Tag: music
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Thesis Feature: Blaire Townshend
Minding the Gap: Targeting Millennials to Ensure the Future of Opera My thesis explores supplemental operatic programming that is catered to the interests and needs of the Millennial demographic—a population that I argue is key to the survival of opera. As opera’s current audience ages out of attendance, a replacement audience is called for—and programming…
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An Interview with GRAMMY Winner Eric Oberstein
By Blaire Townshend Arts Administration Alumnus Eric Oberstein is a producer, musician, educator, and arts administrator—and now also a two-time GRAMMY winner. His work as producer on Arturo O’Farrill’s “The Afro Latin Jazz Suite” earned Oberstein and his creative team the award for Best Instrumental Composition at the 58th annual GRAMMY Awards this February. This…
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Op-Ed Piece by Jessica Isgro
This is the first article in our series of short pieces written by current students in the Arts Administration Program. Jessica Isgro wrote this Op-Ed as a student in Principles and Practices of Arts Administration, for an assignment on a critical issue of personal interest within the arts. It appears here in abbreviated form. Jessica Isgro…
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Student Spotlight: Michael Carr
Michael David Carr – born and raised in Orlando, Florida – holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition from Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music. There, he studied voice and trumpet, alongside music composition and theory. He was introduced to venue operations as an assistant to the Operations Director of the school. After graduating in…
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