Greater Boston Choral Consortium FY20 Annual Meeting
June 27, 2020, 11:00am EST (via Zoom)
The following meeting materials can be accessed here:
- FY20 Financial Report
- FY21-23 Strategic Plan
- Presentation Slides
- Video Recording of meeting
Board Members / Staff Attending: Alison LaRosa, Nick Adams, Brad Dumont, Eric Perry, Jamie Hillman, Nathan Reiff, Tori Cook, Peter Smith, Lily Dearing
Members Attending / Choruses Represented: Nick Adams, Cantata Singers; Danica Buckley, Choral Art Society of the South Shore; Linda Haring, Cambridge Chamber Singers; Wayne Everett, Commonwealth Chorale; Tori Cook, Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Vincent James,australian online pokies payid Masterworks Chorale; Martin Heller, New England Classical Singers; Alison LaRosa, Night Song, King’s Chapel Choir, and Boston Choral Ensemble; Abby Gilbert, Westford Chorus; Robert Ward, Reading Community Singers; Jamie Hillman, Gordon College Choir, Gordon College Men’s Choir; Peter Smith, Back Bay Chorale; Nathan Reiff, Harvard Choruses/Boston Conservatory Choruses
Voting for new directors in absentia (via online survey): Anne Watson Born, Nashoba Valley Chorale; Peter Ambler, Arlington-Belmont Chorale; Tom Best, Spectrum Singers
Agenda:
- Announcements
- FY20 Year in Review and Financial Report
- Officers and New Director Nominees
- Tori Cook was voted in for a 3-year member-at-large term.
- The FY21 officers (previously voted on by the board) begin their 1-year term today.
- FY21-FY23 Strategic Plan Presentation
- Questions / Feedback
Meeting adjourned at 12:00pm.
Event description: “Tori Cook of Chorus Connection (author of “2020-21 Season Planning Guide for Community Choruses”) and Nick Adams, executive director of Cantata Singers, discuss contingency planning frameworks in the face of a constantly-evolving future for choral singing.”
Video and chat transcript of this event can be accessed here. Notes will be available soon!
Event description: “In the spirit of collaboration that has long defined our Greater Boston choral community, GBCC is offering a second virtual convening where members can process the impact of COVID-19 on their chorus’s members, audiences, and operations and discuss ways we can help each other during this time.”
Event description: “We know this has been a stressful time for many of GBCC’s member choruses, and no doubt your leadership teams have been keeping abreast of the news and making hard decisions. In the spirit of collaboration that has long defined our Greater Boston choral community, GBCC is offering a virtual space where members can process the impact of COVID-19 on their chorus’s members, audiences, and operations. We’ll discuss what we as a choral community can do to help each other out, such as in facilitating concert rescheduling, ideas for keeping singers upbeat and prepared during truncated rehearsal periods, reengaging audiences post-pandemic, and anything else you’d like to discuss.”
Topics: Market/PR, Fundraising, Board Development
Event description: “Your choir has dedicated singers and innovative programming – but how do you generate excitement for your concerts, attract new audiences, raise funds, and cultivate champions? Learn from experts within our Boston choral community and share your challenges and successes with others at this daylong event.” This conference was generously sponsored by Chorus Connection and was open to GBCC members and to the general public.
“Social Media Strategy”: Presented by Tori Cook of Chorus Connection. Resources:
“The Board Chair / Executive Director Equation”: Presented by Nick Adams and Chris Swistro of Cantata Singers and Swistro Advisors.
“Preaching to the Choir: Finding Major Gift Section Leaders and Soloists in your Annual Fund Chorus”: Presented by Katie DeBonville of Boston Baroque.
“Inspiring Performance Audience Growth” (PR and collaborations): Presented by Michelle McGrath, Pilgrim Festival Chorus, and Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra.
Event sponsored by:
Topic, Workshop: J.S. Bach chorales and choral works by those he influenced
Sunday, March 31, 2019, 2:00pm
Church of Our Saviour, Brookline, MA
Ryan Turner, Artistic Director of Emmanuel Music, led GBCC members in a sing-through of select J.S. Bach chorales and choral works by those he influenced, including Mendelssohn. Attendees enjoyed the opportunity to sing for an expert in the performance of Bach! This workshop was open to singers of all abilities, whether affiliated with a GBCC member choir or not.
The workshop took place at Church of Our Saviour, Brookline, upstairs in the Parish Hall from 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm with an admissions fee of $5.00 for GBCC members, $5.00 for students with valid ID, and $10.00 for non-members.
