Chase Maggiano

Arts Advocate, Innovation Strategist

Equally at home with a violin under his chin or a spreadsheet on his screen, Chase has devoted his life to making more art happen. Chase has served as Executive Director of The Washington Chorus as well as the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington. He worked in the education and fundraising departments of Washington Performing Arts, and has been a freelance violinist as a section violinist in the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra and Savannah Philharmonic, and as Concertmaster of the South Pacific national tour. Chase is particularly passionate about arts education and using art for social change, having led historic LGBTQ rights concert tours in Ukraine and Cuba, and having started the DC Honor Chorus to help fill the gaps in DC Public School arts education. He was an original member of Arts Action DC, and remains an advocate for transparent and equitable public arts funding.