Steven Weiser has over 10 years of experience managing the Erie Chamber Orchestra in Erie, PA. As General Manager, he increased audience attendance five-fold, oversaw numerous productions, secured appearances by renowned musicians, managed all administrative and operational duties, led fundraising efforts that increased revenue by over 150%, and grew educational outreach programs. Weiser has a Master's degree in percussion performance and has performed professionally with numerous orchestras.

1. Steven Weiser
1822 Woodland Drive - Erie, PA 16505
610-781-0048 - stevenweiser@icloud.com
Professional Experience
General Manager, Gannon University’s Erie Chamber Orchestra; Erie, PA
2012–Present
• Management/Administration
• Responsible for all organizational and administrative duties including soloist engagement, personnel and operational decisions as
well as assisting the Music Director in season programming
• Increased audience attendance from 5,000 to 20,000 from 2012 to 2015; launched a new four-recital concert series in addition to a
summer recital series
• Secured appearances by Midori, Rachel Barton Pine, David Kim, Roberto Diaz, Eric Ewazen, Roberto Sierra, and Harry Lennix,
from the NBC show The Blacklist
• Oversaw large scale productions including The Magic Flute, Chaplin’s City Lights and The Music Man in Concert; scheduled events
for 2015-2016 include a fully staged production of Madama Butterfly and a Halloween night presentation of Hitchcock’s Psycho
with live orchestra
• Managed all aspects of the orchestra’s two professional recordings; The Sounds of the Silents: The Music of J.S. Zamecnik and the
world premiere opera The Selfish Giant (August 2015)
• Operations
• Responsible for all operational duties including personnel management, payroll, budgeting and music librarian
• Sole person in charge of disseminating information between 40 musicians, guest artists and the Music Director; personally
responsible for the travel arrangements, day-to-day scheduling and outreach activities for all guest artists
• Additional tasks include all facilities management, building rental and advance scheduling, concert set-up and tear-down,
equipment relocation and rental, front of house management and all general concert activities
• Development
• In charge of all fundraising duties; new policies increased revenue from $43,000 to $109,000 (153%) from 2012 to 2015
• Cultivated and secured the orchestra’s first $10,000 donation and first estate plan gift as well as an in-kind donation of a $25,000
harpsichord
• Personally spearheaded and organized all fundraising initiatives including mailed appeals, private visits, corporate giving, program
advertisements, stewardship activities and crowd sourcing; successful Kickstarter campaign in 2014 for $5,000
• Grant Writer
• Personally in charge of all grant applications including narrative composition, demographical research and budget creation
• Increased grant revenue from $35,000 to $75,000 (114%) from 2012 to 2015
• Secured the orchestra’s first federally funded grant from the NEA in 2014
• Educational Outreach
• Initiated, organized and managed all educational outreach activities including concerts, recitals, master classes, instrumental petting
zoos and piano donations; created the orchestra’s first in-school concert series reaching 10,000 students per year, complete with a
45-page curriculum meeting both Common Core Standards and PA Arts Standards
• Secured EITC tax credit funding for all educational activities; ECO was approved as an Educational Improvement Organization in
2014
• Instituted a new collaborative relationship with the Barber National Institute, a nationally recognized school for children and adults
with intellectual disabilities; programs included school-wide instrumental petting zoos, concerts and residencies
• Marketing/Social Media
• Responsible for creation, final proofing and dissemination of all marketing materials, season brochures and concert program books
in addition to maintaining the ECO website
• Successfully created and managed a powerful social media presence, including Facebook (25,000), YouTube (300,000), Twitter
(12,000) and Instagram (10,000) in addition to a blog and podcast channel as well three mobile apps for Apple and Android devices
• Comfortable with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign and Fireworks along with HTML, CSS3 and all Microsoft Office programs

2. Previous Work Experience
CEO, Private Teaching Studio; Reading, PA 2004 - 2012
• Consisted of 60 students on a weekly basis
• Handled all teaching, scheduling, budgeting, lesson planning and financial management
Owner and Founder, Aspen Drum Company; Reading, PA 2003 - 2009
• Custom instrument company with over 100 snare drums sold across the world
• Maintained all company finances, inventory management and marketing in addition to drum-building
Education
Temple University; Philadelphia, PA — Master of Music, percussion 2004
Temple University; Philadelphia, PA — Bachelor of Music, Summa Cum Laude, percussion 2002
Professional Orchestra Experience
Erie Philharmonic (PA); substitute percussionist 2012 - Present
Reading Symphony Orchestra (PA); Principal Timpanist 2005 - 2013
Richmond Symphony (VA); substitute percussionist 2008 - 2012
Lancaster Symphony Orchestra (PA); substitute percussionist 2008 - 2012
Pottstown Symphony (PA); Principal Percussionist 2000 - 2010
American Symphony Orchestra (NY); substitute percussionist 2004 - 2005
Santa Fe Chamber Opera (PA); substitute percussionist 2003
Aspen Music Festival (CO); world premiere of two piano version of Philip
Glass' Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra with
Jonathan Haas, timpani 2001 - 2004
Solo Performances
Philip Glass' Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra
Reading Symphony Orchestra; Andrew Constantine 2009
Greenwich Village Orchestra; Barbara Yahr 2007
Temple University; Jonathan Haas, timpani 2004
Aspen Music Festival (World Premiere); Jonathan Haas, timpani 2003
Paul Hindemith's Kammermusik
Aspen Music Festival; Leon Fleischer 2002
References
Maureen Barber-Carey, Ed. D; Vice President, Barber National Institute
MaureenBarberCarey@barberinstitute.org - (814) 878 5903
Roberto Diaz; President, Curtis Institute of Music
roberto.diaz@curtis.edu - (215) 717 3107
Joseph Horowitz; Cultural Historian/Concert Producer
jh@josephhorowitz.com - (917) 209 4923
David Kim; Concertmaster, Philadelphia Orchestra
dkimviolin@gmail.com - (610) 745 2775
Matthew Kraemer; Music Director, Erie Chamber Orchestra
kendallkraemer@gmail.com - (330) 329 5301
Jack Sims; Vice President of Development, Gannon University
sims003@gannon.edu - (814) 392 9045