Winter 2013
Music for Social Change
by Dalouge Smith, president, CEO, San Diego Youth Symphony & Conservatory
and Cathy Taylor, executive director, Sacramento Youth Symphony
C
Sacramento Youth Symphony’s
Overture kids
al Performances’
Matias
Tarnopolosky brought
the international
focus of the El Sistema
movement to UC
Berkeley during the
last week of November
with “Reaching for
the Stars: A Forum on Music Education.” The Forum
was at the center of the Simon Bolivar Symphony
Orchestra of Venezuela’s weeklong residency. Music
educators, arts administrators, and funders from the
Bay Area and Northern California gathered for two
days to explore the unique possibilities El Sistemainspired work offers.
Renowned teaching artist and El Sistema
champion Eric Booth launched the gathering
Continued on page 6
Health Care Reform What Nonprofits Need to Know
by Meredeth Clark, President & CEO, CAN Insurance Services
L
ast June, the Supreme Court of the United States
resolved more than two years of litigation over
one of the most hotly contested acts of Congress,
upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (ACA). Their action means a multitude of new
rules and options for nonprofits.
The ACA is the nation’s effort to make health
insurance more accessible and affordable through
greater government oversight; increasing
competitiveness through exchanges; and requiring
both individuals and employers to purchase health
insurance or face penalties. The law is complex with
many large and small changes for states, insurance
carriers, employers and individuals. To make it even
harder to follow, many details are still being worked
out. Here are a few that deserve extra attention.
Employer Mandate: Any employer with 50 or more
full-time equivalent employees must start providing
insurance to staff in 2014. If they don’t and a single
worker turns to the government for a health care tax
credit or subsidy on the exchange, then the
organization will be fined.
Individual mandate: If employees don’t receive
health insurance through their employer or through a
government program, such as Medicare or Medicaid,
employees will be required to purchase their own
policy. Choosing not to buy insurance in 2014 will
cost someone $95 or 1% of their income, whichever
is higher. In 2015, it’s $325 or 2% of income. Penalties
rise each year after that.
Insurance exchanges: In 2014, California will
open its online health exchange where individuals
and small businesses, with 50 or less employees, can
purchase coverage. While all insurance plans offered
on the exchange will also be available outside of
the exchange, subsidies and tax credits will only be
Continued on page 3
Inside This Issue
President’s
Message
Welcome
New Members
Up & Down
The Scale
Semi
Quavers
Music
Notes
2013
Calendar
Page 2
Page 2
Page 3
Page 4
Page 5
Page 11
President’s
Message
Resolve, verb
“To come to a definite or earnest
decision about; determine (to do
something)” Dictionary.com
of us make resolutions that,
M any
from my experience, last until
Super Bowl Sunday (which for those
of you who are fans means February 3, 2013)! Do your
resolutions sound like mine? Go to the gym more than
once a quarter...okay...join the gym? Eat fewer carbs by
eliminating the mocha in my Starbucks latté? Strive for
work/life balance and try to get home before 7 p.m.?
Did you notice that the definition above is NOT “to
come to a definite or earnest GOAL”? Nope, the word
is “decision” which I believe is an important distinction
and one that connotes a level of certainty and implies a
commitment requiring future action.
So, to help you feel more successful with this annual
tradition, I have listed only 3 ACSO resolutions, or
decisions, we all can make that will sustain beyond
football season!
Resolution 1: Place the ACSO Conference dates
on your calendars and in your budgets NOW – July
25-27, 2013 – hosted by Pacific Symphony and held
at the beautiful Westin South Coast Plaza in Costa
Mesa, I have the inside scoop and trust me, this year’s
Conference will be edgy, creative and transformative.
Resolution 2: As a member, you get to attend
ACSO webinars FOR FREE. Mark these dates on
your calendar: January 16 (major gifts fundraising),
February 13 (engaging artists), April 10 (contractor vs.
employee status), May 15 (HR Issues in the Arts). If your
interests fall outside of these topics, contact one of your
colleagues about latest trends using your new Member
Directory!
Resolution 3: And my personal favorite, remember
that ACSO is a member organization that exists to serve
you. Call a colleague or call Kris in the ACSO office, or
call me if you have a question, need assistance, or just
need an ear. You are not alone.
