Reading across the published material, the principal aims for the new Cultural Strategy in Sheffield appear to be along the following lines: Possible actions for consideration by the newly recruited Head of Service for Culture & Place Marketing and Service Manager for Culture. These eight ideas are focused on providing the conditions for creative organisations […]
Education and Training is one of the key lenses through which policy-makers and funders see our sector. It is education and skills development that drives the ‘talent pipeline’. Influencing this pipeline is, alongside targeted tax and subsidy, the principal mechanism by which government at a local and national level can implement industrial strategy. Planning for […]
I tend to assume most organisations in music these days follow some version of a Triple Bottom Line approach, where objectives can be understood as Artistic, Social, and Financial and the wider contribution of the music sector captured in terms of Cultural, Social, and Economic benefits. The specific balance between the areas of value from […]
The server has been organised according to the various sectors of the economy that music organisations might operate within. The Arts | Education | Health | Community Music | The Tech Sector | Media & Entertainment | Influencer Marketing | Placemaking This is partly to break out of the limitations of thinking of the music […]
A healthy grassroots music sector relies on a thriving ecosystem of amateur and professional, for-profit and not-for-profit organisations. There will typically be some larger, more-stable infrastructure (such as civic venues, education providers, local government agencies, utilities), alongside a number of smaller, specialist organisations. Many music organisations actually treat music itself as an external service supplied […]
Welcome to the Music in Sheffield: Innovation & Strategy Forum server! This is a forum to share expertise regarding viable business models for music organisations, primarily those operating at a regional or grassroots level. Glossary ‘Music organisation’ – Organisations that might be interested in contributing to the server include artists, venues, labels and so on […]
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The value of pluralism in the arts
How might value pluralism strengthen the arts sector? A recent post on the Improvisation blog, following the death of Maurizio Pollini, notes that classical music, and the richness of culture more generally, appear currently to be threatened, in the UK at least. There is indeed a good deal of debate in the arts community at […]