Terry Loftis: Building a rainbow bridge between classical music and the LGBTQ+ community
Terry Loftis By Rich LopezOriginally published May 16, 2023, at NewsIsOut.com Terry Loftis has been described as a “rainmaker” for the arts, and that description certainly fit his time leading The Arts Community Alliance, the organization that doles out grants to area arts organizations and has been helping theaters, dance companies and the like rebuild their foundations post COVID.
But these days, the out arts advocate is on the other side of that equation. “TACA is a grants funder for the cultural arts,” Loftis said recently. “Now I’ve moved from an ecosystem where I was working for the granting organization to working for a grantee.” Loftis is now the chief advancement and revenue officer for the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the largest arts organization in the southwest.
The position was created by DSO President and CEO Kim Noltemy, and Loftis assumed his new duties in December. “I am delighted to join the Dallas Symphony executive team in this important new role,” Loftis stated in a press release announcing his new position. “I’ve been privileged to collaborate with Kim Noltemy for several years, admiring her leadership skills up close.
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 as an artist.
