Chief Advancement Officer
Brevard Music Center - Brevard, NC
Brevard Music Center (BMC) seeks a strategic and relationship-driven Chief Advancement Officer to lead the organization’s fundraising, institutional marketing, and external engagement efforts during a significant period of institutional growth and evolution. Reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer and serving as a member of the senior leadership team, the Chief Advancement Officer will play a central role in advancing BMC’s mission, strengthening its culture of philanthropy, and expanding its visibility and impact. This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of a nationally respected music institution at a pivotal moment. The Chief Advancement Officer will exercise meaningful influence through close collaboration with organizational leadership and will have the opportunity to align philanthropy, marketing, and storytelling in service of Brevard Music Center’s enduring mission.
Situated on a stunning, wooded 180-acre campus in western North Carolina, Brevard Music Center (BMC) is widely regarded as one of the nation’s premier summer training programs and music festivals. Under the artistic leadership of acclaimed conductor Keith Lockhart, who serves as Conductor of the Boston Pops and formerly as Chief Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra in London, nearly 1,000 exceptionally talented students and participants gather each summer to study with distinguished faculty and internationally renowned guest artists. From June through August, students engage in an intensive program of instruction and performance that includes orchestral training, private study, chamber music, opera, classical guitar, bluegrass, and jazz. For nearly a century, the Brevard Music Center has inspired devotion not only among its students and faculty but also among its listeners and among a vast corps of volunteers. That hundreds of persons have purchased homes in western North Carolina expressly to be near the Brevard Music Center gives some measure of the Center's significance to its community. Dedicated to artistic excellence, immersive education, and meaningful community connection, BMC inspires and teaches through music while nurturing the next generation of artists.
"For the role of Chief Advancement Officer, I am seeking a colleague who brings strategic insight together with authentic relationship-building—someone who understands that effective fundraising and marketing are grounded not only in goals and metrics, but in trust, curiosity, and a deep belief in the transformative power of music. This position calls for creativity, collaboration, and a strong sense of stewardship—of relationships, resources, and purpose." — Jason Posnock, President & CEO
For more information, including core competencies and qualifications, please refer to the full prospectus.
Situated on a stunning, wooded 180-acre campus in western North Carolina, Brevard Music Center (BMC) is widely regarded as one of the nation’s premier summer training programs and music festivals. Under the artistic leadership of acclaimed conductor Keith Lockhart, who serves as Conductor of the Boston Pops and formerly as Chief Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra in London, nearly 1,000 exceptionally talented students and participants gather each summer to study with distinguished faculty and internationally renowned guest artists. From June through August, students engage in an intensive program of instruction and performance that includes orchestral training, private study, chamber music, opera, classical guitar, bluegrass, and jazz. For nearly a century, the Brevard Music Center has inspired devotion not only among its students and faculty but also among its listeners and among a vast corps of volunteers. That hundreds of persons have purchased homes in western North Carolina expressly to be near the Brevard Music Center gives some measure of the Center's significance to its community. Dedicated to artistic excellence, immersive education, and meaningful community connection, BMC inspires and teaches through music while nurturing the next generation of artists.
"For the role of Chief Advancement Officer, I am seeking a colleague who brings strategic insight together with authentic relationship-building—someone who understands that effective fundraising and marketing are grounded not only in goals and metrics, but in trust, curiosity, and a deep belief in the transformative power of music. This position calls for creativity, collaboration, and a strong sense of stewardship—of relationships, resources, and purpose." — Jason Posnock, President & CEO
For more information, including core competencies and qualifications, please refer to the full prospectus.