All About Take A Friend To Orchestra 2008

Now in its fourth year, Take A Friend To Orchestra, or TAFTO, is an annual event at Adaptistration every April where a collection of critics, bloggers, musicians, classical music enthusiasts, and administrators write about how average patrons throughout the country can invite friends who don't regularly participate in live performances to a concert event in your area. The 2008 program will feature a different contributor each weekday from April 7 - 18.

Essentially, TAFTO is an opportunity for the people who care the most about classical music to participate in a proactive way; and no, you're not simply going to get hit up to write a check or make a donation to your local orchestra. Instead, the program is all about enabling patrons to become contributing partners who have a distinct voice in the future of their orchestras.

TAFTO 2008 PUBLICATION SCHEDULE

	Carlos Kalmar	Music Director, Oregon Symphony and Grant Park Music Festival	contribution	bio
	Matt Heller	Calgary Philharmonic double bassist and author of hellafrisch.blogspot	contribution	bio
	Laurie Niles	Violinist and editor of violinist.com, the online violin community	contribution	bio
	Ben Smith	Physics Graduate Student and author of ClassicalConvert.com	contribution	bio
	Charles T. Downey	Professor, Choral Singer, and moderator of Ionarts	contribution	bio
	Ron Spigelman	Music Director, Springfield Sym. and co-author of Sticks and Drones	contribution	bio
	Jeremy Denk	Pianist and author of Think Denk	contribution	bio
	Chris Foley	Pianist and author of the Collaborative Piano Blog	contribution	bio
	Gary Ginstling	Director, Communications and External Affairs, San Francisco Sym.	contribution	bio

BE A PART OF TAFTO 2008 – GET EMPOWERED!
TAFTO isn’t all about reading; we’re interested in hearing about your TAFTO experiences too. As such, we’re inviting you to send in an article recounting your experiences with taking friends to a concert event. How did it go, what did they think about the concert? Which ensemble was performing and what they play? Did any of the TAFTO contributions contribute to a fun evening?  (please submit articles via email in MS Word or PDF format). Click here to submit your TAFTO experience!

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PREVIOUS TAFTO PROGRAMS
TAFTO doesn’t end with this year’s contributions. Reaching back to 2005, there are 40 articles from 39 different authors so there’s bound to something for everyone! Click here for an index of articles.