Professional Development Opportunities

Welcome to MatchBook.org's Professional Development Opportunities Calendar. Here you will find chronological listings for workshops, classes, conferences and lectures for the arts and culture community. Scroll down the page to browse the listings.


 

MatchBook.org - Professional Development Opportunities

May 20, 2008

Capturing New Audiences Through Creative Packaging
2-5pm
Event type: Workshop
Hosted by: Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston
Location: Boston Business Journal 160 Federal St., Floor 12
  Boston, MA
Cost: $50
Through case studies and small group exercises, expert Joe Veneto will help you design compelling packages (for all organization sizes) that you can take to the marketplace to increase your audiences. You will learn how to wrap your performances, experiences and services in a compelling way and connect with the interests of your costumers.
Contact: Sophie Lacombe 617-570-1705;  sophie@artsandbusinesscouncil.org
Website: www.artsandbusinesscouncil.org/events/view.php

May 21, 2008

Animating Democracy
11:00AM
Event type: Lecture
Hosted by: Arts Presenters of Northern New England
Location: Serkin Performing Arts Center Marlboro College
  Marlboro, VT
Cost: $35
Artists and cultural organizations are being called on to engage their communities in new ways and to bring their creative capacities to encourage and facilitate greater civic participation. Barbara Schaffer Bacon, co-director of the Animating Democracy program of Americans for the the Arts will discuss the broadening interest in civic engagement and the powerful role the arts and culture can play. She will share examples of exemplary projects and models.
Contact: Liza Sacheli 802-443-3169;  sacheli@middlebury.edu
Website: www.apnne.org

June 02, 2008

NEFA'S EXCHANGE SERIES FOR DANCE
10AM - 4PM
Event type: Workshop
Hosted by: New England Foundation for the Arts
Location: Summer Stages Concord Academy
  Concord, MA
Cost: $0
A two-day exchange for dance artists, educators, presenters, audience members, advocates, students, and anyone else with an interest in dance that will explore the topics of "Commissioning and Touring" with specific focus on: Developing a circuit in the region to provide long term residencies for the commissioning of new work by regional artists and engaging strategies to provide peer to peer feedback for regional artists during the creative process. RSVP is required; visit web link for details!
Contact: Julia Marx 617-951-0010;  jmarx@nefa.org
Website: www.nefa.org/grantprog/ndp/initiatives.html#RDDIdance

June 03, 2008

NEFA'S EXCHANGE SERIES FOR DANCE
10AM - 4PM
Event type: Workshop
Hosted by: New England Foundation for the Arts
Location: Summer Stages Concord Academy
  Concord, MA
Cost: $0
A two-day exchange for dance artists, educators, presenters, audience members, advocates, students, and anyone else with an interest in dance that will explore the topics of "Commissioning and Touring" with specific focus on: Developing a circuit in the region to provide long term residencies for the commissioning of new work by regional artists and engaging strategies to provide peer to peer feedback for regional artists during the creative process. RSVP is required; visit web link for details!
Contact: Julia Marx 617-951-0010;  jmarx@nefa.org
Website: www.nefa.org/grantprog/ndp/initiatives.html#RDDIdance

June 24, 2008

NEFA'S EXCHANGE SERIES FOR DANCE
10AM - 4PM
Event type: Workshop
Hosted by: New England Foundation for the Arts
Location: Festival of Arts and Ideas ACES Theater
  New Haven, CT
Cost: $0
A two-day exchange for dance artists, educators, presenters, audience members, advocates, students, and anyone else with an interest in dance that will explore the topics of "Alternative Formats for Presenting/ Presenting in the Virtual World" with specific focus on the growing use of technology in the work of regional artists, the potential and challenges of these hybrid forms of dance and technology. RSVP is required; visit web link for more details!
Contact: Julia Marx 617-951-0010;  jmarx@nefa.org
Website: www.nefa.org/grantprog/ndp/initiatives.html#RDDIdance

June 25, 2008

NEFA'S EXCHANGE SERIES FOR DANCE
10AM - 4PM
Event type: Workshop
Hosted by: New England Foundation for the Arts
Location: Festival of Arts and Ideas ACES Theater
  New Haven, CT
Cost: $0
A two-day exchange for dance artists, educators, presenters, audience members, advocates, students, and anyone else with an interest in dance that will explore the topics of "Alternative Formats for Presenting/ Presenting in the Virtual World" with specific focus on the growing use of technology in the work of regional artists, the potential and challenges of these hybrid forms of dance and technology. RSVP is required; visit web link for more details!
Contact: Julia Marx 617-951-0010;  jmarx@nefa.org
Website: www.nefa.org/grantprog/ndp/initiatives.html#RDDIdance

