ACSO eNEWS provides updates and opportunities for California's orchestras and classical music field.

 
Happy New Year!
 
We know that it can be tough to get back into the swing of things after the holidays. So we want to make sure you have these professional development opportunities on your radar to start 2017 off in the right direction!

Ask an Expert Webinar: Social Media to Reach and Engage Your Audiences

Does your orchestra have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc., but you feel you're not using them effectively to reach targeted populations? Join Anne Longmore, director of marketing at the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and a public relations professor at Humber College, in this 75-minute online learning program to discuss social media strategies and goals to help you reach and engage those audiences.

Thursday, January 19, 2017 - 2PM PST
ACSO Members: FREE | Non-Members: $25


Powerful Boards, Purposeful Fundraising 
Professional Development Seminar in San Francisco, CA on February 16, 2017

Want to give your organization an opportunity to significantly increase the potential of your board's development efforts? Attend "Powerful Boards, Purposeful Fundraising," a professional development seminar presented by the League of American Orchestras' Noteboom Governance Center,  in collaboration with the Association of California Symphony Orchestras (ACSO).

Click  here to get more information about the seminar or to register.

NEA 2017 Funding Guidelines Posted

Guidelines and application materials for three National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding categories - Art Works, Arts Works Creativity Connects, and Challenge America - have been posted on the NEA's website. 

The 2017 Art Works and Challenge America programs support projects taking place beginning in 2018. Guidelines and application materials are in the Apply for a Grant section of the NEA website.

In addition, guidelines for 2017 Creative Writing Fellowships: Prose are posted for application by published creative writers. Guidelines and application materials for the fellowships are also in the Apply for a Grant section of the NEA website.

DATES AND DEADLINES

Art Works
Application Deadlines:

 - February 16, 2017

 - July 13, 2017

Guidelines workshop webinar is scheduled for January 18, 2017.

Art Works: Creativity Connects
Application Deadline: May 4, 2017
Recent Creativity Connects grants are posted on the NEA website.
Guidelines workshop webinar is scheduled for March 22, 2017 (details will be posted soon).

Challenge America
Application Deadline: April 13, 2017
Recent Challenge America grants are posted on the NEA website.
Guidelines workshop webinar is scheduled for March 1, 2017 (details will be posted soon).
California Concerts is Changing

ACSO's California Concerts schedule morphed in the New Year! We have now laid out the listing by region and counties to send to local and county convention and visitors bureaus, Visit California, and other arts and tourism calendars, to help ensure our members' concerts are widely marketed. 

Take a look here at the new format, and visit a neighboring community's orchestra this month! February's concert listing deadline is January 15. Please send your information to membership@acso.org

Upcoming Dates and Reminders

January 9
ACSO Board Meeting - San Francisco, CA  

January 15
Deadline for listing in February's  California Concerts

January 19
Ask an Expert Webinar: Social Media to Reach and Engage Audiences - Register Today

January 20-21
Festivals Confab - Redlands, CA

February 16
Powerful Boards, Purposeful Fundraising Seminar - Register Today

March 3
Youth Orchestras Confab - San Luis Obispo, CA

July 20-22
ACSO Annual Conference - Los Angeles, CA

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