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Jeff Melanson - Executive in the Creative Arts
Jeff Melanson TSO's Bio:
Jeff Melanson TSO's Experience:
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Co-Founder at Creative Change Management Consulting
2017 - Present | Toronto, CanadaCreative Change Management Consulting brings management and consulting expertise through deep experience in both the creative and business communities.
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President and CEO at The Toronto Symphony Orchestra
September 2014 - April 2016 | Toronto, OntarioServed as President & CEO for one of the world’s great orchestras. The TSO presents over 130 concerts each year and serves audiences of over 230,000 and more than 40,000 students in public school outreach initiatives. Mandate included creation of a new strategic plan, significant annual fundraising, and creating renewed energy around artist development, commissioning, new creations, youth orchestra, and community engagement activities. Results included a record fundraising year, landing the largest single investment in TSO history, creation and co-hosting of a new radio show Sunday Night With The TSO (#1 show in its timeslot serving 44,000 listeners each week), development of many new collaborations with partners (SickKids Hospital, Polaris Music Prize, Universal Music, Toronto International Film Festival, etc.), attracting significant new audiences and consistent record attendance, as well as delivering breakeven performance and beginning to pay down the accumulated deficit of the TSO.
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President at The Banff Centre
October 2011 - May 2014 | Banff, AlbertaServed as President of the world’s largest creativity incubator serving 4,000 artists, 2,000 mathematicians, 2,000 business leaders and over 20,000 conference participants. Lead the strategic development of content capture/dissemination (radio, webcast, IPTV, TV, press, digital media, etc.), creation of the Peter Lougheed Leadership Institute (creative industries management, design thinking, arts education, social enterprise, indigenous leadership), artistic programme renewal (revised faculty, artist support, commissioning, specialized capital acquisitions, etc) and campus redevelopment strategic priorities. Lead a staff team of 574 full-time equivalents. Directly responsible for an operating budget of $60 million/year.
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Special Advisor to the Mayor on Arts & Culture at City of Toronto
November 2010 - September 2011 | Toronto, OntarioServed as advisor to the Mayor of Toronto on all matters relating to Arts & Culture (funding, arts policy, infrastructure, taxation, etc.). This was an unpaid political appointment. Outcomes included the Creative Capital Gains strategy paper and an unprecedented increase in municipal arts funding directed towards the Toronto Arts Council.
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Executive Director at The National Ballet School
November 2006 - September 2011 | Toronto, OntarioServed as Co-CEO of one of North America’s most prominent ballet schools. Responsible for strategic management, board governance, fundraising, marketing/development, new product/service development, human resources etc. Directly responsible for an annual budget of $22 million/year.
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Dean, Community School at The Royal Conservatory of Music
October 2001 - November 2006Served as Chief Executive for one of North America’s largest community arts schools. Responsible for strategic management and implementation, fundraising, concert/event programming, academic/artistic programming, new product/service development, financial planning and performance, collective bargaining, and faculty performance evaluation. Directly responsible for an annual budget in excess of $6 million/year.
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Assistant Dean at The Royal Conservatory of Music
October 2000 - October 2001Responsible for strategic planning, corporate fundraising, business development, co-ordination of academic programming, curriculum development, financial planning, and faculty performance reviews.
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Director of Development at Opera Ontario Incorporated
September 1998 - October 2000Duties included direction of the Corporate Sponsorship, Foundation, Individual Giving, Special Events and Government Relation portfolios.
Jeff Melanson TSO's Education:
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Wilfrid Laurier University
Masters of Business AdministrationActivities: Major subject areas – Strategy, Finance, Marketing Strategy – Strategic Management, International Strategy, Management of Information Systems Finance – Advanced Corporate Finance, Financial Risk Management, Investment Management, Financial Derivatives, Short-term Financial Management, Accounting, Management Controls Marketing – Marketing Strategy, Services Marketing, Marketing Theory -
University of Manitoba
Bachelor of MusicActivities: Major subject areas – Music, Actuarial Sciences, Slavic Studies Music – Ethnomusicology, Choral Conducting, Opera History, Opera Performance Actuarial Sciences – Advanced Calculus, Statistics, Linear Algebra, Economics Slavic Studies – Russian Language I, Russian Language II
Jeff Melanson TSO's Interests & Activities:
music, creative arts, swimming, cycling, travel, bicycling