Classical music for all
DSO’s Terry Loftis DSO’s Terry Loftis works to build bridges between classical music and LGBTQ communities RICH LOPEZ | Staff writerrich@dallasvoice.com The Dallas Morning News once described Terry Loftis as a “rainmaker” for the arts — certainly an apropos description of his time leading The Arts Community Alliance, which doles out grants to area arts organizations which has been helping theaters, dance companies and the like rebuild their foundations post the height of the pandemic.
But today, the out arts advocate, who left TACA late last year, is on the other side of that equation as chief advancement and revenue officer for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the largest arts organization in the southwest. “TACA is a grants funder for the cultural arts,” Loftis explained. “Now I’ve moved from an ecosystem where I was making grants to working for a grantee.” The position of chief advancement and revenue officer was created by DSO President and CEO Kim Noltemy, and Loftis assumed those duties in December.
In a statement last December announcing his new position, Loftis said he was “delighted” to join the Dallas Symphony executive team in what he expects to be an important role. “I’ve been privileged to collaborate with Kim Noltemy for several years, admiring her leadership skills up close,” Loftis said at the time of the announcement. “She has set the DSO on a path towards unprecedented growth and innovation, and I look forward to helping fulfill her vision to take the DSO to even greater heights.” A former Broadway producer and a performing musician and singer, Loftis is no stranger to the arts.
For his job at DSO, he fuses his knowledge of the industry both from the perspective of an artist and from the perspective of
