The Eastman Case Studies:
Mission & Opportunity

This study highlights key moments in the group’s early history and focuses on serious internal questions about its effort to respect the Balinese tradition while exploring new horizons with gamelan music.

This study examines the initial idea, development, and marketing of an online AP® Music Theory course, concluding with questions regarding the expansion of a community music division’s online initiative.

Discover the history of the Los Angeles-based professional ensemble Tonality, a diverse group of singers committed to presenting issues of social justice through the choral art. Recommend a strategy for touring in light of the organization’s bold mission.

Examine the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra’s involvement with Native American communities and propose steps for expanding community programming amid internal conversations on equity, diversity, and inclusion.  In partnership with League of American Orchestras

 

Experience first principles of negotiation in the context of a pops orchestra’s quest for a home base.

Track the impact of a one-time bridge funding gift that turned around the San Francisco Symphony.

Investigate the impact of scientific research on community outreach initiatives of Arizona’s only full-time professional orchestra. In partnership with League of American Orchestras

Understand and apply basic concepts of cultural humility as it concerns Buffalo String Works, a music academy that serves refugee and immigrant families.

Lara Downes is an artist who aims to use her talent and experience for social good. Learn of her journey and propose ways to strengthen a promising partnership with a children’s rights advocate and expand the global reach of this program.

CelloBello.com is an online educational resource, started by Paul Katz, for both amateur and professional cellists. Review partnerships, organizational changes, as well as basic audience analytics for the website, while exploring how to support the costs of expansion.

Evaluate the success of an inaugural convention focused on growing and sustaining minority representation in the field of classical music.

Examine how an experimental arts festival continues to focus on the local community in the face of increasing national interest and outside funding.

How does an arts organization that prides itself on eschewing traditional venues react when given the chance to settle in a space of its own ?