Strictly Business KSVY - Executive Director, Green Music Center - Jacob Yarrow
1) What does Kennedy Center debacle suggest about leadership in the arts?
2) Renee Fleming (has performed at GMC), among others, cancelled scheduled performances at the Kennedy Center - was she right to do so?
3) Role of the Board in steering the direction of the Green Music Center?,
4) How you have changed the direction or content of thew Green Music Center since you assumed the ED role?,
5) What are measures of success: audience number, ticket sales, number of performances?,
6) Re: University presenters (GMC has been invited to join ‘major university presenters’ - 23 University presenters around the country - almost entirely research universities) - what is the difference between managing a university-based art center versus one that is independent?
7) Composition of performances - breakdown by type? Which attracts biggest audiences?,
8) Motivation for performers to appear: reputation of the venue, reputation of leadership, location, size of audience, size of fee?,
9) GMC presenting touring artists - What are the expectations of the university, community re: booking performers?
10) Prices range from $65 to $1450 - annual revenue for the Center?
11) What does ‘most compelling artists of our time’ mean?
12) Over the years - which type of performance sells best?,
13) How do you spend the majority of your time: programming, fundraising, performance, higher education, marketing or nonprofit management?,
14) Potential of a great music center for the region and for the students - different from the past? How will potential be realized in the future?,
15) How do performing art and touring artists interact with an academic environment?,
16) ‘New sense of energy that I get at Sonoma State that is thrilling’ - what is that new sense of energy? How different from other arts venues?,
17) What, arts-related, have you found matters most to people in the North Bay region?,
18) What is the phenomenal power of live performance?,
19) Are philanthropic donations as robust as you would like here in Sonoma County?,
20) The Garth Newel music center in Virginia and the University of Iowa Hencher auditorium are both over 50 years old. Does the fact that the green music center is only 14 years old make a difference to you in terms of your ability to influence it and its direction?,
21) What mattered most to you about the Green Music Center, which influenced your decision to leave Iowa?,
22) What are annual audience attendance numbers?,
23) Each year more than half of Sonoma State students engage with GMC programming. Should the number be higher?,
24) Was SSU’s being a public, liberal arts and sciences, student-centered, residential campus make a difference to you? Why?,
25) ‘We have become one of the leading university presenters in the country through deep engagement with students, ethical support of artists, and engagement with the international presenting arena.’ What does ethical support of artists mean?,
26) How do you find your performers - use an artist management company?, Do you negotiate price per performance,
27) How often do you repeat performances-invite artists back?,
28) Characterize GNC as multi-disciplinary performing arts center? Which discpline attracts the largest audiences?,
29) Other issues which you might wish to discuss
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