North Texas music meeting at Dallas Public Library, Sept. 14

The next Dallas Library North Texas music meeting will be the morning of Monday, September 14! We’ll have special guest speakers discussing two timely topics:
1. Marketing and promote music organizations and programs
2. Managing organizations in difficult times, particularly making decisions about mergers or closings.
Mark your calendar! Then, watch for information in the weeks ahead regarding our speakers for this program, specifics of scheduling, and registration information.

North Texas music meetings at the Dallas Public Library provide an opportunity for area musicians and music organizations to cooperate, communicate, and share resources. Supporting arts-related organizations can be challenging in even the best of times. In difficult times such as these, musicians need more than ever to find ways to help each other fulfill their artistic missions through creative partnerships that reduce expenses and enhance their effectiveness. Partnerships are increasingly being encouraged or even required by grant-making institutions, as well.
These meetings are designed to fill two purposes. First, they provide information of interest to musicians on a wide variety of subjects, such as fund-raising, working with the media, locating music materials in libraries and archives, grant writing, understanding music copyright laws, and other topics that influence the work we do. Then, participants are encouraged to explore ways they can use this information together to share facilities and resources and to exchange knowledge and experience.
Programs are open both to individuals and to members of musical organizations of all kinds, from singers to orchestras, from classical to country. Participants may be musicians themselves, or may be involved in support positions. Those attending have included both solo and ensemble performers; K-12 and private music educators; college and university music faculty; music librarians, archivists, or staff of cultural heritage organizations; musical theater groups; staff from local music stores; board members of music organizations; members of music fraternities and support groups; music directors/staff of churches, temples, or other religious groups; music promoters and marketing personnel; arts staff from media outlets; and engineers or others from recording studios. In short, anyone with an interest in promoting the musical arts in the North Texas area is welcome to attend!
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