Shifting from Stage to Screen
How and why are orchestras moving musical content to digital platforms—and creating entirely new experiences for virtual audiences? Is this a short-term response or the future of our field? How can we create compelling content to compete with endless options for online entertainment just a click away? How do we keep focused on our mission, our audiences, and our quests for greater equity and accessibility when our primary means of contact are electronic?
In this 90-minute webinar from the League of American Orchestras, we’ll investigate the many aspects of navigating this new, unfamiliar and exciting ecosystem: strategic, creative, repertoire, technical, legal, marketing, patron experience, and our organizational cultures, among other considerations.
Moderator
Scott Harrison, Interim Executive Director/Sr. Strategic Facilitator, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Panelists
- James Darrah, Creative Director of Digital Content, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO)
- Timothy Kastner, Director of Digital Media and Video Production, The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Garrett McQueen, Executive Director, TRILLOQUY
- Mike Mancillas, Assistant Director of Digital Strategy + Design, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO)
- Carolyn Nishon, Executive Director, Portland Symphony Orchestra
- Ari Solotoff, Solotoff Law Group, PLLC
Who Should Attend?
Executive directors, youth orchestra directors, general managers, musicians, artistic staff, marketing staff, operations staff, and anyone seeking to learn more about moving musical content to digital platforms.
Even if you can’t attend the webinar live, register to receive a recording.
Cost
- $20 for Members
- $35 for Non-Members
About the Moderator

Scott Harrison
Interim Executive Director/Sr. Strategic Facilitator, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra
Celebrated as a leader with “imagination and ambition” by the Los Angeles Times and “a pioneer in the use of digital technology” by the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Scott Harrison has secured tens of millions of dollars in funding for arts organizations nationwide while designing initiatives that are changing cultural practice and audience engagement via program impact, accessibility and inclusivity, creativity and learning, and innovation and entrepreneurship.
Scott recently started working with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra as interim executive director and senior strategic facilitator, launching a reimagined season of virtual and socially-distanced activity with the all-digital Orpheum Sessions as its flagship offering. He has served in leadership roles at Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra, and Detroit Symphony Orchestra, where he developed Live from Orchestra Hall, a global platform for virtual concert activity with over one million viewers worldwide.
Scott is a founding board member of BLUME Haiti, which supports youth and community development by strengthening Haiti’s music education ecosystem. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts, and executive education programs including National Arts Strategies’ Chief Executive Program and Harvard Business School’s Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management.
About the Panelists
Questions?
Please contact Member Services at member@americanorchestras.org.
This webinar was made possible by generous grants from American Express, the Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, Ford Motor Company Fund, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and The Wallace Foundation, as well as supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Photos courtesy of the speakers. Photo of Garrett McQueen by Devon Fails, photo of Carolyn Nishon by Tim Greenway Photographer, photo of Ari Solotoff by Zack Bowen.
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