A true renaissance man of music, Robert Ryker has conducted orchestras all over the world from Boston to Bucharest, and from Kiev to Nagoya. In his career he has established three orchestras in Canada, India and the latest in Japan – The Tokyo Sinfonia in 2005.  Tokyo Sinfonia, a 19-piece string orchestra delivers a series of symphony concerts featuring the music of well known composers, Mozart, Dvorak, Shubert, etc, at the prestigious Oji Hall in Ginza.  Additionally, the orchestra regularly performs its unique dinner concert series at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan focusing on the music of a particular country and featuring its national cuisine.

However, an orchestra is fundamentally a business and as Maestro Ryker points out, the three main components of an orchestra - the musicians, the music and the audience are the equivalent of employees, products/services and customers. So inspiring and developing people, adapting products to market tastes and satisfying customers so that they will come back for more, are all business skills that a conductor must focus on all of the time.

In a downturn, these are critical issues for managers everywhere and in his presentation Robert Ryker will share unique insights from his perspective of business unusual including: 

- Loyalty counts whether it’s musicians or your key staff

- Motivating staff to perform with creativity and commitment

- The importance of a Mission and delivering with Passion

- Using your personal style to connect with your audience /customers

- Softening your image and satisfying your clients

- Putting an orchestra to work for your business!

- Innovative ideas for making music a business tool that works for you

A presentation that’s likely to be music to your ears.  Please be sure to join us