Business advice case study: The Keene Chamber Orchestra

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The Keene Chamber Orchestra

Keene, New Hampshire, under Eric Stumacher.

The Keene Chamber Orchestra was founded in Keene, New Hampshire, in 1991 by the pianist Eric Stumacher, who led it as music director and conductor for more than thirty years. I worked with the orchestra under Eric.

What they needed

A website
Bios of the principal players
A way to share their concerts
MP3s of their performances
A place for all their other important information

What I did

I built the website and wrote up the bios of the principals, and set up a way to share the concerts and MP3s so people who missed a performance could still hear it.

I also advised them on booking events and marketing their performances in the Keene and Monadnock region. An orchestra lives on its audience, and in a small region that means knowing the venues, the papers and the people who show up.

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Adam Sweet, Granby, Massachusetts

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