July 28, 2008

Fiddling Demystified for Strings Summer Camp
9-4, M-F
Event type: Class
Hosted by: Old Songs
Location: Old Songs Community Center
  Voorheesville, NY
Cost: $425
This five-day intermediate to advanced level intensive for only thirty participants thoroughly demystifies fiddling, showing fiddlers, string players and teachers how to interpret fiddle music in a variety of regional dialects. Massachusetts fiddler and teacher Donna Hébert and California Alternative Styles cellist Renata Bratt approach each style through its technical requirements, cracking the codes of rhythms, ornaments and improvisation in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, New England contra
Contact: Donna Hebert 413-658-4276;  info@fiddlingdemystified.com
Website: www.fiddlingdemystified.com/camp.html

July 29, 2008

Fiddling Demystified for Strings Summer Camp
9-4, M-F
Event type: Class
Hosted by: Old Songs
Location: Old Songs Community Center
  Voorheesville, NY
Cost: $425
This five-day intermediate to advanced level intensive for only thirty participants thoroughly demystifies fiddling, showing fiddlers, string players and teachers how to interpret fiddle music in a variety of regional dialects. Massachusetts fiddler and teacher Donna Hébert and California Alternative Styles cellist Renata Bratt approach each style through its technical requirements, cracking the codes of rhythms, ornaments and improvisation in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, New England contra
Contact: Donna Hebert 413-658-4276;  info@fiddlingdemystified.com
Website: www.fiddlingdemystified.com/camp.html

July 30, 2008

Fiddling Demystified for Strings Summer Camp
9-4, M-F
Event type: Class
Hosted by: Old Songs
Location: Old Songs Community Center
  Voorheesville, NY
Cost: $425
This five-day intermediate to advanced level intensive for only thirty participants thoroughly demystifies fiddling, showing fiddlers, string players and teachers how to interpret fiddle music in a variety of regional dialects. Massachusetts fiddler and teacher Donna Hébert and California Alternative Styles cellist Renata Bratt approach each style through its technical requirements, cracking the codes of rhythms, ornaments and improvisation in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, New England contra
Contact: Donna Hebert 413-658-4276;  info@fiddlingdemystified.com
Website: www.fiddlingdemystified.com/camp.html

July 31, 2008

Fiddling Demystified for Strings Summer Camp
9-4, M-F
Event type: Class
Hosted by: Old Songs
Location: Old Songs Community Center
  Voorheesville, NY
Cost: $425
This five-day intermediate to advanced level intensive for only thirty participants thoroughly demystifies fiddling, showing fiddlers, string players and teachers how to interpret fiddle music in a variety of regional dialects. Massachusetts fiddler and teacher Donna Hébert and California Alternative Styles cellist Renata Bratt approach each style through its technical requirements, cracking the codes of rhythms, ornaments and improvisation in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, New England contra
Contact: Donna Hebert 413-658-4276;  info@fiddlingdemystified.com
Website: www.fiddlingdemystified.com/camp.html

August 01, 2008

Fiddling Demystified for Strings Summer Camp
9-4, M-F
Event type: Class
Hosted by: Old Songs
Location: Old Songs Community Center
  Voorheesville, NY
Cost: $425
This five-day intermediate to advanced level intensive for only thirty participants thoroughly demystifies fiddling, showing fiddlers, string players and teachers how to interpret fiddle music in a variety of regional dialects. Massachusetts fiddler and teacher Donna Hébert and California Alternative Styles cellist Renata Bratt approach each style through its technical requirements, cracking the codes of rhythms, ornaments and improvisation in Irish, Scottish, French-Canadian, New England contra
Contact: Donna Hebert 413-658-4276;  info@fiddlingdemystified.com
Website: www.fiddlingdemystified.com/camp.html

August 04, 2008

Maine Kantele Institute
daily
Event type: Institute
Hosted by: Kantele Laulu, Inc.
Location: SMCC
  South Portland, ME
Cost: $500
Professional musicians from Finland teach the traditional Finnish lap harp (kantele) to all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Also available is kantele building, folk singing, and pelimanni (Finnish folk style) music for those who play a variety of other instruments, from fiddle and guitar to clarinet and accordion. Teacher recertification credit is available.
Contact: Sarah Cummings-Ridge 207-657-6494;  sarahcr@securespeed.us
Website: www.kantelelaulu.com

