30am-4:00pm
Exhibit Hall in the Colorado Convention Center will be open.
10:00am-11:30am
Location TBA
In preparation for Saturday morning's 21st Century Town Meeting® three caucus sessions will be held, one each day Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. The caucuses are designed to cull ideas and create action agenda for consideration on Saturday, one aimed at ensuring a strong future for the performing arts in the years to come.
The caucuses will be broken into round tables of ten. Each table will engage in a facilitated cross-disciplinary conversation which will identify goals and action steps toward a vital performing arts future. Each caucus will have a core question and a specific outcome, and the responses of all of the tables will be compiled every day and shared with the full convention to form the basis of the following day's work.
The National Performing Arts Convention has engaged AmericaSpeaks to lead this process of caucuses leading to our town meeting, using methods and technologies that they have refined in over a decade of work nationwide helping citizens be heard on important issues. You'll find a level playing field where every voice is equal, where all ideas are written down and considered. Join the discussions—let your ideas, opinions, and hopes help shape the ideas, opinions, and hopes of others.
11:45am-1:15pm
Exhibit Hall
Grab some lunch in the exhibit hall and explore all amenities within.
1:30pm-3:00pm
Location TBA
Artists:
José Antonio Abreu, founder of El Sistema
Madhusree Dutta, founder and executive director, Majlis
Germaine Acogny, founder, Centre for Traditional and Contemporary African Dances
Performance by the Colorado Children's Chorale, Debbie DeSantis, music director
Moderated by Marin Alsop, music director, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Meet some extraordinary leaders who have created innovative programs that are changing the way performing arts are perceived in their countries and building powerful relationships with their communities. These pioneers will inspire you as they offer dramatic models of what is possible.
Click here for more program information.
3:15pm-6:00pm
Please check with your own organization (link to list of participating organizations in About)
6:00pm-7:00pm
Make new friends and enjoy Denver's fine restaurants at a Dine-Around this evening. Sign up for the restaurant or group that appeals to you, then meet in the hotel lobby at the time specified on the form. Dine-Arounds are pay-your-own-way.
7:30pm
Please check your national service organization (NSO) or click here for events in Denver.
9:00pm and beyond
Saturday, June 147:00am-8:00am
8:00am-9:30am
Please check with your own organization
10:00am-12:30pm
Location TBA
The ideas that surface at the caucuses the previous three days will be addressed at Saturday morning's 21st Century Town Meeting. Using the latest technologies, topics will be consolidated, discussed and voted upon by thousands of your peers, each with an individual touch pad. Results will be projected on large video screens in order to identify and hone an agenda to be ratified by this newly unified performing arts community.
At this concluding session, you will help set the agenda for how the arts will be perceived now and in the coming years: by our communities; by national, state, and local governments; by our supporters; and by our audiences. Let your voice be heard, and your vote count, so that we will speak with one voice and together ensure a vital future for the performing arts.
The National Performing Arts Convention has engaged AmericaSpeaks to lead the caucuses. AmericaSpeaks is a non-profit organization that uses innovative deliberative methods and technologies to help citizens be heard on important issues nationwide. In these sessions, you'll find a level playing field where ever voice is equal, where all ideas are considered.
12:30pm and beyond
Please check with your own organization
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Enjoy the rest of your stay in Denver!