Aspen Leadership Group is proud to partner with Brevard Music Center in the search for a Chief AdvancementOfficer.
Brevard Music Center seeks a strategic and relationship-driven Chief Advancement Officer to lead the organization'sfundraising, institutional marketing, and external engagement efforts during a significant period of institutional growth and evolution.Reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer and serving as a member of the senior leadership team, the Chief Advancement Officerwill play a central role in advancing BMC's mission, strengthening its culture of philanthropy, and expanding its visibility andimpact.
The Chief Advancement Officer will oversee all aspects of fundraising, including individual giving, major gifts, capitalcampaigns, institutional support, stewardship, and donor engagement, as well as Marketing and Communications. This integrated portfolioreflects the essential connection between compelling storytelling, audience development, and philanthropic success. The role requires anexperienced leader who brings strategic vision, operational rigor, and authentic relationship-building, along with an appreciation for thedistinctive dynamics of a mission-driven, artistically focused organization.
This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future ofa nationally respected music institution at a pivotal moment. The Chief Advancement Officer will exercise meaningful influence through closecollaboration with organizational leadership and will have the opportunity to align philanthropy, marketing, and storytelling in service ofBrevard Music Center's enduring mission.
Situated on a stunning, wooded 180-acre campus in western North Carolina, Brevard MusicCenter (BMC) is widely regarded as one of the nation's premier summer training programs and music festivals. Under the artistic leadershipof acclaimed conductor Keith Lockhart, who serves as Conductor of the Boston Pops and formerly as Chief Conductor of the BBC ConcertOrchestra in London, nearly 1,000 exceptionally talented students and participants gather each summer to study with distinguished facultyand internationally renowned guest artists. From June through August, students engage in an intensive program of instruction and performancethat includes orchestral training, private study, chamber music, opera, classical guitar, bluegrass, and jazz.
Brevard MusicCenter's hallmark is its powerful sense of community, renewed each June as faculty and students collaborate to present more than 100performances and events across a wide range of musical genres. These offerings draw more than 40,000 enthusiastic audience members fromacross the country each summer. Over the past 85-plus years, BMC has been honored to welcome an extraordinary roster of world-classsoloists, including Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Joshua Bell, Frederica von Stade, Conrad Tao, Johannes Moser, Olga Kern, Garrick Ohlsson, andmany other distinguished artists.
For nearly a century, the Brevard Music Center has inspired devotion not only among its studentsand faculty but also among its listeners and among a vast corps of volunteers. That hundreds of persons have purchased homes in westernNorth Carolina expressly to be near the Brevard Music Center gives some measure of the Center's significance to its community. Dedicated toartistic excellence, immersive education, and meaningful community connection, BMC inspires and teaches through music while nurturing thenext generation of artists.
Significant senior-level experience in advancement, development, or external affairs, preferably withinthe performing arts, higher education, or mission-driven nonprofit organizations is desirable. Brevard Music Center will consider candidateswith a broad range of backgrounds. If you are excited about this role and feel that you can contribute to BMC, but your experience does notexactly align with every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply. All applications must be accompanied by a cover letter andrésumé. Cover letters should be responsive to the mission of Brevard Music Center and the responsibilities and qualifications specified inthe position prospectus.
The salary range for this position is $165,000 to $185,000. Brevard Music Center offers a comprehensivepackage of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance with employer contributions, a 401(k) retirement planwith employer contribution, a Team Award Plan that awards up to 5% of base salary annually, and generous paid time off.
If yourequire reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or participating in the selection process, please contact KimFarr at kimfarr@aspenleadershipgroup.com.
To apply for this position, visit: https://opportunities.aspenleadershipgroup.com/opportunities/6065.
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