Hosting the Luther College Jazz Orchestra
Thank you for your interest in hosting the Luther College Jazz Orchestra.
Please call or email the Jazz Orchestra tour manager, Karen Martin-Schramm, 563-387-1737, about available dates.
Performance space dimension requirements:
- 24 ft x 19 ft
- Please send floor plan with dimensions and photo of performance space to the tour manager.
- Jazz Orchestra Stage Plot
Other space needs:
- 2 large dressing rooms (required)
- 1 private dressing room (preferably with a private restroom)
- sometimes a second private dressing room is needed
Volunteers needed:
- Volunteers to provide pre-concert meal for 25 people
- Volunteers to provide homestays for 20 students
- Two ushers for greeting, passing out programs, and collecting donations
Housing needed:
Meals required:
- Concert host provides a pre-concert meal for students, director, bus driver, and tour coordinator (24 total)
- The tour manager can provide suggestions for meals that are inexpensive, easy, and healthy.
Promotion needs:
- Volunteers need to hang posters that Luther College will provide in prominent locations
- Host should promote concert on organization's social media sites (can share content created by Luther College)
- Share with tour manager media organization contacts Luther College should contact about articles and/or advertisements
- Promote the concert through word-of-mouth advertising, getting the community excited!
Luther College provides:
- Concert promotion in high schools and churches within a 30-mile radius
- Direct concert promotion to high school students interested in Luther as well as Luther alumni, parents and friends within a 30-mile radius
- Help in finding area homestays and volunteers if needed
- Social media marketing and promotion (available for sharing on host accounts)
- A great concert, wonderful students, and an opportunity to bring your community together!