About

In 1999, Christopher Stager introduced CRStager marketing & audience development to help orchestras, opera companies and performing arts presenters focus their marketing and fundraising challenges around the specific contour of their community, rather than solely on presumed national trends or industry averages. In close collaboration with each client, the institution's specific values and its market potential are defined. Marketing plans are developed to communicate those values and build the base of active ticket buyers.

This "values-based" philosophy has had positive results for institutions throughout the nation. Today, our client list includes the Boston Pops, The Cleveland Orchestra, the Elgin Symphony, the Hartford Symphony, the Knoxville Symphony, New York Philharmonic, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Virginia Symphony and others. We also provide creative materials to these organizations, as well as to The Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, and numerous others. In virtually every case, clients have experienced significant, sustainable audience growth.

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