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We are on the north side of Menaul between Washington and Adams at:
New Mexico Symphony Orchestra
4407 Menaul Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
(505) 881-9590
Write to P.O. Box 30208 at Albuquerque, NM 87190-0208
ADMINISTRATION
Eric Meyer, President & CEO
Cynthia Phinney, Executive Assistant
Kathy Andrews, Receptionist
Marian Ciepiela, Receptionist
This office oversees all facets of the NMSO, including the orchestra, Board relations, community outreach and staff direction.
DEVELOPMENT
Colleen Harris Kistner, Vice President
Joan Allen, Associate Director of Major and Planned Gifts
Pamela Schaefer, Associate Director
Mary Goldman, Associate Director
Catherine Offutt, Grants Administrator
James Headley, Community Gifts
This department is responsible for raising the almost $1.5 million annual fund dollars each year that is used to pay operating expenses and salaries of the NMSO. It also supports the NMSO Endowment Campaign. Activities include soliciting donations and concert sponsorships, organizing raffle ticket sales, oversight of the Vintage Albuquerque Wine and Fine Art Auction and other fundraising events throughout the year.
EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES
Jeffrey Eckert, Director
The education department, working closely with the fine arts department of the Albuquerque Public Schools, coordinates all educational programming for the orchestra. Each year educational performances by the NMSO reach thousands of young people in Albuquerque and throughout the state. Programs are geared toward a wide range of audiences from elementary age students through adults.
MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
David Sherry, Vice President
Ryan Stark, Associate Director of Marketing and Public Relations
This department is responsible for $2.2 million in ticket sales. This is accomplished through paid advertising, soliciting business, guest artist and concert stories in newspapers, TV, radio and magazines, community outreach with concert information and general orchestra/concert visibility.
The Ticket Office provides single ticket sales, maintains and issues season tickets, issues concert audits and ticket sales reports and provides customer service.
FINANCE AND INFORMATION SERVICES
Michael Tamasi, Vice-President of Finance & Administration
Amy Bauer, Finance Assistant
Denise Campos, Ticketing Services
Victoria Chavez, Ticketing Services Assistant
Jessica Adams, Ticketing Services
This department manages all NMSO accounting functions including balance sheets, cash flow projections and bank accounts, plus oversees the issuance of all orchestra and staff payrolls. It also provides administrative duties such as developing and maintaining the internal computer network, maintaining an administrative policy manual, tracking personnel vacations and other staff personnel functions.
OPERATIONS
Kenneth W. Hopper, General Manager
Amanda Pepping, Orchestra Personnel Manager
Claudia Giese, Orchestra Librarian
Robin Rupe, Production Manager
Curtis Mark, Stage Manager
This department is responsible for orchestra personnel management, scheduling performance dates and setting the performance calendar, coordinating guest artist itineraries, stage set-up, concert tours, arranging for concert venues - all the pieces that go into the concert you see and hear on stage.
CHORAL DEPARTMENT
Michelle Long, Chorus Administrator
Dave Bregar, Equipment Manager
The Chorus is made up of 90-100 talented adult volunteers who rehearse weekly and perform in numerous concerts with the orchestra every season. New chorus members are selected from auditions held in August.
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