ECHO is a network uniting 18 of the major Concert Halls in Europe. As a new initiative, over the next four years ECHO is curating and producing a series of seminars open to all interested parties, offering training opportunities in areas crucial to the life and work of twenty-first century concert halls such as Education, Artistic Programming, Marketing and Digital Developments. The first series of seminars will take place Monday 20th & Tuesday 21st June 2011, hosted by The Sage Gateshead with support from the Culture Programme of the European Union.
Sessions include:
Digital Media as a Communications Tool
Digital Media in Marketing and Audience Development
Digital Media and Distance Learning
Digital Media as a Creative Tool
Speakers include:
Tony Hall, Lord Hall of Birkenhead, CBE, Chief Executive, Royal Opera House, London and Chair of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad Board
Christoph Franke , Creative Producer and Robert Zimmermann, Managing Director, Berlin Phil Media GmbH, Digital Concert Hall – Berliner Philharmoniker
Benton Delinger, Project Director for New World Symphony (Miami Beach, Florida) for Theatre Projects Consultants
Marie-Hélène Serra, Head of Education and Library, Cité de la musique, Paris
Dan Efergan, Creative Director of Aardman Digital, Bristol
Kingsley Jayasekera, Director of Communications and Digital Strategy, Sadlers Wells Theatre, London
Millicent Jones, Executive Director, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Liverpool
Jim Beirne, Chief Executive, Live Theatre, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Tod Machover, Professor of Music and Media, MIT Media Lab, Massachusetts, USA
Cost Special inclusive conference package: £300 (€353)* (for conference plus 2 nights hotel accommodation)
For conference without accommodation: £150 (€176)*
For more information click here or email inquiries to natalie.bowman@thesagegateshead.org.
Posted May 10, 2011
