Erin McGrane (Executive Director)

Erin is an arts advocate, performing artist, author, and professional development mentor. Erin believes deeply in the role of the artist as culture bearer and serves her artistic community through her work as President of the Board of Ensemble Iberica, which explores the music of Spain, Portugal, and other areas of the world connected to the Iberian diaspora; and as a Board Director for the Heartland Song Network, whose vision supports generative artists through collaboration, education, and mentorship. Since 2011, Erin has served as a facilitator, content creator, and workshop presenter for Artist INC, a professional business development program for artists, and in 2018, she co-founded an annual immersive event focused on performance and songwriting. Erin has received grants from the Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City and the Mid-America Arts Alliance and participated in multiple artist-in-residencies. Notably, Erin appears in the Oscar-nominated film, UP IN THE AIR alongside George Clooney. Her current artistic projects include Victor & Penny, a nationally touring early jazz ensemble, and authoring a collection of poems for a collaborative performance with her husband, former Blue Man Group guitarist Jeff Freling. Erin was honored in KC Magazines’, “The 100: People who make Life Better in KC.”

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