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Great idea for audience development for symphony orchestras!

Posted On March 27, 2009 By Shoshana

Springfield Symphony offering free ringtones Now you can get short clips of the orchestra in concert on its Web site By Andrew McGinn, Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD — Beethoven’s ninth has finally caught up to “I Kissed a Girl” and the “Super Mario Brothers” theme. It’s now a ringtone — brought to you by an unlikely… 

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Audience Development vs. Marketing

Posted On January 15, 2009 By Shoshana

I have been thinking a great deal lately about the differences between audience development and marketing.  I have also been thinking about why audience development can save the arts vs. marketing.  I feel that there needs a shift to take place, to put resources and staff capacity towards audience development, but right now, most artists… 

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Audience Development – where to start?

Posted On December 10, 2008 By Shoshana

Many people behind arts organizations I have spoken to do not know where to begin when it comes to audience development. All they know is that they need audience development to increase their audiences and to build a better audience in general. So many of them have taken shots in the dark to attempt to… 

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Audience Development … The Blog!

Posted On November 6, 2008 By Shoshana

Hello! My name is Shoshana and after over 10 years in arts management, I have decided to start my own business. I have discovered that many cultural arts organizations are in need of learning about audience development. Audience development has been a buzz word during many arts marketing conferences, workshops and seminars. However, most of… 

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