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How can entrepreneurial thinking be applied to ventures in the arts? What strategies can artists employ to build viable professional careers? How can sustainable and thriving arts organizations be created? Merging the worlds of business and the arts, this engaging book of case studies of individuals and organizations, written by experts spanning a broad range of fields within the arts, offers insight into answering these key questions.
Featured on Publishers Weekly 2024 Announcement Issue TEDx speaker Aubrey Bergauer—“the Steve Jobs of classical music”—reveals how to run a successful arts business in the post-pandemic era, adapting for-profit methods for not-for-profit goals. In the US alone, the arts are a $763 billion sector whose 100,000+ organizations serve almost every community in the nation. There’s no reason arts organizations should struggle to make ends meet. And now, with arts-tested strategies from Aubrey Bergauer, they won’t. This foolproof guide shows how to reach new levels of engagement—while always putting art first. Running your arts organization like a business is your path forward to: Grow...
New Dramaturgies of Contemporary Opera is the first and only book that approaches the dramaturgy of contemporary opera from the unique perspectives of living practitioners (composers, librettists, directors, producers, singers, dramaturgs, and administrators) who provide valuable first-hand insight into the coming into being of an opera today. The edited collection captures the ethos of contemporary opera-making in the global context and serves as a timely intervention in addressing the array of heterogenous dramaturgical practices that go into making an opera today in an era of flux. The collection is split into four parts: Part I presents the new dramaturgical considerations that the field...
'A rollicking adventure [with] the inventive twists and turns of a satisfyingly bustling plot.' New York Times 'Fantastic... Gerard Fox could be Jack Reacher's ancestor, 700 years ago. Highly recommended!' Lee Child First in a fast-paced historical adventure series from New York Times bestselling author Boyd Morrison and expert medievalist Beth Morrison. Live by the sword. Die for the truth. England, 1351. The Pestilence has ravaged the land. Villages lie abandoned but for crows and corpses. Highways are patrolled by marauders and murderers. In these dark and dangerous times, the wise keep to themselves. But Gerard Fox cannot afford to be wise. The young knight has been robbed of his ancestr...
The pressures are mounting as Brad Simmons trys to complete his junior year at Magnolia State University. His grades are falling as temptation billows through the dorm on a daily basis. Too much partying can take its toll on the GPA. His chances of ever seeing graduation day arent improved when he fi nds himself at odds with Dr. Walter Preston, his Entomology instructor. Life takes a sudden and unexpected turn when Beth Morrison enters the picture and the two make a startling scientific discovery that could altar all known aspects of the biological world.
Mansfield castle is fictional, though some of the amenities depicted can be found in many life retirement communities. What identifies a life retirement community is the security that you will be taken care of for the rest of your life- from independent living to assisted living to full-time care.
What happens to a Union sympathizer in a staunchly Confederate town? In the historical novel A Difference of Opinion, author Nancy Dane brings alive a time in Arkansas when the word rebel is synonymous with patriot. Once beloved neighbors become enemies. Almost too late, one young woman, Nelda Horton, discovers that deception can wear many faces. A Difference of Opinion is based on the documentary history Tattered Glory, also compiled by the author.
A measure of the success of a journal is that each new issue, or digital alert, includes a couple of papers that pique your interest, perhaps adding a new perspective to your research questions. The collection of papers in this Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution: 2019 Highlights eBook represents a sample of published papers that attracted the interest of the Specialty Chief Editors and members of the editorial office. While the collection is largely eclectic, it does represent the breadth and methods of enquiry that are published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. We hope that some of the contributions in this collection similarly interest you.