For large groups the hotel can organize performances of traditional song and dance and outdoor goat roasts.
Bored by cocktail parties, Mr. Solomon and Ms. Rodgers began to organize performances, using the Solomons' decks as outdoor stages.
In their native Minsk, where media and artistic works are subject to heavy government censorship, members are forced to rehearse in secret and then hastily organize performances in makeshift venues with no publicity.
"They sort of appeal to the audience's imagination," said Jack Walsh, president of Celebrate Brooklyn, the nonprofit group that organizes performances and screenings in Prospect Park.
During their student years and early careers, to get one of their new pieces heard, composers routinely wind up organizing performances and conducting them themselves.
Mr. Althamer is known for organizing performances featuring marginalized members of society -- the homeless, alcoholics, and so on -- and for video works in which he is shown while under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs.
Fluck was organizing performances of Britten's "War Requiem" to be given in both East and West Berlin in celebration of the 750th anniversary of the city's founding.
Among the culture organizations receiving money are Nordoff Robbins, a charity group that provides therapy using music; the Chickenshed Theater Company, which organizes performances by children; and a music group called the Monega Association.
In 2011 Ms. Lawler organized performances of her "E Pluribus Flutum," a folksy suite for up to 100 dancing flutists, in Central Park for Make Music New York, and at the National Flute Association Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Aside from being a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, he organizes performances, lectures, and tours of Chicago's crime and labor history.
Best of all, it was a tight, organized performance by a cohesive band serving the music.
