2013 40 Under Forty: Adrien Finlay
Adrien Finlay, executive director of Music Worcester
Title: Executive Director, Music Worcester
Company location: Worcester
Residence: Smithfield, R.I. (soon to be Worcester)
Favorite movie: Anything with the Muppets
Favorite book: “Age of Innocence”
Career highlights: I’ve been fortunate, lucky and privileged to have had great board members, trustees and staff wherever I’ve worked. I’m particularly proud of launching a successful $25,000 matching campaign for Music Worcester last fall and having been part of the first-ever live broadcast of a Music Worcester concert on WGBH radio. A week-long educational residency I worked on with the incomparable violinist Midori would have to be another highlight. She worked for hours each day with high school orchestra students and even gave a free concert for the community.
Community involvement: I am looking forward to moving to Worcester this fall. That said, I am excited to have joined Children’s Friend as a corporator and to be joining the board of the Cultural Coalition.
Biggest success: Being very new to the community, as well as to my organization still, I hope to have many things of which I could be proud in another few years. I am very excited about two things, though, for Music Worcester’s season that’s about to start – incredible talent coming to Worcester in the likes of Bela Fleck, Brad Mehldau, John Pizzarelli, Philippe Entremont, and many more, and a new initiative we’re starting this year to bring some of our headline artists into local schools.
Biggest challenge: Like many organizations with an amazing history, Music Worcester at once needs to celebrate the past but anticipate the future, and that’s incredibly hard to do. Our biggest challenge will be matching the resources we have to attract talent with the desires of the cultural consumer. We may believe we have the best musicians on stage, but if no one is buying tickets there could be no demand for our product.
Mentors: Peter Metz, Music Worcester’s board president, and Joel Popkin, immediate past president, have been invaluable to me since I was finalizing plans to come to Worcester last spring. Jim Singerling and Linda Bunce are two others who taught me so many things about relating nonprofits to their communities.
Hidden talents: Cooking and especially baking, all at the service of my love of food! When I realized I didn’t have any problem working for two or three days to get the perfect croissant dough layering, I knew I was hooked.
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2013 40 Under Forty: Ryan M. Kittredge
2013 40 Under Forty: Heather G. Keenan
2013 40 Under Forty: Denise Kapulka
2013 40 Under Forty: Fred Kaelin
2013 Forty Under 40: Jennifer Hogan
2013 40 Under Forty: Corey F. Higgins
2013 Forty Under 40: Richard Hayward Jr.
2013 40 Under Forty: Sarah Gustafson
2013 40 Under Forty: Eric Gustafson
2013 40 Under Forty: Aldo Guerrero
2013 40 Under Forty: Thomas M. Gregory
2013 40 Under Forty: Jodie Grady
2013 40 Under Forty: Melissa A. Gleick
2013 40 Under Forty: Elisabeth Gilbride
2013 40 Under Forty: Brittany Durgin
2013 40 Under Forty: Sarah Day
2013 40 Under Forty: Ryan Clutterbuck
2013 40 Under Forty: Michael W. Steuer Jr.
2013 40 Under Forty: William R. Simpson
2013 40 Under Forty: Liz Sheehan Castro
2013 40 Under Forty: Kate Sharry
2013 40 Under Forty: Robert R. Rucci
2013 40 Under Forty: Ben Robinson
2013 40 Under Forty: Jackson Restrepo
2013 40 Under Forty: J. Christian Rea
2013 40 Under Forty: Amanda Parker
2013 40 Under Forty: Tiffany A. Moore Simas
2013 40 Under Forty: Alexandra Montgomery
2013 40 Under Forty: Patrick J. McCarty
2013 40 Under Forty: Olga Kwasniewski
2013 40 Under Forty: Ryan M. Kittredge
2013 40 Under Forty: Heather G. Keenan
2013 40 Under Forty: Denise Kapulka
2013 40 Under Forty: Fred Kaelin
2013 Forty Under 40: Jennifer Hogan
2013 40 Under Forty: Corey F. Higgins
2013 Forty Under 40: Richard Hayward Jr.
2013 40 Under Forty: Sarah Gustafson
2013 40 Under Forty: Eric Gustafson
2013 40 Under Forty: Aldo Guerrero
2013 40 Under Forty: Thomas M. Gregory
2013 40 Under Forty: Jodie Grady
2013 40 Under Forty: Melissa A. Gleick
2013 40 Under Forty: Elisabeth Gilbride
2013 40 Under Forty: Brittany Durgin
2013 40 Under Forty: Sarah Day
2013 40 Under Forty: Ryan Clutterbuck
2013 40 Under Forty: Jared Chrudimsky
2013 40 Under Forty: Amy Lynn Chase
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