Brian Hinrichs, Guest Contributor, Author at ArtsFwdArtsFwd

About Brian Hinrichs, Guest Contributor

Brian Hinrichs grew up playing the cello and began transitioning to the administrative side of arts organizations in college. He is interested in innovation through programming and technology, and believes strongly in the power of connecting audiences to the process of creating new works. Brian is currently an MBA candidate at the Bolz Center for Arts Administration in Madison, WI, where he works as a graduate project assistant for the Pro Arte Quartet and is researching the impact of composer-in-residence programs at American symphony orchestras. Previously, he was the director of marketing and community engagement at Madison Opera. As a Fulbright Fellow to Thailand in 2007-08, Brian explored the emerging classical music scene in Bangkok with an eye for organizations and composers fusing traditions. A 2007 graduate of Colgate University, he is originally from Bay Shore, NY. Follow @classicalive

Project Updates Videos

Can an Innovative Project Lead to a Culture Change?

By Brian Hinrichs

Jan 15, 2013

This project update from Springboard for the Arts takes a recent look at one project that emerged from their prototyping phase in the 2011 Innovation Lab for the Performing Arts.

Op-Eds

Where We’re Headed: A Grad Student’s Point of View

By Brian Hinrichs

Sep 6, 2012

Young people entering the non-profit arts crave the same excitement and sense of creation, and often assume they’ve chosen a field conducive to that.

Op-Eds

Successful Innovation: One-Way Street or Cyclical?

By Brian Hinrichs

Jul 23, 2012

EmcArts frames the development of innovative strategies in three stages: 1. The emergence of “big ideas” from a background of … Continue reading →

Recent Reads: Hiking the Horizontal by Liz Lerman

By Brian Hinrichs

Jun 25, 2012

Choreographer Liz Lerman is making waves again, not that she’s ever really stopped. On May 4th, the University of Maryland … Continue reading →

Thinking Big by Thinking Small: Chamber Opera at the Opera Company of Philadelphia and Boston Lyric Opera

By Brian Hinrichs

Jun 6, 2012

“Bigger is better” is generally the rule in opera. But what’s an opera company to do in the wake of … Continue reading →

Op-Eds

Learning from Cleveland

By Brian Hinrichs

May 16, 2012

“How do we build the audiences of tomorrow?” The Cleveland Foundation and EmcArts recently posed that enormously challenging question to … Continue reading →

Trey McIntyre Project dancersa the Morrison Center

Interviews

How Boise Became Dancers’ Home Sweet Home

By Brian Hinrichs

Apr 25, 2012

An interview with John Michael Schert, executive director and principle dancer for the Trey McIntyre Project, about their decision to settle down in Idaho.