The ACSO Board of Directors is resolved and
committed to making YOU a priority! We wish you a
very happy New Year!
Fondly,
welcome new
members
INDIVIDUALS
Ken Auletta
San Francisco Symphony
Ehren Bollenbacher
San Diego
Pete Cartwright
Santa Cruz County Symphony
Bette Epstein
Oakland East Bay Symphony
Lee Foster
Fremont Symphony
A. Lindsay Groves
Symphoria
Michael Kerr
Pacific Symphony
Meghan Martineau
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Brandon Rueda
Pacific Symphony
Gregory Van Sudmeier
Fremont Symphony
Donna M. Williams
Oakland East Bay Symphony
Katherine Yang
Pacific Chorale
ORGANIZATIONS
San Francisco
Classical Voice
San Francisco
Thornton School of
Music, USC
Los Angeles
WELCOME BACK
Jessica Frost
BMI
Kelly Ruggirello, president
ACSO board of directors
2
ACSO News
WINTER 2013
Up and down
the scale
News will be published in ACSO News as well as our online Semiquavers. In the interest of providing the most
up-to-date information in the quarterly ACSO News, items will be limited to the two months prior to publication.
Bill Conti has been named
principal pops conductor of the
San Diego Symphony. Conti’s first
performance of his three-year
contract will be the Star-Spangled
Pops over the Fourth of July
weekend 2013. Conti has composed
music for several hit movies including
the Academy-Award winning The
Right Stuff, Rocky, and The Karate Kid,
and was an Oscar nominee for Best
Original Song for the James Bond
movie of the same name For Your
Eyes Only.
Kathleen
McGuire is
stepping down
as conductor of
the Community
Women’s
Orchestra
(CWO), and
returning to her native Australia. She has been the conductor of
CWO since 2005, and is founder
of the Singers of the Street choir.
Her final concert with CWO will
be March 3rd. Jessica Bejarano will
guest conduct for the final concert
of CWO’s 28th Season on May 18th.
Patricia Milich
has been named
the California
Arts Council’s
programs officer.
She will supervise
grants programs
and select special
initiatives and projects. Milich was
the long-time program manager
of the former Performing Arts
Touring and Presenting Program,
and agency dance and arts service
organizations specialist for the
former Organizational Support
and Challenge Programs. A 23year veteran of the Agency, her
most recent position was as public
awareness coordinator, promoting
the public value of the arts. Ellen Pasternack
has been
appointed
executive director
of the Ventura
Music Festival.
Ms. Pasternack
previously held a position in
development and sales at KDB
93.7FM, the classical music and
arts station owned and operated
by the Santa Barbara Foundation.
Her prior experience also includes
positions as managing director of
the Santa Barbara Theatre Company,
general manager and director of
communication of the Ensemble
Theatre Company; administrator of
the Santa Barbara Performing Arts
League, and managing director of the
Santa Barbara Festival Ballet.
ACSO President Kelly Ruggirello
has been appointed executive
director of the Long Beach
Symphony, effective March 4,
2013. Kelly is currently president
& ceo of the Pacific Chorale. A
sought-after fundraising consultant;
Pacific Chorale erased a deficit and
enjoyed a balanced budget for seven
consecutive years.
Prior to her position with Pacific
Chorale, Ruggirello served as vp of
development & public relations at
the Orange County High School of
the Arts and has also held positions
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
and Pacific Symphony. Kelly has
been a consultant with local,
regional and national choruses,
orchestras, and arts schools, and
serves as a presenter at state and
national conferences. She is currently
volunteers on the fundraising
faculty for Chorus America’s Chorus
Management Institute.
health care reform
continued from page 1
accessible through the exchange.
Insurance Rebates: Beginning this year, insurance
carriers must spend at least 80% of the premium
dollars they collect from small employers on medical
care and not administrative costs or profits. If insurers
spend less, reform forces them to refund the difference
to employers. Insurance offered by employers is the
leading source of health coverage in the U.S., providing
WINTER 2013
benefits to about 150 million people. Most employers
say their company isn’t well prepared to implement
the 2014 provisions of the law. They also say they don’t
fully understand it. Whether you love it or hate it, as
a nonprofit manager, you need to stay informed and
make plans to implement the new requirements or be
prepared to pay the penalties.
