In this episode of All About Capital Campaigns, Andrea Kihlstedt talks with Hilary Jansen, Director of Philanthropic Engagement at Community MusicWorks in Providence, Rhode Island, about what actually happens to annual fundraising during and after a major capital campaign. Community MusicWorks recently completed a $15 million building campaign and has now lived through the results. If you worry that campaign gifts will replace annual gifts, this conversation offers real-world clarity.
Hilary has spent over fifteen years in arts administration and education. Prior to joining CMW, she spent ten years at Yamaha Artist Services in New York, where she managed projects and publicity for Yamaha artists, pianos, partners, and venues nationwide. Concurrently, Hilary earned a doctoral degree in Musicology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her dissertation asks how the fate of a symphony orchestra’s artistic and social relevance hinges on a series of distinct artistic, managerial, structural, and philosophical choices, and looks to how the orchestral institution can actively engage with the experiences of its community in order to create a musical platform for social justice.