Robert Massey

Current Position

Biography

(He/Him) Robert Massey has built a reputation as a dynamic, visionary, and entrepreneurial leader in the classical music industry. He has served as chief executive of the Jacksonville Symphony, Opera Festival of Chicago, Louisville Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, and Washington Bach Consort.
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Experience

Chicago, IL

General Director

2020 - Present
Louisville, KY

Chief Executive Officer

2018 - 2020
Jacksonville, FL

President and Chief Executive Officer

2014 - 2019

Biography

Robert Massey

Robert Massey has built a reputation as a dynamic, visionary, and entrepreneurial leader in the classical music industry. He has served as chief executive of the Jacksonville Symphony, Opera Festival of Chicago, Louisville Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, and Washington Bach Consort, where at each, he collaborated with staff, musicians, and board members to realize remarkable transformations that enhanced and diversified program offerings, grew earned and contributed revenue, increased accessibility and inclusion, improved organizational health, and bolstered financial sustainability. Passionate about sharing best practices in arts management, he is a frequent speaker and panelist, having presented to Americans for the Arts, Tessitura Learning and Community Conference, International Federation of Musicians, League of American Orchestras, and International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians. Through his consulting company, InnovativArts, he provides interim executive management, strategic and artistic planning, labor relations, and executive coaching services to performing arts organizations. Robert studied at the New England Conservatory, Paris Conservatory, and Harvard Business School.