A youth promoter’s voice: Chloe Rodgers

Chloe Rodgers is a GET IN Graduate and PhD Student based in Inverness.

This blog was published in February 2018.

I came across the GET IN project on the Touring Network website and thought it sounded like a lot of fun and a way to delve deeper into promoting the arts! I have experience in promotion of live events through my work at the Seaboard Hall and through being a musician doing self-promoting. Last years’ GET IN group chose to tour Kathryn Joseph which was a great wee Highlands & Islands tour.

I was glad to hear that the GET IN project was continuing for another year and that I would get to work alongside some of the same group and also with the new group of youth promoters!

GET IN has been a good way of connecting with other promoters- young and old- in the Highlands through going to the Touring Network’s annual Gathering, micro-gatherings, and our meet ups with other youth promoters. It’s great to hear what other people are doing in their communities and what works for them.

Through GET IN, this year I have been lucky to have caught the following gigs: Routes String Quartet, Jeremy Kittel Trio & Patsy Reid, Rachel Sermanni, and Aiden O’Rourke & Kit Downes. I also went to see the film Frame by Frame which was programmed as part of FLOW Photofest 2017. This was something a bit different to what I would usually go and see as it’s usually music that I am most interested in. Nevertheless, it was such a powerful and important film. I’d definitely recommend it.

My experience with GET IN and working with the Seaboard Hall has made me feel more comfortable in promoting the arts and knowing how much work is involved, particularly in rural venues. I am hoping to continue to promote music, but now in Inverness where I have recently moved to.