Bringing performances into living rooms
ABA & GLP | Innovation Field Notes Through their innovative online platform, Groupmuse brings professional musicians together with new audiences in the living rooms of local community hosts. These intimate classical music events have swept across the United States, making Groupmuse the “Airbnb of classical music.” Despite its recent arrival, the concept of GroupMuse harkens […]
Tonebase: Democratizing the world’s music instructors
World-class music education from some of music’s top artists is now available anywhere in the world thanks to Tonebase, an online platform offering virtual piano and guitar instruction.
Sistema New Brunswick: Adaptive replication
Inspired by Venezuela’s FESNOJIV Sistema program, in 2009 Canada’s New Brunswick Youth Orchestra launched Sistema New Brunswick (SNB) in Moncton, New Brunswick. Since then, SNB has worked to inspire children and youth to achieve their full potential through learning and performing orchestral music with a major objective in mind…
Buffalo String Works: Integrated music education
Buffalo String Works (BSW) is an after school music education program in Buffalo, NY, with a mission to provide a space for the inclusion and integration of Buffalo’s diverse student community.
Amber Sound Touch: Creating access to music
Sound Touch is an initiative of the UK-based arts organization, The Amber Trust, which works to provide blind and visually impaired children
LEAN methodology in arts operations with Tim Kraft
Performing artists are by nature often goal oriented perfectionists, pursuing excellence-driven outcomes with clear expectations in mind. While high levels of artistry demand constantly evaluating and correcting minute details to ensure the best possible performance, when it comes to developing and implementing ideas and projects, how can arts leaders transpose these skills to the world […]
Tokyo White Hands Chorus: Making a Sound Difference
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? If that tree is anything like the Tokyo White Hands Chorus in Japan, it definitely won’t go unnoticed…
Innovation in the Live Music Industry: What’s next?
Aliena Haig is the Manager of Online Editorial & Communication at Deutsche Grammophon, with a focus on concert and artist presentation. Aliena previously was the Communications Lead for the global networking exchange Classical:NEXT and was instrumental at developing and leading online conferences for art music professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic. Throughout her professional career, Aliena […]
Cultivating Connectedness Through Music
Community MusicWorks (CMW) creates new roles for musicians as artists, educators, and citizens working to create a cohesive urban community through music education and performance
The Royal Concertgebouw: A multi-sided community hub
In the first session of GLP’s 2022 Live Music Industry SubStream, facilitator Aliena Haig from Deutsche Grammophon joined The Royal Concertgebouw’s Marian van der Meer in a 60-minute investigation into the role and responsibilities of a performance space. “A venue offers a home to a multitude of events, audiences, performances, and styles. It is not […]