The festival presents free performances by community music ensembles from throughout Virginia, in addition to lectures and workshops. No ticket required. 

Saturday, April 27 Performance Schedule

Time	Event	Location
9 a.m.	Workshop on Audience Building	Torggler Lecture Hall
10 a.m.	Workshop on Fundraising	Torggler Lecture Hall
11 a.m.	Reed Between the Lines Woodwind Quintet	Peebles Theatre
12 noon	York River Concert Band	Peebles Theatre
1 p.m.	Peninsula Concert Band	Peebles Theatre
2 p.m.	Chesapeake Bay Wind Ensemble	Peebles Theatre
4 p.m.	Higher Ground Big Band	Peebles Theatre
5 p.m.	Stan's Big Band	Peebles Theatre

 

 

Workshop: Panel of Experts on Audience Building

 

Date:                 Saturday, April 27, 2024 – free and open to all!

Time:                9:00-9:45 a.m.; 10 minutes per panelist; 15 minutes for questions

Location:         Torggler Lecture Hall

Facilitator:      Mark U. Reimer, Director of Music, Christopher Newport University

Panelists:        Bruce Bronstein, Executive Director, Ferguson Center for the Arts

                  Laura Jackson Loo, CEO of Quantum Communications

        Robert Walters, award-winning recording artist

 

Description

The purpose of the Audience Building panel is to support community organizations in free, creative, and affordable paths to advertise their concerts and build programs that will continue to expand and delight their audiences. The panelists bring a wide range of expertise in audience development. Bruce Bronstein will be the opening panelist and share on different styles of music and the use of various media that draw audiences to the renowned Ferguson Center for the Arts. Laura Jackson Loo will share on audience development from a consultant’s perspective on creative ways that non-profit music organizations can use to build their audience base. And Robert Walters, a.k.a. Bobby BlackHat, will share information from a musician’s perspective. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear directly from experts who can shed light on how to build your audiences in creative and engaging new ways.

  

Workshop: Fundraising in the Arts 

 

Date:               Saturday, April 27, 2024 – free and open to all!

Time:              10:00-10:45 a.m.; 10 minutes per panelist; 15 minutes for questions

Location:        Torggler Lecture Hall

Facilitator:      Mark U. Reimer, Director of Music, Christopher Newport University

Presenter:       Kim Hinson, Executive Director of Advancement for the Arts at CNU

 

Description

Presenter Kim Hinson currently serves as Executive Director of Advancement for the Arts for Christopher Newport University’s Ferguson Center for the Arts and the Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center. She has over 33 years of management experience in fundraising, museum operations, marketing, public relations, event planning and strategic planning.