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Ken Busby |
Tulsa Symphony Orchestra
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TSO Advisory Board
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Ken
Busby
 Ken
Busby is the Executive Director and
Chief Executive Officer of the Arts
& Humanities Council of Tulsa.
Previously, he was the Director of
Development for Tulsa Zoo Friends.
Prior to that, Busby was with
Gilcrease Museum for eight years,
serving as Membership Director and
Director of Communication. A native
of Tulsa, Busby holds a dual
Bachelor of Arts degree in
communication and French from the
University of Tulsa. He has a Master
of Arts degree in journalism from
Indiana University at Bloomington. A
member of Phi Beta Kappa, Busby is
also a graduate of Leadership
Oklahoma Class XVII.
Busby is president of the Oklahoma
Museums Association. He is Chairman
of the Board of Tulsa Global
Alliance. He serves as development
chair on the Board of Trustees for
Holland Hall School. He is a member
of Americans for the Arts, the
Association of Fundraising
Professionals and the American
Association of Museums. He also
serves as a consultant for the
Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, is
currently chairing the Mayor’s
Community-Based Task Force on the
Arts, and in 2004 was appointed by
the Mayor to the Arts Commission of
the City of Tulsa, where he is now
Vice Chairman.
At the Arts & Humanities Council of
Tulsa, Busby oversees a staff of six
providing arts-related programs and
services throughout Tulsa County.
Established in 1961, the Arts &
Humanities Council of Tulsa
demonstrates community leadership
through the integration of arts and
culture in everyday lives, and is
one of the top 50 local arts
councils in the nation. Its programs
reach more than 110,000 youths and
thousands of adults each year. The
Council is also a service
organization for more than 60 Tulsa
cultural organizations. As the
leading provider of arts resources
to Tulsa area classrooms and after
school programs, the Council
sponsors hundreds of performances
and artist residencies each year.
The Council produces the Chautauqua
History Festival, the largest public
humanities program in the state, and
maintains the historic Harwelden
Mansion.
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About the TSO...
The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra employs professional
musicians with the focused, collective, and ongoing
aim of presenting all kinds of music of the highest
quality. The TSO functions throughout the year, and
is comprised of self-governing “executive
musicians”—individuals who perform masterful music
and execute the many decisions involved in
sustaining a major orchestra. With a variety of
performances and concerts, in-school events,
community-engagement programs, classroom lessons,
collaborative master classes, and other such
appearances, the TSO intends to invigorate and
broaden arts education all across the City of Tulsa
and, further, the State of Oklahoma. Rebuilding and
strengthening the musical arts infrastructure of
this city and its environs will remain a key concern
and core value of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra.
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