Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2018
Capstone Advisor
Ulf Oesterle
Honors Reader
Theo Cateforis
Capstone Major
Music Industry
Capstone College
Visual and Performing Arts
Audio/Visual Component
no
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Professional
Subject Categories
Arts Management | Business | Music Business
Abstract
For my Honors Capstone Project, I created and hosted my own benefit concert as an opportunity to gain real experience in event management, booking, production, marketing, and promotion. Although I’d had incredible experiences in my extracurricular activities and internships, I had not yet been able to conceptualize my own event and see it all the way through. The Crisis Text Line Benefit Festival took place on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at Funk N’ Waffles in downtown Syracuse. All proceeds were donated to Crisis Text Line, a non-profit organization that provides 24/7 counseling services via text message. The two performers were Laura Stevenson, an indie rock singer from Rosedale, NY and Cat Clyde, a blues singer from Stratford, Ontario. In addition to the live performances, the show was live streamed online for donations, provided custom merchandise, and had two component pages for ancillary fundraising. Money raised from this event helped to save more lives each day by funding counselor training, covering texting fees for thousands of at-risk texters, or expediting the global expansion of Crisis Text Line. My goals for my Honors Capstone Project were to hone these event planning and promoting skills and become a better music industry professional while doing my part for suicide prevention.
Recommended Citation
Duke, Rebecca, "Crisis Text Line Benefit Festival: An Applied Study in Event Planning and Practice" (2018). Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All. 1136.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/1136
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