Tech Fair

Join us for a half-day event showcasing technology offerings in the areas of marketing, data management and CRM, ticketing, online program notes, audience engagement apps, in-hall concert technologies, and more. Get to know the companies behind these offerings, learn how your peers are innovating with technology, and pick up tips and tricks for creative ways to take better advantage of the tools you have.

This half-day event, scheduled for the morning of June 1, will provide a unique opportunity to:

• See showcases of products and services produced and provided by the League’s business partners.

• Inspire orchestra administrators to consider using technology in innovative ways.

• Share best practices amongst your peers.

• Interact with technology vendors.

The Tech Fair is designed for participant interaction and will include a range of products and services. Companies will be on hand to answer questions about the technology present.

No additional cost. The Tech Fair is included in your Conference registration!

Monday, June 1, 2026

8:00am-12:30pm- Exhibit Area open and available for technology vendors and participants

8:00am-8:30am- Breakfast for Tech Fair participants

8:30am-12:30pm- Presentations by Tech Fair vendors in 20-minute increments.

Currently confirmed companies. Check back often as the list of presenting and participating organizations will expand.

Acceptd: Getting to the Root of Audition Burdens: Deposits, Scheduling, and What Comes Next

Speaker(s): Eric Frisch, Product Owner, Acceptd (Togetherwork) and Sarah Warrick, Sales Specialist, Acceptd (Togetherwork)

Auditions come with challenges, from deposits to scheduling. Join a collaborative discussion with Acceptd, an online application and audition management platform, with the goal of sharing insights, examining evolving practices, and deploying smarter workflows.

Company Description: Acceptd connects artists to opportunities and communities, empowering over one million artists from 100+ countries to discover, apply, and audition for leading arts programs, while simplifying audition management for administrators everywhere.

AccountingWare: Simplifying Financial Reporting for Orchestras Without the Spreadsheet Chaos

Speaker(s): Stephen Sarget, Account Manager, Accountingware

Many orchestras track finances using spreadsheets and manual work, which makes it harder to see the full picture and act quickly. This session looks at practical ways to make financial reporting simpler, more accurate, and easier to understand.

Company Description: AccountingWare helps orchestras manage complex finances across performances, programs, and funding sources. Our platform brings together accounting, budgeting, and reporting in one system, making it easier to streamline operations and gain clear financial insight.

Bolero: All Your Ticket Data, Clearly Explained in a Beautiful Report

Speaker(s): David John Baker, PhD, Founder, Bolero

There’s data in your CRM. The problem is finding time to pull it. Bolero takes your ticket data and gives you answers to questions related to audience retention, revenue, ticketing, programming, audience behavior, seating, and your budget. Analyze data from every previous season before your first concert this autumn.

Most performing arts organizations ask the same questions with their ticket data. We’ve simply bundled these questions up and written software to automate answering them.

Company Description: Bolero is a new tool for performing arts organizations that creates a clear report with ticket data you already have in three weeks—without hiring expensive consultants.

Cuebox Software: Unlock Audience/Donor Growth with Unified Data, Automations and AI

Speaker: Christina Pan, CEO & Co-Founder

What if your ticketing, development, and marketing systems actually worked together for you? Learn how CueBox's integrated system and AI help orchestras across the country break down data silos, automate workflows, and grow their audience/donor base.

Company Description: CueBox is a modern and all-in-one software purpose-built for symphonies. CueBox’s easy-to-use ticketing, development and marketing software has increased ticket sales/donations for symphonies, improved patron experience and saved time for staff members. In addition, CueBox offers white-glove migration, training and support to help orgs to achieve their mission. Symphonies across the country that work with CueBox love its mobile-optimized experience and easy-to-use backend.

Double Eagle: AI Readiness for Orchestras: Building the Foundation for Intelligent Transformation

Speaker: Terri-Ann Feindt, CEO, Double Eagle

Artificial Intelligence offers orchestras powerful opportunities to enhance audience engagement, improve revenue forecasting, and streamline operations; but success depends on having the right foundation in place.

This session introduces a practical, readiness-first approach focused on alignment, education, and governance before you act. We’ll explore how orchestras can assess their current state, avoid common pitfalls, and build a clear path toward effective AI adoption across departments.

