Al Jacobsen
Passionate arts administration leader with experience in professional orchestras
- Role
- Executive Director at Allentown Symphony Association
- Location
- Allentown, PA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Executive Director
Allentown Symphony Association
Oct 2018 — Present · Allentown, PA, US
Administrative head of the Allentown Symphony Association which operates the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, El Sistema Lehigh Valley, and is the owner/operator of the historic Miller Symphony Hall in downtown Allentown, PA. I manage a team of 25+ full and part-time staff that runs the operations of the entire organization. The Allentown Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1951, is the Lehigh Valley\'s premiere professional orchestra and attracts some of the most talented and accomplished musicians both locally and from nearby New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Wilmington, DE metropolitan areas to perform classical, pops and education programs for residents of the Lehigh Valley.
Education
University of Nottingham
Business, Music
2002 — 2002
Binghamton University
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Music
2000 — 2005
Binghamton University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Management
2000 — 2005
University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Managment
2012 — 2015
Skills
- Community Outreach
- Music
- Fundraising
- Management
- Public Speaking
- Volunteer Management
- Chamber Music
- Performing Arts
- Public Relations
- Classical
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Social Media Marketing
- Social Media
- Stewardship
- Tessitura
- Prospect Research
- Nonprofits
- Sponsorship
- Orchestral Music
- Non-Profits
- Event Planning
- Arts Administration
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