New AOC Planning Kit: International Market Development & Related Professional Development

Responding to a significant increase in interest in accessing International Markets, AOC has put together a small planning kit. We encourage you to use this over the summer to plan out your upcoming year’s activities:

AOC’s International Business Development Plan for the Opera Sector

Please review and reference this International Business Development Plan, developed by AOC for the Sector in 2019: International Business Development Strategy,

Calendar of Relevant Market Events:

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Federal Agencies

Funding and Advice

Canada Council for the Arts

Explore and Create (Professional Development for Artists)
Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples (Travel)
Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples (Small-Scale Activities)
Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples (Short-term Projects)
Supporting Artistic Practice (Professional Development for Arts Professionals)
Arts Across Canada (Travel)
Arts Across Canada (Representation and Promotion)
Arts Across Canada (Circulation and Touring)
Arts Abroad (Travel)
Arts Abroad (Representation and Promotion)
Arts Abroad (Circulation and Touring)
Arts Abroad (Residencies)
Arts Abroad (Co-Productions)

Department of Canadian Heritage: Creative Export Canada

Export-Ready Stream
Export Development Stream

Advice and assistance in planning and making connections

Global Affairs Canada – Trade Commissioner Service

Atlantic Region: None given currently
Ontario: Mr. Jeffrey Crossman – Trade Commissioner
Quebec and Nunavut: Mr. Etienne Lapalme – Trade Commissioner
Manitoba and Saskatchewan: Ms. Debra Boyce – Trade Commissioner; Ms. Kimberly Brown – Trade Commissioner
Alberta and the Northwest Territories: None given currently
British Columbia and the Yukon: Ms. Anne-Marie Leclerc – Trade Commissioner

Don’t forget to be in touch with your provincial funding body!

Membership

The Association for Opera in Canada offers a broad range of services and benefits to its members and affiliates at all levels. Through our unique arrangement with OPERA America, when you join Association for Opera in Canada, you also gain access to a broad range of OPERA America benefits and services as well, extending the value of your membership throughout North America and around the world.

Support

Your support helps us deliver our mandate to advance the interests of Canada’s opera and music theatre community and to create greater opportunity for opera audiences and professionals alike. Together, we can create and sustain an environment that makes opera and music theatre central to Canadian life.