Company Description: Double Eagle Consulting is a strategic technology advisory firm dedicated exclusively to the cultural and performing arts sector. Led by former CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs with deep arts industry experience, Double Eagle helps organizations align technology, AI, and cybersecurity investments with mission, audience engagement, and financial sustainability.

Dream Warrior Group: ARTdynamix® CMS Built for the Arts

Speaker(s): LaMae Weber, CEO, Dream Warrior Group and Dottie Hunter, Senior Sales Executive, Dream Warrior Group

Dream Warrior Group will demonstrate how their purpose-built CMS, ARTdynamix®, can help orchestras streamline content updates, improve audience reach, and enhance the patron experience with ease.

Company Description: Dream Warrior Group has over 20 years of experience providing web solutions and services for the Arts community. DWG builds sites on a variety of platforms including its own CMS ARTdynamix®, which was released in 2004. ARTdynamix® is a versatile website builder and content marketing and management system designed specifically for The Arts. DWG’s portfolio of services also includes integrations with ticketing, classes, fundraising, marketing, and other third-party solutions, and website SEO & AIO optimization services.

Feathr: Turning Digital Engagement Into Younger Audience Attendance

Speaker(s): MacKenzie Grumbles, Senior Growth and Engagement Strategist and Joel Meier, Senior Account Director

Younger audiences discover and engage with arts organizations differently from previous generations. In this session, attendees will see how Feathr helps orchestras attract and engage Gen Z and Millennial patrons through targeted digital advertising, audience segmentation, and automated cross-channel campaigns.

Company Description: Grow your audience, retain supporters, and drive more revenue by reaching people online. Feathr streamlines across email, digital ads, and social media, getting you in front of the right people.

Future Demand: Beyond Spray and Pray: AI-Powered Personalization for Orchestra Marketing

Speaker: Hannes Tronsberg, Founder & CEO, Future Demand

Today’s audiences have more entertainment options than ever, and orchestras compete for attention not just with other art organizations but with streaming platforms, social media, and the comfort of staying home. Most marketing teams respond by sending the same message to everyone—but generic outreach increasingly gets ignored. The answer lies in personalization:
reaching each audience member with content matched to their specific tastes and interests.

This session explores how AI-powered audience intelligence makes sophisticated personalization practical—even for lean teams. Using Future Demand’s Live and Affinity products, we’ll show how Taste Cluster technology identifies what truly motivates ticket buyers, how automated campaigns can be launched in minutes rather than days, and how personalized event recommendations drive measurable increases in order volume and revenue. With real case studies from classical music organizations, we’ll demonstrate what it looks like when every email, ad, and website visit feels like it was made for the person receiving it.

Company Description: Future Demand is a Berlin-based audience intelligence platform used by 200+ cultural organizations including National Center for the Arts Orchestra, ROCO or Munich Philharmonic. Its AI-powered products—Live and Affinity—help marketing teams personalize social campaigns, email, and website experiences based on real audience interests rather than demographics.

Instant Encore: Fact vs. Fiction: What Real-World Data says About Your Audience's Digital Habits

Speaker: Nancy Trigg, CEO, Instant Encore

During this presentation we will cut through the myths around digital trends, to reveal how arts audiences are actually engaging with technology. Attendees will walk away with data-backed insights on the value of creating digital experiences that drive genuine loyalty and long-term engagement.

Company Description: InstantEncore is a U.S.-based technology company founded in 2007 that helps arts and culture organizations engage their communities through custom mobile apps and digital engagement tools. Its platform includes intuitive content management, push messaging, digital ticketing and membership features, along with advanced customization options and personal, hands-on support.

Made Media: The Orchestra of 2035: What Can AI Do for Us?

Speaker(s): James Baggaley, CEO of Made Media

Year after year, the cost of everything around an orchestra performance rises, while performances don’t always “produce” matching revenue increases. Learn how AI can help balance the scales by reducing the administrative cost and effort that surrounds artistic work.

