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Encore for Education Charity Concert Raises Over $147K for Music Programs

Encore for Education, a commercial real estate industry charity concert, raised $147,265 to benefit Music Matters, a program created by Buchanan Children’s Charities and the Orange County Community Foundation to restart Orange County public schools music programs.

This was the sixth annual Encore for Education since Buchanan Children’s Charities was founded in 2007, and was attended by more than 1,000 people. The concert was held on October 11, 2018, at the new House of Blues® in Anaheim, CA, and featured a live performance by number one single Billboardartist Fitz and the Tantrums. The event was underwritten by generous donations from more than 50 sponsors in the commercial real estate industry, including producing sponsors Buchanan Street Partners and Idea Hall.

“This year’s Encore for Education was another incredible success,” said Robert Brunswick, CEO of Buchanan Street Partners. “With the money raised this year for Music Matters, we are able to restart two public school district’s music programs, allowing thousands of students to benefit from music education.”

Funds raised at Encore for Education 2018 will go towards purchasing instruments impacting more than 2,600 students at the Anaheim and Santa Ana School Districts.

“This grant touches more than the students from this year,” said Steve Venz, Coordinator of Visual and Performing Arts at the Orange County Department of Education. “Future students who will participle in music education programs will be impacted for many years to come.”

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About Dennis Kaiser

Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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