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Richard Aldag

Executive Director at <a class="not-italic font-text_font text-[18px] font-bold cursor-pointer text-link_color" target="_blank" href="/companies/san-francisco-contemporary-music-players">San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP)</a>
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Arts administrator and composer with experience in non-profit management, event planning, and music production.
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  • Performing Arts
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Richard Aldag is a seasoned arts administrator and composer with extensive experience in non-profit management, event planning, and music production. He has held various executive leadership positions in prominent organizations, including San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP), Chamber Music San Francisco, and Mill Valley Philharmonic. Aldag has also taught music theory and composition at Pacific Union College and San Jose State University School of Music & Dance. His compositional style is characterized as Neo-Expressionism, combining lyricism with rhythmic energy. As a founder and principal at Aldag Arts Consultants, he provides consulting services to non-profit arts organizations in areas such as strategic planning, organizational development, and fundraising.

Experience

  • San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP)
    • United States
    • Musicians
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Executive Director
      • Nov 2021 - Present

    • Interim Executive Director
      • Sep 2021 - Nov 2021

  • Self-employed
    • Composer
      • Jan 1977 - Present

      Richard Aldag is an American-born composer. Aldag’s compositional style can be loosely described as Neo-Expressionism, combining lyricism with rhythmic energy in a post-tonal context that is complex, yet accessible at the same time. Influences include the music of Roger Sessions, Luigi Dallapiccola, and Ralph Shapey.

    • Founder & Principal at Aldag Arts Consultants
      • Apr 2016 - Present

      Consulting with non-profit arts organization in areas that include strategic planning, organizational/professional development, booking representation, and fundraising. Clients include Chamber Music San Francisco, First Exposures, Gold Coast Chamber Players, Golden Gate Symphony Orchestra, Sangam Arts. Youth Speaks, First Look Sonoma, and others.

  • CHAMBER MUSIC SAN FRANCISCO
    • United States
    • Interim Director
      • Aug 2020 - Mar 2021
      • United States

      Stepped in to run Chamber Music San Francisco during a period of ill health for the Founder/Director. Executive Producer of CMSF's 2021 Online Season, featuring video concerts by top classical artists in the Czech Republic, Japan, The Netherlands, France, and Belgium.

  • Chamber Music San Francisco 2021 Online Concert...
    • San Francisco, California, United States
    • Executive Producer
      • Aug 2020 - Mar 2021
      • San Francisco, California, United States

      Served as Executive Producer for a 5 series of video concerts featuring pianist Olga Kern, violinist Mayuko Kamio, Calefax, Quatour Arod, and the Maisky Trio.

  • Mill Valley Philharmonic
    • Mill Valley, CA
    • Executive Director
      • Jun 2018 - May 2020
      • Mill Valley, CA

      Executive leadership for a volunteer orchestra providing free concerts to the community. Worked with a small Board of Directors on a transitional phase, as the organization navigated the retirement of its Founding Artistic Director and conducted a search for a new Artistic Director.

  • Pacific Union College Music Department
    • Angwin, CA
    • Adjunct Instructor
      • Sep 2013 - Jun 2016
      • Angwin, CA
  • San Francisco State University
    • Adjunct Lecturer in Music Theory
      • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014
  • Napa Valley Symphony
    • Napa, CA
    • Executive Director
      • 2006 - 2012
      • Napa, CA

      Overall responsibility for managing the organization’s day-to-day operations. Provided artistic leadership in terms of repertoire, guest artists, and program expansion. Worked closely with Board in the areas of nomination, governance, and fundraising. Negotiated collective bargain agreements w...

  • Lincoln Theater Napa Valley
    • Yountville, CA
    • Executive Director
      • 2009 - 2011
      • Yountville, CA

      Responsible for all aspects of day-to-day operations including programming, artist contracts, marketing, fundraising, budget/finance, and oversight for technical crew. Fundraising: Established new relationships with grantmakers that included the James Irvine Foundation, National Endowment for th...

  • San Francisco Chamber Orchestra
    • San Francisco, CA
    • Executive Director
      • 2002 - 2006
      • San Francisco, CA

      Executed the revitalization of an organization with a 50-year history that had experienced a decade of reduced activity. Responsibilities included budgeting, fundraising, marketing/public relations, Board development, volunteer management, and contract negotiations (collective bargaining contrac...

  • Nancy E. Quinn Associates
    • San Francisco, CA
    • Senior Development Manager
      • 2000 - 2006
      • San Francisco, CA

      Arts management consulting, development planning, budgeting, strategic planning, organizational development, and grant writing for high-profile Bay Area organizations. Client list included Alonzo King’s LINES Ballet, Yerba Buena Arts &amp; Events, The Mexican Museum, Freight &amp; Salvage Coffee...

  • San Jose State University School of Music &amp;...
    • San Jose, CA
    • Lecturer in Music
      • 1993 - 2006
      • San Jose, CA

      Composition, Theory, & Music Appreciation

Education

  • 1980 - 1990
    City University of New York
  • 1974 - 1980
    City University of New York-Queens College

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