ACSO News
3
semi
quavers
2013 IRS MILEAGE RATES
Effective January 1, 2013, the rate
for business miles driven will be
56.5 cents per mile, and 14 cents
per mile driven in service of
charitable organizations.
MARVIN
MAKES MUSIC
A new children’s
book written by
the late Marvin
Hamlisch is now
available on
Amazon.com.
It is the autobigoraphical story of
Hamlisch’s acceptance into Juilliard
at the age of six. This book makes
a great gift for children and
adults alike!
JAMES IRVINE FOUNDATION
ARTS INNOVATION FUND
FINDINGS The James Irvine Foundation
created the The Arts Innovation
Fund to support the state’s premier
cultural institutions as they
advance their artistic vision and
deliver innovative, aspirational
programming.
This interactive infographic
provides an overview of the Arts
Innovation Fund and the activities
of the 19 participating grantees
that tried experiments designed to
create new relevance for audiences,
artists, and communities between
2006-2011. The Pacific Symphony
and San Francisco Symphony are
both featured case studies in the
report. http://www.irvine.org/
images/stories/pdf/grantmaking/
AIF-report-2012DEC3.pdf
ACSO OUT AND
ABOUT
Sacramento Philharmonic Salon:
Composer Nolan Gasser at the piano
The amazing Rachel Barton Pine shares the beauty
of her ex-Soldat Guarneri
4
ACSO News
Jane Hill, George & Kris Sinclair and Nolan Gasser at the Salon
Charlie Schlangen, Santa Rosa Symphony president;
Kris Sinclair; Carl St.Clair, guest conductor at a recent
Santa Rosa Symphony concert
WINTER 2013
music
The League of American
Orchestras selected 22 orchestras
to receive the first round of Getty
Education and Community
Investment Grants in 2012-13.
The grants are part of a three-year,
$1.5 million re-granting program
from the Ann and Gordon Getty
Foundation, which will fund
new and established innovative
education and community
programs. The first-year grants
support several ACSO member’s
in-school and after school
programs including the California
Symphony, Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony,
and San Diego Youth Symphony
and Conservatory. The Los Angeles Chamber
Orchestra (LACO) has received
the largest gift in its 44-year
history: a $1 million challenge
gift from Pasadena residents Terri
and Jerry Kohl. Their challenge
was met by two anonymous gifts
totaling an additional $1 million.
The $2 million grand total provides
the foundation for LACO’s
newly established Cornerstone
Campaign, a major gifts and
endowment initiative.
The Orange County Youth
Symphony Orchestra has received a
$30,000 grant from the O.L. Halsell
Foundation, and an additional
anonymous grant of 30,000 has been
given to provide scholarship support
for the Orchestra’s 2013 tour of the
United Kingdom.
WINTER 2013
notes
For the third year, Pacific
Symphony asks “OC Can You Play
With Us?” and invites community
musicians from across Orange
County to play with the orchestra
onstage at the Segerstrom Concert
Hall. A total of four sessions on
Monday, April 8 and Tuesday, April
9, allow up to 180 adult amateur
musicians (ages 22 and older) the
unique opportunity to rehearse
and perform the fourth movement
of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5
under the direction of Carl St.Clair.
The San Bernardino Symphony
has been awarded a Challenge
America Fast-Track grant for
$10,000 from the National
Endowment for the Arts. The
grant will support the Classics
Revisited concert featuring violinist
Lindsay Deutsch, and associated
outreach activities. As many as
350 San Bernardino-area youth
and their families will be invited
to attend the concert at no charge.
Complimentary tickets will be given
to 50 San Bernardino City Unified
School District Honors Orchestra
students and their parents.
The San Luis Obispo Symphony
has received a new van donated by
PG&E for its education program.
The program introduces 3rd
and 4th graders to orchestra
instruments throughout the
county. Donor Claude Hartman’s
1997 Ford Aerostar was used for
years, but by last summer it had
accumulated more than 200,000
miles and needed to be replaced.
The San Luis Obispo Symphony’s
California Missions Tour was
featured on The California Report
on Friday, January 11. The concerts
have also been featured on LA PBS
affiliate KCET’s ArtBound blog.
