What we couldn't do, what we did about it & what you can do:

When COVID-19 struck we had to end our season abruptly, preventing us from doing:

Performances for an estimated 3,000 patrons.

In a time when our community needs uplifting, our events provide a much-needed source of joy and sense of community.

So this is what we did instead:

1) We initiated the FCA Fantasy Season!

We invited the public to dream up their own FCA Season – with no restrictions of genre, living or dead, travel and fee, no object.

What's your fantasy season? Sign up to do your own here

School performances for 2700 students.

Some have never seen a live performance and teachers tell us stories of their impact: a means to reach kids for the first time, open doors for new experiences, become the basis for classroom discussion.

The opportunity to bring a small professional orchestra to work with the Youth Orchestras: the strings, concert orchestra and symphony.

So this is what we did instead:

2) We produced 20 educational videos: FCA’S #MUSICIANLIFE SERIES BRINGING WORLD-CLASS TALENT TO ONLINE CLASSROOMS

Working with Caitlin Warbelow’s TUNE.SUPPLY, we used a GoFundMe platform to raise $2,000 to pay 20 professional musicians to do short (5 minute) videos addressing student musicians for use by classroom teachers struggling to teach virtually.

3) Bring Tomáš Kubínek to the Correctional Center and the Youth Facility, the same artist who began our relationship with them a decade ago.


This spring Tomáš was working with us on a community-wide engagement project, designed to celebrate local creativity not only by those who regularly practice but by those who’s creativity is inherent in their daily lives – all of us.

So this is what we did instead:

We moved Fairbanks Flies online and hosted our first-ever watch party

including the incredibly fun and creative Kinky Slinky and their music video!

If you haven’t watched it you can do so here.