August 05, 2008

Maine Kantele Institute
daily
Event type: Institute
Hosted by: Kantele Laulu, Inc.
Location: SMCC
  South Portland, ME
Cost: $500
Professional musicians from Finland teach the traditional Finnish lap harp (kantele) to all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Also available is kantele building, folk singing, and pelimanni (Finnish folk style) music for those who play a variety of other instruments, from fiddle and guitar to clarinet and accordion. Teacher recertification credit is available.
Contact: Sarah Cummings-Ridge 207-657-6494;  sarahcr@securespeed.us
Website: www.kantelelaulu.com

August 06, 2008

Maine Kantele Institute
daily
Event type: Institute
Hosted by: Kantele Laulu, Inc.
Location: SMCC
  South Portland, ME
Cost: $500
Professional musicians from Finland teach the traditional Finnish lap harp (kantele) to all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Also available is kantele building, folk singing, and pelimanni (Finnish folk style) music for those who play a variety of other instruments, from fiddle and guitar to clarinet and accordion. Teacher recertification credit is available.
Contact: Sarah Cummings-Ridge 207-657-6494;  sarahcr@securespeed.us
Website: www.kantelelaulu.com

August 07, 2008

Maine Kantele Institute
daily
Event type: Institute
Hosted by: Kantele Laulu, Inc.
Location: SMCC
  South Portland, ME
Cost: $500
Professional musicians from Finland teach the traditional Finnish lap harp (kantele) to all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Also available is kantele building, folk singing, and pelimanni (Finnish folk style) music for those who play a variety of other instruments, from fiddle and guitar to clarinet and accordion. Teacher recertification credit is available.
Contact: Sarah Cummings-Ridge 207-657-6494;  sarahcr@securespeed.us
Website: www.kantelelaulu.com

August 08, 2008

Maine Kantele Institute
daily
Event type: Institute
Hosted by: Kantele Laulu, Inc.
Location: SMCC
  South Portland, ME
Cost: $500
Professional musicians from Finland teach the traditional Finnish lap harp (kantele) to all levels of player, from beginner to advanced. Also available is kantele building, folk singing, and pelimanni (Finnish folk style) music for those who play a variety of other instruments, from fiddle and guitar to clarinet and accordion. Teacher recertification credit is available.
Contact: Sarah Cummings-Ridge 207-657-6494;  sarahcr@securespeed.us
Website: www.kantelelaulu.com

September 25, 2008

2008 Performing Arts Exchange
Event type: Conference
Hosted by: Southern Arts Federation
Location: TBA
  Atlanta, GA
Cost: $
The Southern Arts Federation produces the Performing Arts Exchange ( PAE) to connect artists with audiences and to foster excellence in all aspects of presenting and touring the performing arts. PAE is a 4-day conference that creates opportunities for networking and transacting business. This conference is the primary forum for professional development for artists, artist managers and presenters.
Contact: Sage Crump 404-874-7244;  scrump@southarts.org
Website: www.SouthArts.org/pae

September 26, 2008

2008 Performing Arts Exchange
Event type: Conference
Hosted by: Southern Arts Federation
Location: TBA
  Atlanta, GA
Cost: $
The Southern Arts Federation produces the Performing Arts Exchange ( PAE) to connect artists with audiences and to foster excellence in all aspects of presenting and touring the performing arts. PAE is a 4-day conference that creates opportunities for networking and transacting business. This conference is the primary forum for professional development for artists, artist managers and presenters.
Contact: Sage Crump 404-874-7244;  scrump@southarts.org
Website: www.SouthArts.org/pae

September 27, 2008

2008 Performing Arts Exchange
Event type: Conference
Hosted by: Southern Arts Federation
Location: TBA
  Atlanta, GA
Cost: $
The Southern Arts Federation produces the Performing Arts Exchange ( PAE) to connect artists with audiences and to foster excellence in all aspects of presenting and touring the performing arts. PAE is a 4-day conference that creates opportunities for networking and transacting business. This conference is the primary forum for professional development for artists, artist managers and presenters.
Contact: Sage Crump 404-874-7244;  scrump@southarts.org
Website: www.SouthArts.org/pae