U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey
entered the Santa Rosa Symphony
into the Congressional Record
and cited the opening of the
Green Music Center describing
the history of the partnership with
Sonoma State, the three conductors
who appeared on opening day, and
the music that was played.
On November 15, KRCB’s
Performance Today broadcast two
selections from the Santa Rosa
Symphony’s debut at the Green
Music Center in October: Mozart’s
Overture to The Magic Flute and
Mahler’s Symphony No. 1.
Five first-prize winners were
chosen at the finals of the
2012 Young Concert Artists
International Auditions, November
10 in New York City: soprano Julia
Bullock (26, U.S.), pianist Ji-Yong
Kim (21, South Korea), cellist
Cicely Parnas (19, U.S.), violinist
Aleksey Semenenko (24, Ukraine),
and the Hermès Quartet (France).
Each winner will join the Young
Concert Artists roster and make
debuts next season at Merkin Hall
in NYC; the Kennedy Center’s
Terrace Theater in Washington,
D.C.; and the Isabella Stewart
Gardner Museum in Boston.
ACSO News
5
SOCIAL CHANGE
continued from page 1
with a keynote address articulating core lessons of El
Sistema. He asserted that El Sistema’s focus on social
change through the teaching of music, coupled with
its dedication to pursuing long term goals through
addressing immediate community needs, is at the root of
its effectiveness. This was affirmed later in the afternoon
when El Sistema Founder Maestro Jose Antonio Abreu
and Gustavo Dudamel shared stories from the early years
of El Sistema, and articulated an ensemble’s ability to lift
children out of poverty and fulfill the fundamental need
for inclusion.
At the end of the concert, the orchestra
members removed their Venezuelan jackets
and threw them into the crowd; Overture
students rushed to the front to catch one! Guest speakers from London, Philadelphia, New
Jersey, San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland and Berkeley
led explorations into the potential for El Sistema-inspired
work to collaborate with school music education. Music
for social change programs from Cal Performances, Play
On Philly, LA Phil’s YOLA, San Diego Youth Symphony
and Conservatory’s Community Opus Project, and the
South Bank Centre in London all amplified the powerful
example El Sistema has provided. The final day closed
with a workshop for Bay Area participants, including
representatives from six aspiring El Sistema programs in
the region, to define how they could advance their work
with the knowledge shared throughout the Forum.
Attending the Simon Bolivar Symphony concert were
students from the Sacramento Youth Symphony’s
Overture program, ages 9 to 12, from its El Sistemainspired program at Sacramento’s Fruit Ridge
Elementary. The concert was their first ever! After
a school bus trip drive in the rain, they arrived at
Zellerbach Hall, drenched and excited, many having
just seen the ocean for the first time. Their principal,
a classroom teacher, the Overture string teachers,
and three parents accompanied the students. The 150-piece orchestra, complete with a Latin
percussion section and two harps, captivated
the Overture kids. At the end of the concert, the
orchestra members removed their Venezuelan
jackets and threw them into the crowd; Overture
students rushed to the front to catch one! A few
students captured a jacket and all left with fantastic
memories of a wonderful experience.
This was not only the first Orchestra concert for
most of the students but also the first time on a
college campus. The Carillon Tower and the T-Rex
in the Life Sciences Building also enchanted the
students.
The Overture program, now in its second
year, is a collaboration of the Sacramento City
Unified School District and the Sacramento Youth
Symphony. Fruit Ridge Elementary students
practice their string instruments for two hours a
day, four days a week.
Finale
WILLIAM WATSON
1948-2012
From Santa Barbara, William
Watson, was a regular at the ACSO
Annual Conferences, and a loyal
member for many years. We were
saddened to learn he passed away
this past July. Born in England,
William worked as a computer software engineer. He
enjoyed wine (‘If you like it, drink it’), classical music
(with a particular fondness for modern minimalist
music), travelling to obscure places for odd reasons,
6
ACSO News
electronic gadgets and thingamahoozies and expressing
his opinion whether you liked it or not. William
loved Santa Barbara, and all the varied personal
connections he was able to maintain and nurture all
around the world. He was particularly enthusiastic
in inspiring young people to immerse themselves in
music for their own intellectual growth and to ensure
the continuation and evolution of classical music. To
that end he volunteered tremendous amounts of time
with the Santa Barbara Youth Symphony, Santa Barbara
Symphony, Performing Arts League, Music Academy of
the West and Community Arts Music Association.
