Andrew Recinos

President & CEO, Tessitura

How to Think Like a Human

11/14/2018

28 min

Text. Textiles. Technology. 

How did the human brain change as humanity moved through each of these developments, and what was the role of culture? 

In this talk, Tessitura Network President Andrew Recinos explores how we slowly changed the way we use our brains, and the long, complicated history that resulted. How, he asks, can those of us working in arts and culture weave creativity back into humanity? 

“What is the vitamin that your community needs to prevent their creative scurvy?”

Andrew delivered this talk to 500 attendees from more than 60 arts and cultural organisations at the 2018 Tessitura European Conference in Manchester, UK in November 2018.

Andrew Recinos

Andrew Recinos

President & CEO
Tessitura

Andrew Recinos (he/him) is the President & CEO of Tessitura Network.

Recinos brings a unique skillset to the position, having held roles as business leader, arts administrator, technologist, and musician.

He began his affiliation with Tessitura in 2002, working as an implementation contractor for new Tessitura members. In 2009 he became the Product Manager for the Tessitura Next Generation project, serving as a key member of the leadership team for what was then the company’s largest technology effort to date. In 2012, Andrew joined Tessitura leadership as Executive Vice President, and in 2021 he was named President & CEO.

Prior to joining Tessitura, Andrew spent eight years as a member of the leadership team of Jacobson Consulting Applications (JCA), an independent technology company devoted to the nonprofit sector. From 1995 until 2002, Andrew served in a variety of roles in fundraising and technology at Carnegie Hall in New York City, including Director of the Friends of Carnegie Hall and Head of Systems for Development.

Andrew is a pianist, trumpet player and composer and has a Bachelor of Music degree from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. Recinos served as the Resident Composer of the Godlight Theatre Company in New York City for a decade and was part of the artistic team awarded a Drama Desk Award in 2010.

He holds a master’s degree in arts administration from the O’Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs at Indiana University and was given the O’Neill School’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2022. Andrew serves on the Advisory Board of the Center for Cultural Affairs, is a Board Member of ArtsFund and is a member of the Technical Working Group for the National Endowment for the Arts’ National Arts and Evidence-based Research Center. Andrew lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Peg and child Rowan.

Topics

Arts & Culture