John Forsyte
President at Pacific Symphony
- Role
- President at Pacific Symphony
- Location
- Long Beach, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
President
May 1998 — Present
John E. Forsyte has led the Pacific Symphony - one of the nation’s fastest growing orchestral institutions - since May, 1998. During his tenure, the Pacific Symphony’s budget has grown by over 200% while remaining balanced each year. Its current budget stands at over $20 million. Under John’s leadership, the Symphony has enjoyed a 400% increase in contributed and an additional $15 million pledged to its endowment during this same period. Artistically, the orchestra has launched two new concert series, an American Composers Festival and offered American Composers Competitions. In 2009, the Symphony was awarded its first major grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish new audience engagement practices. As a result, a three concert Music Unwound series was established. In 2010, the Symphony was showcased by the League of American Orchestras as one America’s most innovative orchestras for its efforts around thematic programming. Shortly after this honor, the Symphony was awarded an ASCAP prize for adventurous programming.In 2011, The James Irvine Foundation awarded Pacific Symphony a multi-year grant to implement a new set of initiatives around community participation in art creation, criticism, and performance.
Education
Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BS
1983 — 1987
Skills
- Stewardship
- Performing Arts
- Non-Profit Board Development
- Conducting
- Nonprofit Management
- Festivals
- Music
- Leadership
- Grant Writing
- Non-Profit Administration
- Annual Giving
- Music Education
- Editing
- Arts Administration
- Fundraisers
- Non-Profits
- Public Speaking
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Music Theory
- Event Planning
- Musicians
- Nonprofits
- Community Outreach
- Program Development
- Volunteer Management
- Marketing
- Public Relations
- Concerts
- Orchestral Music
- Philanthropy
- Fundraising
- Community Engagement
- Planned Giving
- Strategic Planning
- Board Development
- Classical
- Grants
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