Esprit Orchestra is looking to understand its current digital state, identify its digital needs and consider what its digital future could include. Funding for this project is provided by the Canada Council Digital Strategy Fund, Special Initiative Grant. To fulfill the funding requirements, Esprit Orchestra is looking to partner with a consultant, consultancy, or agency to conduct a three-phase process that will develop our digital vision, guiding principles, priorities, and an action plan that fits our capacity, and available resources.
Esprit Orchestra is Canada’s only full-sized, professional orchestra devoted to performing and promoting new orchestral music. Founded in 1983 by Music Director and Conductor, Alex Pauk, Esprit’s commitment to commissioning and advancing contemporary music has set it apart as one of the few organizations of its kind on a global scale. Esprit regularly collaborates with outstanding Canadian and international composers and performs with first class soloists and ensembles from Canada and abroad.
Each concert season, Esprit Orchestra commissions, promotes and performs the work of Canadian composers, and features Canadian premieres of music by leading international composers. With a dynamic annual subscription concert series, this skilled 65-member orchestra presents music that is otherwise unavailable in Canada. The music is always performed to the highest standards in the acoustically acclaimed Koerner Hall at the TELUS Centre for Performance and Learning in Toronto, Canada.
In addition to its commitment to new music, one of Esprit’s core initiatives is to cultivate the next generation of new music professionals and audiences through mentorship and outreach programs. Each year, Esprit engages with schools and organizations to provide free educational experiences including lectures, open rehearsals, and mentorship opportunities in both composition and orchestral performance.
Please see RFP document for further information.
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Closing date: 07/04/2019