Apollo’s Fire seeks a Managing Director to lead all business and fundraising efforts of Apollo's Fire, collaborating closely with the Founding Artistic Director to support Apollo's Fire's artistic mission and to secure the financial resources needed to achieve the organization’s strategic priorities. Along with the Artistic Director, the Managing Director will serve as the public face of the organization, focusing primarily on donors, funders, and community relations. The Managing Director will play a pivotal role in guiding the organization’s fourth decade, building on the success of the last three decades. With ultimate responsibility for all contributed income, board engagement, and external relations, the Managing Director will nurture the organization’s highly successful operating model while leading efforts to expand contributed income. The Managing Director will support and collaborate with the Artistic Director, and work with the board and staff in an organizational culture based on consensus and teamwork. While the Managing Director will focus primarily on contributed income and board development, spending approximately 70% of their time on this effort, a secondary focus will be on financial oversight, followed by external relations, and staff oversight — thus ensuring the overall well-being of the organization. The Managing Director will be expected to spend four to five days per month meeting with prospective donors and funders in Chicago.

Under the leadership of founding Artistic Director Jeannette Sorrell, GRAMMY®-winning ensemble Apollo’s Fire is one of the world’s leading period-instrument baroque orchestras, particularly known for adventurous programming. The ensemble enjoys a large audience, with 22,000 tickets sold in Cleveland and Chicago in the 2023-24 season (34 of the concerts sold out). Apollo’s Fire is in its 33rd season, having built in Cleveland one of the nation’s three largest audiences for baroque music. Since 2017, AF has brought in thousands of new attendees through its innovative Community Access Initiative (CAI), including casual Baroque Bistro concerts in popular restaurants, free Family Concerts, and free school workshops. AF’s Chicago Series is in its 4th season this fall, as is AF’s extensive SIDE-BY-SIDE education program in a Southside Chicago suburb. Apollo’s Fire is one of North America’s most prominent touring chamber orchestras, performing at such venues as Carnegie Hall, the BBC Proms (London), the Royal Theatre of Madrid, London’s St. Martin-in-the Fields, the Irish National Concert Hall in Dublin, the Irish National Opera House in Wexford; and venues in Germany, France, Italy, Austria, and Portugal. The ensemble’s professional chorus, Apollo’s Singers has won rave reviews for their performances with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Jeannette Sorrell in 2021 and 2023.

"The Managing Director is the visionary fundraiser for the organization — partnering with Jeannette and the board to explore creative ways of making our large pool of donors feel appreciated as part of the AF family. This will be an exciting opportunity at an exciting organization with a dramatic upside. We welcome your interest in joining Apollo’s Fire and encourage your application with the aim of commencing our conversation." — Chuck Bittenbender, Chair of the Board of Directors

For more information, including core competencies and qualifications, please refer to the full prospectus.