Data Entry Chicago Il

ROBERT K. “KENNI” THER

Chicago IL, ***** - 920-***-**** ******.*.****@*****.***

Education

Masters in Performing Arts Administration

June, 2020-2021 Roosevelt University, Chicago IL

Bachelor of Music Education, Instrumental Education 2012-2017 Lawrence University, Appleton WI

Professional

Experiences

Professional Skills

Google Suite

Microsoft Office

Calendar Management

Database Management

CRM’s

Data Entry

Money Handling

Teaching/training

Personal Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Time Management

Work Ethic

Self Motivated

Detail Oriented

Hobbies

Triathelons

Brazilian Music

Board member of a

Community Wind

Ensemble

Donor Services Coordinator

March 2024-Present, Lyric Opera of Chicago

● Processing gifts in a timely manner. Create, review, and share reports to the Development and Finance Team. Update donor’s account with the most up to date information in Tessitura CRM Network.

● Prepare, print, and deliver acknowledgments, invoices, and tax information to patrons that pertains to their donations and pledges.

● Provide superior customer service to our patrons with questions & requests they have related to their charitable giving with Lyric. Program Coordinator for Jazz and Festivals. Building Usage Manager May 2023-June 2024, Midwest Young Artists Conservatory.

● Manage jazz program & ensemble scheduling, ensuring to avoid conflicts with other programs or building usage. Set up and take down all rehearsal & recital spaces. Maintain a vast music library & upload sheet music digital resourcing. Update records in Sharepoint cloud database.

● Work with the registrar and accountant that all students are properly registered into the Salesforce database. Keep accurate records of student attendance & hours of instructors for payroll records.

● Manage and coordinate rental space for recitals, recordings sessions, and other events. Coordinated multiple summer camp programs ensuring communications to directors, participants, and coaches. In charge of collecting monthly rental charges.

● Coordinated multiple summer camp programs ensuring communications to directors, participants and families, and coaches. Collected and tracked payroll information.

● Ensure prompt communications with instructors of the program, families in the program, and other program coordinators and administrative members.

● Coordinated, organized, and was the administrative lead for the 2023 Chicago Double Reed Festival.

Audience Services Team Lead

August 2022 -March 2024, Lyric Opera of Chicago

● Inbound Ticketing Office. First person of contact for all patrons. Operating Tessitura with processing ticket orders, subscription purchases, exchanges, running daily reports, processing donations, and updating patron profiles.

● Worked with team members in problem solving and coaching in order for them to improve their skill sets.

Director of Band Programs

September 2017 - June 28th 2022, Merrill Middle School Oshkosh, WI

● Directed and cultivated curriculum for 4 different ensembles and an adaptive music course.

● Coordinated and programmed at least 10 performances each school year.

● Developed fundraisers with local establishments to build program funding and community relationships.

● Coordinated trips across the midwest for festivals, college campuses, and community performances.

● Contracted guest performers and conductors to work with the students.

● Ran inventory and supply budgets for all programs.

● Co-managed summer band camps for beginners, middle school, and high school marching band. Providing/preparing the music, running rehearsals, sectionals, transporting equipment to the field & performance halls. Board Member Roles

Chicago Symphonic Winds

May 2025-Present

● Vice President

Ensure compliance of the by-laws and other organizational documents.

Chair board meetings in absence of the President

Fulfilling requests of the President for all governing requests Wisconsin Symphonic Winds

December 2019-June 2022

● Personnel Manager

Worked with the Artistic Director to ensure proper instrumentation for all pieces for each cycle.

Keep record of all current members of each section, substitute list, and rehearsal attendance. Network and recruit new musicians to join the substitute list or the ensemble.

Work with librarians to give current contact information for all musicians for the concert cycles.

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