Andrew Recinos

President & CEO, Tessitura

Keeping Your People and Culture Close

5/10/2017

14 min

Always a crowd favorite and a moving speaker, Tessitura Network's Executive Vice President Andrew Recinos delivers another inspirational talk on the important work we do as individuals engaged in the business of arts and culture.

This talk was recorded live at the Dallas Tessitura User Group meeting in May, 2017.

"Never lose sight of the beauty that exists at the core of what we do – we connect people with culture."

In previous talks, Andrew has spoken about remembering to #liveintheculture to make the most of your day job (which is so often more than a day job). In this talk, he provides examples and reflections from the Tessitura community where he sees success in keeping people and culture at the forefront. Click the play button above to watch the talk.

Andrew with members of the Country Hall of Fame team on a visit in 2016.

Andrew with members of the Country Music Hall of Fame team on a visit in 2016

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.

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