New England Conservatory and WolfBrown Partner to Expand Innovative Musical Learning Program for Greater Boston Pre-K Centers
This summer 2024, WolfBrown will embark on a new partnership with New England Conservatory (NEC), a renowned Boston-based music conservatory which educates and trains musicians of all ages from around the world. NEC staff and WolfBrown’s team of researchers, led by Principal Researcher, Dr. Dennie Palmer Wolf, will work with early childhood music educators from NEC and a network of Boston childcare centers to strengthen and expand the design of a pilot project that provides compelling early music educational programming in Greater Boston. The resulting proposal will position NEC to attract long-term support and endowment for the program.
Learn more about the New England Conservatory at their website.
New Collaboration between National Dance Institute and WolfBrown Will Research Program Impact
WolfBrown is pleased to announce a new two-year collaboration with National Dance Institute (NDI). NDI was founded in 1976 by Jacques d’Amboise, famous for his long career as a dancer and choreographer with New York City Ballet. Today, NDI programs involve 6,500 young people annually, engaging them in full year and semester-long residencies held during the school day, featuring collaborative dance, choreography, and live music, and culminating in performances for peers, teachers, and families.
In year one, WolfBrown will work with alumni on a retrospective study designed to identify the lasting impact of participation. In addition, WolfBrown researchers will be in classrooms assessing the immediate impact of the program. By following a group of students into year two, researchers will investigate the consequences of longitudinal engagement. By the close of the collaborative project, NDI staff will have new tools for examining their ongoing work, plus findings about the different ways in which participation affects young lives.
Learn more about National Dance Institute at their website.
Friction Audit and Audience Engagement Survey
Through our Audience Outlook Monitor program, WolfBrown has launched the second cohort for the Friction Audit and Audience Engagement Survey. This survey informs organizations’ work providing fulfilling experiences for audience members before, during, and after their programs. We’re excited to announce the following arts and cultural organizations from across the U.S. will participate in the survey cohort.
The following organizations opted in to the survey cohort:
- 59E59 Theaters
- Arizona Theatre Company
- Celebrity Series of Boston
- East West Players
- Flint Institute of Music
- Golden Thread Productions
- San Diego Symphony
- Segerstrom Center for the Arts
- The Old Globe
- The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas
- West Michigan Symphony
Tastes and Preferences Survey
Through our Audience Outlook Monitor program, WolfBrown has launched the first cohort for the Tastes and Preferences Survey. The Tastes and Preferences Survey examines patrons’ tastes and preferences across artistic disciplines and deeply within organization’s specific discipline(s). The results will help them gain a bigger picture of their patrons’ programming interests, understand their patrons’ appetite for new work, and assess interest in digital or immersive programming. Artistic team members are key stakeholders in this survey. We’re excited to announce the following arts and cultural organizations from across North America will participate in the survey cohort.
The following organizations opted in to the 2024 Theatre Pilot Survey Cohort:
- Arizona Theatre Company
- Canadian Stage
- Long Wharf Theatre
- Wilma Theatre
The following organizations have opted in to the 2024 Music Survey Cohort:
- Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
- Arizona Opera
- Boston Symphony Orchestra
- Detroit Opera
- LA Philharmonic
- Madison Symphony Orchestra
- Minnesota Orchestra
- Modesto Symphony
- Monterey Symphony
- Oregon Symphony
- Pacific Symphony
- Phoenix Symphony
- Pittsburgh Symphony
- San Diego Symphony
- St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
- The Philadelphia Orchestra
- Tucson Symphony
- Winspear Centre & Edmonton Symphony