A chamber music festival recently celebrated its 10th season. The nonprofit group considered what the next five to ten years would look like, and engaged Looper for a strategic plan. 

With ten exquisite seasons in the books, a beloved chamber music festival wanted a blueprint to accomplish their goals for the next five to ten years. With devoted fans who returned to the festival year-after-year, and with nearly all sold-out concerts, increasing attendance was not necessarily a driving factor. Instead, first and foremost, their goals lay in expanding a different aspect of their festival. During the course of a week of strategic planning it became clear the chamber music festival's founders had ambitions above and beyond ticket reservations. The nonprofit wished to reach out to new segments of listeners who may not have the opportunity to experience classical music. Along with this goal the group wished to uplift underrepresented and diverse artists by giving them a paid opportunity to serve in an artistic capacity with the festival by programming concerts.

In addition to a social justice component the founders of the nonprofit also committed to forming a Foundation Board to aid with the sustainability of the organization. This panel would help undertake a capital campaign for a building to be used as a music hall and conservatory. Fundraising to build the hall is scheduled to run from 2025-2027, with the facility opening in 2029 to coincide with the twentieth season.