Annette Simons

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Location

Santa Monica, California, USA

Birthday

June 07

Bio

Annette Simons is an arts management professional with more than two decades of experience working with performing arts organizations large and small. Her background combines knowledge of classical music, all types of theatre, ballet/modern dance, family programming, and K-12 arts education. With a successful track record that includes experience in New York and Los Angeles, Annette offers a sophisticated viewpoint on arts administration issues. During her 20-year career at the Los Angeles Music Center, Annette successfully developed, wrote, and solicited hundreds of proposals for grant awards ranging into millions of dollars for arts education, family programming, and capital projects. In her nearly ten years as Managing Director of the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra, she produced sold-out chamber music concert series in professional venues (including The Getty Center, the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, and Zipper Concert Hall at The Colburn School) as well as art galleries, private homes, and non-traditional performance spaces. Other affiliations include Calliope Media, with music scholar/pianist/media author Robert Winter. Annette's pro bono work includes eight years on the Santa Monica Arts Commission with two years as chair. She has served on peer panels for the California Arts Council, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, and the Santa Monica Arts Commission. An honors graduate of the prestigious Performing Arts Management M.F.A. program at Brooklyn College (City University of New York), Annette completed her internships and residency for her degree working in the Development Department of New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center. She earned her B.A. in Theatre Arts with honors from Loyola Marymount University. She also spent a summer in England studying writing at Oxford University.