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CalNonprofits Legislation Update
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Two important bills were heard in the California Assembly Appropriations Committee on August 11, 2016.
SB 450:
If passed, this bill would allow counties to implement a new elections model that includes mailing every voter a ballot, expanding early voting, and enabling voters to cast a ballot at any vote center within their county. CalNonprofits supports SB 450 because it provides more options for voting, which will make it easier for individuals and their communities to participate in the electoral process.
SB1234: If passed, this would provide retirement security for California's private-sector workers who currently lack access to employer-sponsored retirement plans. The lack of retirement savings affects nonprofits and the communities they serve since seniors without adequate savings often turn to nonprofits to make ends meets.
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Confluence 2016 September 26 & 27 in Sacramento
If your organization is a grantee under the California Arts Council State-Local Partners, Statewide & Regional Networks and Cultural Pathways programs, it is
required
to send a representative.
An overview of the statewide arts convening, FAQs, and online registration can be found here,
and a preliminary schedule for the convening is available for download
here
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Arts Reach Conference has Discount for ACSO Members
ACSO members are entitled to a
$130 registration discount
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and
3-for-1
to the
National Arts Marketing, Development and Ticketing Conference
Tuesday, October 18
&
Wednesday, October 19
presented by Arts Reach at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
In addition to receiving the lowest price, when one person from your organization registers by September 14 at a $130 discount, two more people get to go for free. Plus, each additional delegate is just $159. Many team-building workshops have been built into the program, and the tuition prices have been structured so that it will be easy to come as a team.
Early-bird registration ends September 14. Information on conference details, including registration and lodging can be found
here.
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California Symphony's Composer-In-Residence Program
The California Symphony's Composer-In-Residence program is designed to give outstanding, emerging, young American composers an opportunity to work with a professional orchestra and conductor for a three-year residency from August 1, 2017 through July 31, 2020.
The application deadline is
October 31, 2016, by 11:59 p.m
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A selection will be made on or before
February 1, 2017
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Read more and apply
here
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Individuals
Kay Dalton
Pacific Symphony
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Matisse Geenty
Fix Creative; American Youth Symphony
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Chad Goodman
Elevate Ensemble
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Jamei Haswell
Santa Rosa Symphony
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Conway Jones, Jr.
Oakland Symphony
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Bob McClure
McClure Investment Management, LLC
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Juliana McRae
Las Vegas Philharmonic Guild
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Emma Pell
New West Symphony
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Cynthia Ryan
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
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Lauren Wasynczuk
Young Musicians Foundation
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Ellen Weller
Palomar Symphony Orchestra
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Martha Westland
San Francisco Bach Choir
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Organizations
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Pacific Chamber Orchestra
Livermore
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Returning Organizations
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California Pops Orchestra
Palo Alto
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Los Angeles Jewish Symphony
Encino
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The
Fremont Symphony has announced
its new Fremont Youth Symphony Orchestra program with Judy Lam as artistic director. The program will begin in September and will be
comprised of two initial ensembles - intermediate and advanced - tailored to specific skill levels and open to sixth through twelfth-graders.
The
Los Angeles Philharmonic has chosen three Dudamel Fellows for 2016-17. Each will have the opportunity to work with and shadow LA Phil music director Gustavo Dudamel as well as other conductors, and to conduct the Youth Orchestra of LA (YOLA). The fellows are Paulo Bortolameolli, from Chile; Hong Kong native Elim Chan; and Kachun Wong, from Singapore.
The
Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra was in Cuba in July for an 11-day performance tour. 57 young musicians went on the tour with principal conductor Omid Zoufonoun. The
Oakland Youth Orchestra
first traveled to Cuba in 1998 and was the first U.S.-based youth orchestra to perform there. Read more here.
Pacific Symphony c
oncertmaster Raymond Kobler, principal viola Robert Becker and fourth horn Russell Dicey are stepping down after
more than 80 cumulative years with the Symphony. They are among the longest-tenured members of the Symphony, having provided 32 and 34 seasons in their roles, respectively. Dicey will continue to serve the Symphony as its music librarian.