WINTER 2013
new member
profile
Katherine Yang,
director of education and community
programs, Pacific Chorale
W
hy did you join ACSO
and why do you think
what ACSO does is important?
I have attended a few ACSO
Conferences and my very first
Conference experience (as an
intern years ago) was actually
my introduction to the field of arts administration.
While attending this past summer’s Conference in San
Francisco I was able to chat with colleagues about how
ACSO has made a difference in their lives and careers
and I realized the importance of continued involvement
and membership. As an individual member, I definitely
feel more connected to the field through all the
resources that ACSO provides, and I know that it will
help me in my career development.
How long have you been in your current position and
what is the most meaningful part of your job?
I have been in my position as the director of education
and community programs at Pacific Chorale for four
years. The most meaningful aspect of my job has
been the opportunity to launch new programs that
bring musical experiences to youth and adults from
the Orange County community and beyond. Equally
as meaningful is the privilege of working for an
organization with artistic, board, and administrative
leadership that I deeply admire and respect — I always
feel thankful each day to be able to work with such
wonderful people!
What is your hope for the future of symphonic
music?
My hope for music organizations is that we continue to
create new music and preserve our musical traditions
and that we always find ways to stay relevant in our
changing times.
What piece of advice would you like to share with
your colleagues?
When work sometimes becomes difficult/challenging,
I always try to remember what got me here in the first
place. I love this art form and not many people can
say that they work doing something that they love.
Remember to take a step back and enjoy the music. WINTER 2013
Ann and Gordon
Getty Foundation
AWARDS 2012
Congratulations to the following ACSO members
American Youth Symphony
Association of California Symphony Orchestras
Auburn Symphony
Bear Valley Music Festival
Berkeley Symphony
California Symphony
California Youth Symphony
Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay
El Camino Youth Symphony
Fresno Philharmonic
Long Beach Symphony
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Marin Symphony
Modesto Symphony Orchestra
Monterey Symphony
Music Academy of the West
Music in the Mountains
Music in the Vineyards
New West Symphony
Oakland East Bay Symphony
Oakland Youth Orchestra
Ojai Music Festival
Orange County Youth Symphony
Pacific Chorale
Pacific Symphony
Pasadena Symphony and POPS
Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra
Peninsula Youth Orchestra
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra
Redlands Symphony
Sacramento Philharmonic
Sacramento Youth Symphony
San Bernardino Symphony
San Diego Symphony
San Francisco Symphony
San Jose Chamber Orchestra
San Luis Obispo Symphony
Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra
Santa Barbara Symphony
Santa Cruz County Symphony
Santa Monica Symphony
Santa Rosa Symphony
Southwest Chamber Music
Tulare County Symphony
Vallejo Symphony
Young Musicians Foundation
Young People’s Symphony Orchestra
ACSO News
7
A Cure for Boredom
by Annette Brower, executive director, Prelude Strings
I
n the Fall of
1993, I was
three years out of
college, married
with a toddler,
and bored! I
wanted a project
that would get me
out of the house
on Saturday
mornings. I came
across a booth at the Tustin Tiller Days (a carnival
held on the first weekend of October) of the Tustin
Area Council for Fine Arts. I inquired about their
current projects and they said they wanted to start a
community orchestra. I told them I played violin and
they asked me if I would like to conduct the group.
“No,” I said, “I would not like to conduct, but I want
to be involved.” I began to attend their meetings
and soon was elected Secretary. None of the other
members were musicians so I volunteered to research
the project. A former violin teacher of mine, Lonie
Bosserman, had founded the Santiago String Youth
Orchestra (now known as Pacific Symphony Santiago
Strings) in 1991. I asked her to teach me how to
manage an orchestra and asked for referrals of people
who might like to conduct. As I recall, she started
laughing because she knew how much work it
would be.
Helen Weed was the only person I found willing
to conduct a group that didn’t exist yet and work for
very little money. I found the biggest hurdle to be
insurance. I could not rent rehearsal space without it.
My solution was to operate a class through the Tustin
Parks and Recreation Department. In the Fall of 1994,
The Tustin Area Council for Fine Arts gave me $100
for postage and copies. We had 8 violins and 2 cellos
show up for auditions and we accepted them all.
