Handel + Haydn Society (H+H) is pleased to welcome Rebecca W. King as Vice President of Development. In her new role, Rebecca will be responsible for designing, managing, and executing H+H’s fundraising strategy and activities in alignment with the mission and strategic plan.
Reporting to the President and CEO, Rebecca will be an integral member of H+H’s Senior Leadership Team and will work closely H+H’s Board. She will be responsible for leading and inspiring a team of 7 to meet annual development department goals, including major gift cultivation and stewardship, direct mail initiatives, board campaigns, special events, and strategies for corporate, foundation, and government proposals. Rebecca will cultivate and steward a personal portfolio of approximately 40 major donors and prospects and serve as a spokesperson on behalf of H+H.
Rebecca brings a deep and comprehensive understanding of nonprofit fundraising and operations with nearly 20 years of experience. She most recently worked as Executive Director and Chief Development Officer for Archaeological Institute of America (AIA), where she’s been since 2020. While at AIA, Rebecca led programs, policies, operations, staff, fundraising, and strategic vision for the organization and worked with a 38-member national Board of Directors. She held prior roles at the North Bennet Street School and the Rhode Island School of Design. Rebecca has admired H+H since she first learned about the organization decades ago and is excited to get back into the arts space.
About the Handel and Haydn Society
Boston’s Grammy-winning Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) performs Baroque and Classical music with a freshness, a vitality, and a creativity that inspires all ages. H+H has been captivating audiences for 208 consecutive seasons (the most of any performing arts organization in the United States), speaking to its singular success at converting new audiences to this extraordinary music, generation after generation.
Today, H+H’s Orchestra and Chorus delight more than 50,000 listeners annually with a ten-week subscription series at Boston’s Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, and other leading venues. Through the Karen S. and George D. Levy Education Program, H+H supports seven youth choirs of singers in grades 2–12 and provides thousands of complimentary tickets to students and communities throughout Boston to ensure that the joy of music is accessible to all. H+H’s numerous free community concerts include an annual commemoration of the original 1863 Emancipation Proclamation concert on December 31 of every year, in collaboration with the Museum of African American History. H+H has released 15 CDs on the CORO label, performs regularly in New York and around New England, and tours nationally and internationally. In all these ways, H+H fulfills its mission to inspire the intellect, touch the heart, elevate the soul, and connect all of us with our shared humanity through transformative experiences with Baroque and Classical music.
