MarcyKate Connolly

Middle Grade & Young Adult Author

Category: Music

“Libiamo” Among the Lemons

I love when I hear about non­prof­its doing inno­v­a­tive mar­ket­ing like this: Granted, they didn’t think of the idea first (they were inspired by this stunt), but the exe­cu­tion was fab­u­lous.  Just look at all those SMILES in the audi­ence! You can’t buy that kind of good­will, you have to create it.

No Comments by  /  March 26, 2010  /  Posted in: linkedin, Marketing, Music, nonprofit, Social Media
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Marketing 101: How to Pull Off a Brilliant Publicity Stunt

Watch and learn: Because of the lan­guage bar­rier, I’m not clear on whether the com­pany was pro­mot­ing Verdi’s La Travi­ata or just hav­ing fun, but if they were doing the show I’d bet a large num­ber of those present  went out and bought tick­ets pronto. Every sin­gle one of them will tell their friends about what […]

1 Comment by  /  January 8, 2010  /  Posted in: Marketing, Music, nonprofit, Social Media, Theatre
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Free Range Strauss

Need I say more?

No Comments by  /  December 21, 2009  /  Posted in: humor, linkedin, Music, Random Stuff, Social Media
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Muppets + Opera = Awesome

OK, by now, I’m sure you’ve all seen the Mup­pets do Bohemian Rhap­sody (and if you haven’t seen it, click here now. I’ll wait. Seri­ously.) But have you seen them do Bizet’s Car­men? My inner geek is laugh­ing her ass off right now.

No Comments by  /  December 12, 2009  /  Posted in: humor, linkedin, Music, Random Stuff, Social Media
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The Importance of Being Flexible

A cou­ple week­ends ago, I gave a brief pre­sen­ta­tion to a group of high school stu­dents attend­ing their very first opera. It was excit­ing to have them there and to share the per­for­mance with them. I love opera — the music, the drama, the sets and cos­tumes, the voices — so being able to talk […]

No Comments by  /  November 5, 2009  /  Posted in: linkedin, Marketing, Music, nonprofit, Theatre, Writing
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    I’m a writer and arts admin­is­tra­tor liv­ing in New Eng­land with my hus­band and pugs. I’m also a cof­fee addict, vora­cious reader, and recur­ring com­muter. I occa­sion­ally blog at From the Write Angle and vol­un­teer as a mod­er­a­tor at AgentQueryConnect.com. Rep­re­sented by Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Lit­er­ary & Media. My debut novel MONSTROUS will be out from Harper­Collins Children’s Books in 2014!

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