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Grant Strom
2023
AMFS
This Stagetime member is an alumni of the Aspen Music Festival and School (2023).

Current Position
Aspen Music Festival and School
Advancement Manager
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Career Highlights/Education
Aspen Music Festival and School
Advancement Manager, 2022-Present

Experience

Aspen Music Festival and School

2022 - Present
Aspen, Colorado

Advancement Manager

2022 - Present
Currently pursuing entrepreneurial growth within the confines of a larger, well-matrixed organization, as Advancement Manager for AMFS, I am responsible for creating and executing a comprehensive strategy for the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of business sponsorships and partnerships based in Aspen, greater Colorado, and the New York Metropolitan Area.

Theatre Aspen

2021 - 2022
Aspen, CO, USA

Board and Donor Manager/Interim Director of Development

2022 - 2022
In my tenure as Interim Director of Development for Theatre Aspen, I created and implemented major and planned gift strategies that supported organizational goals during a period of senior staffing transition. I was responsible for managing thoughtfully curated donor portfolios and signature special events such as the annual Spring Soiree and Summer Gala as well as building and managing annual and multi-year fundraising objectives for Major Gifts and Planned Giving (e.g., setting financial goals, benchmarks, and tracking reports). I oversaw my development team’s use of data tracking and input, including creating donor and prospect plans, pulling reports, and managing records. Finally, I consistently collaborated with with TA's Producing Director and Director of Marketing to develop a marketing plan to cultivate and steward new and ongoing relationships.

Apprentice Program Manager

2021 - 2022
In this role, I supported the successful expansion of TA’s Apprentice Program through screening candidates, conducting interviews, identifying and participating in events that support apprentice outreach, recruitment, and retention. I also liaised with local vendors to secure trade partnerships that enrich the apprentice’s experience.

Board and Committee Liaison

2021 - 2022
As TA's Board Liaison, I provided concierge support to 32 Board members and 7 Committees (included a newly-formed Diversity Committee) while managing the creation, approval, and distribution of communications for over 40 meetings annually.

Scott Rudin Productions

2017 - 2018

Associate Music Director - Carousel (Broadway)

2018 - 2018
As Associate Music Director for “Carousel”, I worked on a Tony Awards-winning Broadway production. This required providing feedback on script and music alterations as well as preparing all scripts and sheet music to cast, crew, creative, and administrative staff for the production.

Executive Assistant to the Music Supervisor - Hello, Dolly! (Broadway)

2017 - 2018
As Executive Assistant for the Broadway production of “Hello, Dolly!”. I served as a primary point of contact between Scott Rudin Productions and the music department. This included acting as a pianist, conductor, and musical director to implement changes in scripts and music.

Roundabout Theatre Company

2016 - 2017
New York, NY, USA

Assistant Music Editor/Librarian - Holiday Inn (Broadway)

2016 - 2017
As Assistant Music Editor, I liaised between Music Supervisor and the copying department to ensure timely coordination of music edits for orchestral rehearsals. Used music notation software to reduce a full Broadway orchestral score into a piano/vocal book, in collaboration with editors from Concord Theatricals.

Biography

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Grant Strom

As a performer, Grant served as music supervisor and conductor for The J2 Spotlight Musical Theater Company, leading their internship program and heading their off-Broadway revivals including Cy Coleman’s Seesaw, Richard Rodgers’ No Strings, A Class Act (First NY Revival), A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, and Stephen Schwartz’s The Baker’s Wife (Directed by Schwartz). He also served as Interim Music Supervisor for RWS Entertainment Group from 2018-2019, providing direction for their Holland America cruise line account. 

From 2016-2018, Strom had served as associate and pianist for acclaimed music director and conductor Andy Einhorn, performing with him on such Broadway shows including Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, Jerry Herman’s Hello, Dolly!, and Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel. Strom has also assisted Tony-winning composer Jeanine Tesori as a pianist for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming West Side Story film adaptation, set to be released December 2021. His tour work includes the current touring production of The Sound of Music. 

As a vocal coach and pianist, Strom has worked with and played for many lauded stars including Lindsay Mendez, Jessie Mueller, Renée Fleming, Donna Murphy, Bernadette Peters, Beanie Feldstein, Ansel Elgort, and Kathleen Turner. Strom has worked at George Street Playhouse for Last Days of Summer (Music by Jason Howland), Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, and Theatre Row, among others. 

Education credits include Broadway Artists Alliance, Broadway Evolved (with Betsy Wolfe), The College Light Opera Company, The College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, St. Cloud State University, Sartell High School, and volunteer work through the MusicLink Foundation.

Grant Strom is an honors graduate of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, and he recently completed a certification in Strategy Execution from Harvard Business School as well as an internship in producing and general management from Aaron Grant Theatrical.