Helen chose the name of the orchestra, “Prelude,” to
indicate the first orchestral experience for many of
the children.
At the end of the 10-week session I was satisfied
with my project and did not think seriously of
continuing. Helen suggested we ask the kids if they
wanted to sign up for another 10 weeks and they did!
After our 2nd 10-week session we took the next
summer off and held another round of auditions in
8
ACSO News
September 1995. On a Saturday in the Fall of 1998 we
had a record 65 auditions and didn’t know what to
do with all those string players. By Monday morning
we had two logos, two orchestras, and sent out the
acceptance letters.
Due to overwhelming interest, the Orchestra
has grown from a group of 8 violins and 2 cellos in
its first season to about 80 musicians divided into
two string ensembles. The Prelude String Orchestra
is designed to meet the needs of intermediate level
students and the Prelude Chamber Strings is for
more advanced students. Orchestra members are in
elementary and junior high school. These musicians
come from Orange, Riverside, and Los Angeles
Counties. We have about 25 rehearsals on Saturday
mornings between September and April and five
performances.
I asked her to teach me how to manage an
orchestra and asked for referrals of people
who might like to conduct. As I recall, she
started laughing because she knew how much
work it would be.
For the past 19 years we have enjoyed performing
throughout Orange County at various community
churches, including the Crystal Cathedral, Santa
Ana Zoo, Laguna Hills and Brea Malls, South Coast
Plaza, Tustin Historical Society home tour, Laguna
Woods, Knott’s Berry Farm, Disneyland, Concordia
University, the Orange County Performing Arts
Center, and the inaugural reception for the mayor of
Tustin, Tracy Worlley.
I am grateful for many parents and community
patrons whose overwhelming interest and support
has helped make the Orchestras a success. Thanks are
due also to our sponsor Suzuki Music Association
of California, Los Angeles Branch-Orange County
Chapter. With their assistance we not only have
brought fine music to the citizens of Orange County,
but also have enriched the lives of hundreds of young
musicians.
I now have plenty to do on at least 25 Saturday
mornings per year!
WINTER 2013
Find Your Level of Giving
by Rabbi Moses Ben Maimonides, (Rambam -1135-1204 CE)
1
2
3
4
The lowest is to give, but with reluctance and
regret…a gift of hand but not of the heart.
To this the scripture alludes when
it says – If thy brother be poor and
fallen in decay with thee, then thou
shalt relieve him, yes, though he be a
stranger or a sojourner, that he may
live with thee.
To give cheerfully but not proportionately to the
distress of the sufferer.
To give cheerfully and proportionately but not
until solicited.
To give cheerfully and proportionately even
unsolicited, but to put it in the poor man’s hand,
thereby exciting in him the painful emotion of shame.
5
To give charity in such a way that the distressed
may receive the bounty, know their benefactor,
without their being known to him. Such was the
conduct of some of our ancestors, who used to tie up
money in the corners of cloaks, so the poor may take
it unperceived.
6
Rise still higher, is to know the objects of our
bounty but remain unknown to them. Such
was the conduct of those of our ancestors who used
to convey their charitable gifts into poor peoples’
dwellings, taking care that their persons and names
should remain unknown.
8
The right and the most meritorious, is to
anticipate charity, by preventing poverty, viz. to
assist the reduced fellowman, either by a considerable
gift, or a loan of money, or by teaching him a trade,
or by putting him in the way of a business, so that
he may even earn an honest livelihood, and not be
forced to the dreadful alternatives of holding out his
hand for charity. To this the scripture alludes when it
says – If thy brother be poor and fallen in decay with
thee, then thou shalt relieve him, yes, though he be
a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with thee.
This is the highest step and the summit of Charity’s
Golden Ladder.
7
Still more meritorious, to bestow charity in such a
way that the benefactor may not know the relieved
persons, nor they the names of the benefactors in the
existence days of the Temples. For there was in that
holy building a place called the Chamber of the Silent,
wherein the good deposited secretly whatever their
generous hearts suggested, and from which the poor
were maintained with equal secrecy.
ACSO News is printed using
vegetable–based inks on paper
made entirely from recovered
fiber.
