MUSIC@MENLO: FACTS & FIGURES

The past thirteen years have seen remarkable growth for Music@Menlo:

  • Total annual attendance now exceeds 13,000
  • The $2.1 million annual budget supports over 65 public events each year
  • 322 Chamber Music Institute participants have been immersed in a rigorous exploration of
    chamber music under the tutelage of the Institute’s esteemed artist-faculty
  • 238 artists have come to Music@Menlo from all over the world to perform in the main-stage concerts, give mulitmedia Encounter lectures, coach in the Chamber Music Institute, and work with Menlo School students in the annual Winter Residency
  • Performances from the festival air nationwide on American Public Media’s Performance
    Today®, the largest daily classical music program in the United States, which airs on 260 stations and reaches more than 1.4 million people each week
  • 70 recordings have been released on the Music@Menlo LIVE label
  • Music@Menlo LIVE’s entire music catalog is now digitized and offered on iTunes, Amazon.com,
    and Classical Archives
  • 211 interns from 107 colleges and universities have gained real-world experience from the
    industry-leading Arts Administration Internship Program
  • Thousands of Menlo School students have enjoyed an enhanced educational experience through the annual Winter Residency program
  • Approximately 22 videos are produced annually during the festival and offered online, with over 8,000 total plays annually
  • Video of Encounters and select festival educational content, including master classes and Cafe Conversations, was streamed in high definition on the Internet and drew 7,900 plays by 2,100 viewers in 2014.