This course is offered through the Department of Music at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).

This course provides an introduction to the world of nonprofit music and arts organizations. Focused on strategies of management, financial structuring, artistic direction, and marketing, primarily within the context of opera companies, symphony orchestras, ballet companies, theaters and other performing arts venues, museums, and chamber music organizations. Includes an examination of the challenges of audience development and discussion of the role of art in contemporary society.

This blog and course are aligned with the UTSA Libraries’ OER initiative, a collaboration between Dr. Stan Renard and UTSA Libraries to encourage faculty adoption of free and low-cost instructional materials into courses.