Vice President for Advancement

Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with the Aspen Music
Festival and School (AMFS) in the search for a Vice President for
Advancement.

Reporting to the President and CEO, the Vice President for
Advancement will be responsible for the strategic planning,
operations, and oversight of philanthropic programs and events to
advance the goals and mission of the organization. This position is
in Aspen, Colorado. Some remote work is possible.

Founded in 1949, AMFS is regarded as one of the leading classical
music festivals in the world, noted both for its concert
programming and its musical training of mostly young-adult
students. The typical eight-week summer season includes more than
300 classical music events—including concerts by three orchestras,
solo and chamber music performances, fully staged opera
productions, master classes, lectures, and children’s
programming—and brings in 70,000 audience members. In the winter,
the AMFS presents a small series of recitals and Metropolitan Opera
Live in HD screenings.

AMFS offers musicians a choice of ten programs of study: Orchestra,
American Brass Quintet Seminar @Aspen, Solo Piano, Collaborative
Piano, Opera Coaching, the Aspen Opera Theater Center and
VocalARTS, the Aspen Conducting Academy, the Susan and Ford
Schumann Center for Composition Studies, the Aspen Contemporary
Ensemble, and Classical Guitar.

The Michael Klein Music Tent, which opened in 2000, is the
Festival’s primary concert venue and seats 2050. Concerts are
held in the Klein Music Tent on a nearly daily basis during the
summer. The 500-seat Joan and Irving Harris Concert Hall is located
next door to the Benedict Music Tent and was opened in
1993. The Wheeler Opera House—a Victorian-era venue owned by
the City of Aspen—is the home to certain Aspen Opera Theater Center
and VocalARTS productions in the summer and the AMFS’s Metropolitan
Opera Live in HD screenings in the winter. The Matthew and Carolyn
Bucksbaum teaching campus was completed in 2016 and includes
fourteen new buildings and two historic buildings.

AMFS is a leader among Aspen’s extraordinary group of cultural and
humanistic non-profits. The Aspen Institute is an internationally
important organization; Aspen Art Museum is nationally recognized
and celebrated; AspenFilm, Theatre Aspen, the Aspen Santa Fe
Ballet, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, the Aspen Center for
Physics, and many other groups sustain an unparalleled climate for
philanthropy and engagement. Among these, AMFS receives the
strongest support from the City of Aspen and is the leading grant
recipient in Colorado from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Aspen is internationally renowned as a destination for outdoor
sports, both winter and summer.

During the summer of 2020, AMFS began an intensive internal process
examining its practices and goals with regard to inclusion,
diversity, equity, and access (IDEA). It assembled a committee of
Board members, artist-faculty, alumni, and staff who worked closely
with a consultant specializing in IDEA, to examine current
practices at the AMFS and re-imagine its future. Its goal was to
determine a path forward toward greater justice in its own work and
as a leader in the world of music. In 2021, Aspen Music Festival
and School released its full Statement of Commitment, a
three-year plan representing a starting
point for this work. AMFS is currently drafting a report
on the status of these commitments and is working on Phase Two with
a committee of staff, faculty, and alumni to further its goals of
diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

A bachelor’s degree or higher is required for this position as is a
minimum of 10 years of experience in development. All applications
must be accompanied by a cover letter and résumé. Cover letters
should be responsive to the mission of Aspen Music Festival and
School.

The salary range for this position is between $240,000 and $260,000
annually. Aspen Music Festival and School offers full employee
medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage; life insurance
policy; option to put aside money pre-tax for health and dependent
care expenses; pre- or post-tax retirement plan with company match
after two years of service; medical expense reimbursement plan to
offset the insurance deductible; cash health and wellness benefits;
employee assistance program; paid holiday schedule of 18 days; paid
vacation of 13 days the first year that grows up to 26 days after
five years; and paid sick time of 15 days per year.

Aspen Music Festival and School 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 [email protected].

To apply for this position, visit:
https://opportunities.aspenleadershipgroup.com/opportunities/1384.