This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
If you wish to share or reprint this article, it can be found under “Articles & Reports” in the Resource & Programs page at www.acso.org
WINTER 2013
ACSO News
9
SAVE THE DATE
Worlds Collide! Today’s New Universe
45th Annual Conference
July 25-27, 2013
D
ear Colleagues and Trustees:
On behalf of the musicians, Board and staff of Pacific Symphony, it
is my pleasure to invite you to join us for the Association of California
Symphony Orchestras’ (ACSO) 45th Annual Conference in late summer
in Costa Mesa. Pacific Symphony is pleased to host this year’s Conference,
which will include the opportunity to enjoy a performance of Pacific
Symphony, led by Carl St.Clair, under the stars in the public plaza at the
Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
As you may know, Orange County is home to some of wonderful
family attractions, natural scenery, historic sites, and recreation. If you are
not from the area, I encourage you to explore and discover not only the
newly renovated Disneyland California Theme Park, but also the more
historic sites like the Mission at San Juan Capistrano and the artist village
of Santa Ana.
In the many years that ACSO has served the California symphony
orchestra and chorus field, it has provided essential support, training, and
information to its members through the Annual Conference and seasonal
workshops and webinars.
This year you are invited to give special attention to dimensions
of modern life that are impacting our musical world. We’ll explore
the intersection of various forces and trends currently affecting our
organizations and work together. We urge you to encourage your Board,
musicians, and staff to take full advantage of the Conference offerings. It is
sure to strengthen their skills and recharge their spirit.
Kindest regards,
John E. Forsyte, president
Pacific Symphony Registration information will be available in May!
10
ACSO News
WINTER 2013
acso 2013
calendar
JANUARY 2013
January
Mid-Winter Managers’ & Presidents’
Meeting, FREE
January 7
ACSO Board Meeting, 10 A.M. - 3
P.M., San Francisco
January 16
Ask an Expert Webinar: The Art of
Mastering Major Gifts
11 A.M. – 12 P.M., PST
January 20
January 26-28
February 17
MARCH 2013
March 11
March 15
APRIL 2013
April 10
April 26-29
May 6
ACSO Board Meeting, 10 A.M. - 3 P.M.,
Sacramento
May 14
Deadline to submit articles for ACSO News,
Summer Issue
May 15
Ask an Expert Webinar: Managing Culture –
HR Issues in the Arts 11 A.M. – 12 P.M., PDT
League of American Orchestras
mid-winter meetings, NYC
Deadline to submit articles for ACSO
News, Spring Issue
ACSO Board Meeting, 10 A.M. - 3
P.M., Costa Mesa
Youth Orchestra Confab hosted by
the San Luis Obispo S
Ask an Expert Webinar: Contractor
vs. Employee Status
11 A.M. – 12 P.M., PDT
Major Orchestra Librarians’
Association (MOLA) 31st Annual Conference, Oregon
JUNE 2013
June 17-20
June 29
JULY 2013
July 3
League of American Orchestras Annual
Conference, St. Louis
ACSO Annual Conference early bird
registration deadline
Most Valuable Player nominations deadline
ACSO Annual Conference program
advertisements deadline
ACSO Annual Conference hotel deadline for
discounted rooms
July 24
ACSO Board Meeting, 3 – 4:30 P.M.,
Costa Mesa
July 25-27
45th Annual Conference in Costa Mesa
AUGUST 2013
August 17
1st of each month
1st and 15th
of each month
As needed
WINTER 2013
ACSO Annual Conference early bird
registration opens
Bay of Hope Youth Orchestra Festival
featuring Santa Rosa Symphony
Youth Orchestra; Marin Symphony
Youth Orchestra; Oakland Youth
Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony
Youth Orchestra; Young People’s
Symphony Orchestra
Green Music Center,
Rohnert Park, 3 P.M.
FEBRUARY 2013
February 13
Ask an Expert Webinar: How to
Engage Up and Coming Artists
11 A.M. – 12 P.M., PST
MAY 2013
May 1
Deadline to submit articles for ACSO News,
Fall Issue
California Concerts Schedule emailed and
posted on the website
Semiquavers sent by Constant Contact
Job Announcements posted in Career Center
on website
Legislative Updates sent by Constant Contact
ACSO News
11