This talk offers orchestra leaders a practical framework for thinking about AI. It covers what AI can credibly do today for orchestras (and what it can’t), where the technology is heading—from autonomous agents to AI-mediated commerce that will change how patrons discover and buy tickets—and risks that warrant serious attention, from cybersecurity exposure to unresolved intellectual property questions.

It closes with four concrete steps any orchestra can take now, regardless of budget, to prepare for a future that’s arriving faster than most organizations’ planning cycles.

Company Description: Made Media is a digital agency specializing in creating exceptional digital experiences for arts and cultural organizations, with deep expertise working in the US and across the world.

Muvac: Streamline Your Orchestra’s Audition Process

Speaker(s): Luis Perandones, Managing Director, Muvac and Andria Chang, Customer Success Manager (USA & Canada), Muvac

Managing auditions for a professional orchestra can be time-consuming, fragmented, and prone to inefficiencies—especially when relying on email chains, old forms, PDFs, spreadsheets, or even postal mail. Muvac, a platform developed with and for orchestras, brings the entire process online in one centralized, user-friendly system.

This session will introduce Muvac’s core features and demonstrate how orchestras are saving up to 80% of their administrative time while improving transparency and fairness in the selection process. Now available to orchestras in the United States and Canada, Muvac is already trusted by over 750 organizations in 54 countries, and it is tailored specifically for the classical music industry.

Company Description: Discover how Muvac.com helps orchestras streamline application and audition workflows, reduce administrative burden by up to 80%, and enable fairer evaluations with built-in anonymization and customizable screening tools. Muvac is the leading applicant tracking system (ATS) built specifically for orchestras and classical music institutions. Muvac simplifies audition management, saves valuable time, and promotes fairness throughout the process, and is backed by a global team with deep roots in classical music and digital innovation.

Prospero: Finally, Scheduling Software Built for Orchestras

Speaker(s): Travis Rinke Frank, CEO & Co-Founder, Prospero Labs

Imagine this: five departments. Five calendars. Zero coordination. Familiar? Prospero is scheduling software built for orchestras: one real-time platform that keeps musicians, programming, and production aligned before conflicts become crises.

Company Description: Prospero is scheduling & resource management software purpose-built for arts organizations. With industry-leading software, Prospero helps you prevent conflicts, increase earned income, and automate your operations. Prospero is trusted by leading arts institutions across the globe, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Ballet, and the Donmar Warehouse.

Spektrix: Your Data in Unison: A Cohesive Approach to Long-Term Success

Speaker(s): Karen Elizondo, Business Development Lead, Spektrix and Nicole Davenport, Account Executive, Spektrix

Your patron data is the key to organizational resilience. Discover how a unified CRM empowers orchestra teams to deepen community connections, drive revenue, and build a sustainable future.

Company Description: Spektrix is a complete solution for ticketing, marketing, fundraising, and CRM, designed specifically for the performing arts. With world-class technology and support, Spektrix helps almost 800 organizations across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. grow their revenue and deepen patron relationships. Powerful, intuitive software, at-a-glance insights, frequent and seamless upgrades, training, support, and strategic consultation with experienced professionals come at no additional cost—making Spektrix the fastest-growing solution for arts organizations today.

YPTC: 10 Tips for a “Best in Class” Finance Department

Speakers: Justine Townsend, Manager, Arts & Culture Specialization Leader and Molly Yoon, Manager, Performing Arts Specialization Leader

This session explores what a best in class nonprofit finance department looks like when powered by the right people, systems, automations, internal controls, and technology. We’ll highlight practical tools and workflows that improve efficiency, strengthen financial oversight, and reduce manual risk. Attendees will leave with actionable ideas for how to build a high functioning finance department.

Company Description: Your Part Time Controller, LLC (YPTC) is a national nonprofit accounting firm with deep expertise in the arts and culture sector and a broad client base spanning all nonprofit types. Founded in 1993, YPTC built its foundation serving arts organizations and today works with thousands of nonprofits nationwide. YPTC’s mission is to build stronger nonprofits, one accounting department at a time, through customized outsourced accounting, controller, and CFO services that support clarity, sustainability, and mission impact.

Non-Presenting Tech Fair Participants

• JCA Inc.

• Jixaw Technologies

• Sottovoce

• Tessitura Network

• ThunderTix

• Vatic

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