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Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with GRAMMY®-winning chamber orchestra Apollo's Fire as they seek a Managing Director. This innovative ensemble performs at the international level. The 32-year-old organization is based in Cleveland, with a satellite series and auxiliary board in Chicago and a strong worldwide presence through touring and recording.

Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Managing Director will lead all business and fundraising efforts of Apollo's Fire (AF), collaborating closely with the Founding Artistic Director to support Apollo's Fire's artistic mission and to secure the financial resources needed to achieve the organization's strategic priorities. Along with the Artistic Director, the Managing Director will serve as the public face of the organization, focusing primarily on donors, funders, and community relations. The Managing Director will play a pivotal role in guiding the organization's fourth decade, building on the success of the last three decades. With ultimate responsibility for all contributed income, board engagement, and external relations, the Managing Director will nurture the organization's highly successful operating model while leading efforts to expand contributed income. The Managing Director will support and collaborate with the Artistic Director, and work with the board and staff in an organizational culture based on consensus and teamwork. While the Managing Director will focus primarily on contributed income and board development, spending approximately 70% of their time on this effort, a secondary focus will be on financial oversight, followed by external relations, and staff oversight — thus ensuring the overall well-being of the organization. The Managing Director will be expected to spend four to five days per month meeting with prospective donors and funders in Chicago. This position is in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Apollo's Fire will also consider outstanding candidates whose primary residence is in Chicago, if at least 50% of their time will be spent in Cleveland.

Under the leadership of founding Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell, GRAMMY®-winning ensemble Apollo's Fire is one of the world's leading period-instrument baroque orchestras, particularly known for adventurous programming. The ensemble enjoys a large audience, with 22,000 tickets sold in Cleveland and Chicago in the 2023-24 season (34 of the concerts sold out). Apollo's Fire is in its 33rd season, having built in Cleveland one of the nation's three largest audiences for baroque music. Since 2017, AF has brought in thousands of new attendees through its innovative Community Access Initiative (CAI), including casual Baroque Bistro concerts in popular restaurants, free Family Concerts, and free school workshops. AF's Chicago Series is in its 4th season this fall, as is AF's extensive SIDE-BY-SIDE education program in a Southside Chicago suburb. Apollo's Fire is one of North America's most prominent touring chamber orchestras, performing at such venues as Carnegie Hall, the BBC Proms (London), the Royal Theatre of Madrid, London's St. Martin-in-the Fields, the Irish National Concert Hall in Dublin, the Irish National Opera House in Wexford; and venues in Germany, France, Italy, Austria, and Portugal. The ensemble's professional chorus, Apollo's Singers has won rave reviews for their performances with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Jeannette Sorrell in 2021 and 2023.

Apollo's Fire celebrates its core values of diversity and community engagement. It also recognizes that celebration alone is insufficient for real change in the classical music world. AF is actively working to build a more inclusive and equitable classical music scene. This fuels its innovation and connects it more deeply to the community. In the performing arts, there is a unique opportunity to overcome historic and pervasive systems of inequity that may advantage some and disadvantage others in the community. AF is committed to seizing that opportunity and creating an artistic environment where all can love and appreciate our unique gifts together. AF recognizes that classical music audiences have been overwhelmingly homogeneous. It seeks to change this. When AF looks at the wonder and curiosity in the eyes of audiences in its Family Concerts, for example, it knows that classical music is loved by people across identities and across the city. Apollo's Fire believes that the arts are most compelling when they truly represent diverse communities, including people of color. Whether on stage or in the audience, the deep emotions of music resonate with all of us. In 2019, AF's Board of Directors approved the launch of The Mosaic Project — which prioritizes diversity throughout the organization and its audience. Ultimately, AF's goal is to help increase diversity throughout the national early music field.

A bachelor's degree and at least five years of professional experience on the staff of a performing arts organization, including three years of management or leadership experience, is preferred for this position. An intimate knowledge of the Cleveland or Chicago philanthropic community is a strong asset. Apollo's Fire will consider candidates with a broad range of backgrounds. If you are excited about this role and feel that you can contribute to AF, but your experience does not exactly align with every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply. All applications must be accompanied by a cover letter and résumé. Cover letters should be responsive to the mission of Apollo's Fire and the responsibilities and competencies presented in the position prospectus.

The salary range for this position is $110,000 to $160,000 annually.

Apollo's Fire is committed to the inclusion of all qualified candidates. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or participating in the selection process, please contact Jeanette Rivera-Watts at jeanetterw@aspenleadershipgroup.com.

To apply for this position, visit: https://opportunities.aspenleadershipgroup.com/opportunities/2930.





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