The James Irvine Foundation has awarded the San Bernardino Symphony a
2-year grant for $66,000 to provide noon-time public arts experiences in public places throughout San Bernardino. The program, under the premise that "communities are healthier and public perception about those communities is higher when citizens have access to the arts," will work with local colleges, The Arts Connection, and other arts colleagues to obtain local San Bernardino artists and schedule performances for them along with San Bernardino Symphony musicians in various configurations three times per month for the next two years.
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Up and Down the Scale
Michelle Hanafiah
has been hired by the San Luis Obispo Symphony as its director of development. Hanafiah most recently held a stewardship position at King's Academy in Madaba, Jordan.
Prior to her work in Jordan, Hanafiah spent three years in Sacramento at United Way California Capital Region.
Jeffrey Kahane
has been named the next music director of the
Sarasota Music Festival who began
his three-year contract August 1, making him the third director in the festival's 53-year history.
The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra has announced the appointments of
Kate Kammeyer
as its orchestra manager and director of community programs, Julia Silverman as its new executive and artistic assistant, and the promotions of
Serge Liberovsky to operations and community programs manager,
and
Monica Miklas
to assistant director of events and projects.
The Santa Cruz Symphony has hired
James de Leon
as its new director of marketing and communications. De Leon is the founder of 57design, a full service agency that mentors young designers. De Leon spent twenty years as creative director and senior product designer at the Santa Cruz surf shop O'Neill, and has worked as an illustrator for books, magazines, and posters.
Kathryn Martin has been named interim executive director of the Santa Barbara Symphony as executive director David Pratt exited for Australia to become the new chief executive of the Queensland Symphony Orchestra in Brisbane.
Peter Pastreich
has been named interim executive director of American Conservatory Theater.
Pastreich, who has more than 50 years of experience in arts management and consulting, was successively executive director of the Nashville Symphony (1962-66), St Louis Symphony (1966-78), San Francisco Symphony (1978-1999) and Philharmonia Baroque (2009-11).
The Long Beach Symphony has selected
Eckart Preu
as its next music director.
Preu will serve as the Symphony's music director
designate during the 2016-2017 season, and will become its full time music director in the 2017-2018 season.
Currently serving as music director of the Spokane Symphony, Preu will be stepping down from his post as the Stamford Symphony's music director at the end of next season. Previously, he held the positions of associate conductor of the Richmond Symphony (2001-2004), resident conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra (1997-2004) and of the American Russian Young Artists Orchestra (1999-2004). In Europe, he served as music director of the Orchestre International de Paris (1993-1995).
Preu's appointment concludes a
2-year search that brought 9 guest conductors to the stage of the Long Beach Performing Arts Center.
The North State Symphony has announced that
Elizabeth Quivey
has been promoted to executive director. Quivey has worked for the Symphony since 2010, having served as personnel manager, production manager, and filled in as interim executive director this summer. Quivey takes over for Keith Herritt, who retired in June after 12 years as executive director. Quivey
is long-time Chico resident.
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Sharon McNalley
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George & Kris Sinclair
in Corona del Mar
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Kris Sinclair,
Sandi Sigurdson, &
Bettina Swigger at Festival Mozaic's
July 23rd concert in
San Luis Obispo
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ACSO Conference supreme volunteers
Bobbie Cusato and
Lisa Caretto
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ACSO Conference hosts Oakland Symphony executive director
Steven Payne
, general manager
Maya Rath
, and music director
Michael Morgan
Big smiles!
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Tulare County Symphony board member
Phil Bourdette buying up raffle tickets
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Steven Payne and TheaterMania/OvationTix vice president of marketing strategy
Joseph Yoshitomi after an early morning run around Oakland's Lake Merritt
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A full house in this
Conference breakout session
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Thank You to Our Partners
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Association of California Symphony Orchestras
2755 Cottage Way, Suite 3
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 484-6744
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