In honor of its 20th Anniversary Global Concert Series, the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship (TACF) is releasing an NFT Pilot Program on the Cardano blockchain. These NFTs will consist of three series:
NFT Concert Ticket Series
Each concert will have a total of 10 on-chain NFT tickets for sale in which holders will be granted admission to its corresponding concert. The cities in which each concert will take place include:
- College Park, MD, USA
- Highland Park, IL, USA
- Madrid, Spain
- Nova Scotia, Canada
- London, UK
- Graz, Austria
- Richmond, VA, USA
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Hartford, CT, USA
- Reno, NV, USA
- Katowise, Poland
- Chicago, IL, USA
Commemorative NFT Photos Series
Two separate NFTs series featuring photographs of TACF founder and world renowned conductor Marin Alsop (Photographs taken separately by Adrian White and Platon)
All sales will go directly to the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship and its team, including an 8% royalty for all secondary-sales. It is our hope that these funds will enable the Fellowship to be in a financial position that allows it to pursue every opportunity possible for promoting women conductors around the world, regardless of the cost. Thank you for your support, and see you at the show!
NFT Concert Ticket Series
Supply: 115 (released in three separate drops)
Policy ID: b1e785ba20061e1320693dce777c9939eea8cfae74a9120c844b8b1b
Policy Lock Date: July 23rd, 2023
Royalty on Secondary Sales: 8%
TACF Conductor Spotlight Series #1: Marin Alsop
Supply: 100
Policy ID: 29e17b51138a8e79dcf50787706f503537323508f21af8bc08759d7f
Policy Lock Date: July 23rd, 2023
Royalty on Secondary Sales: 8%
TACF Conductor Spotlight Series #2: Marin Alsop
Supply: 85
Policy ID: 2e445e15141c8d99988c890fcbe0ce3e525ffd7baa1f5e09903e98df
Policy Lock Date: July 23rd, 2023
Royalty on Secondary Sales: 8%
Minting Addresses
Global Concert Series Ticket Mint Address: addr1vy3qme7zjxj8xsn547s7mf0j9t9x8h2x30f00vsvhag3g6sggz02f
Send exactly 125 ADA to this address
Commemorative NFT Series #1 (White) Mint Address: addr1v9r7xd6zvz58k732766kc497l9wmy6tlj6vfc7rhj27y20s3rwr47
Send exactly 75 ADA to this address
Commemorative NFT Series #2 (Platon) Mint Address: addr1vyp03e52daf3n2hch8pdjf7hftzupuqlnm4gnnrqye9zpesh5m7ay
Send exactly 100 ADA to this address
**DO NOT SEND ADA FROM AN EXCHANGE, ONLY USE A CARDANO WALLET THAT YOU TRUST**
Shweta Chauhan
Shweta Chauhan is the first female Stake Pool Operator on Cardano. She is the CEO of kBlocks Stake Pool and is the Co-founder of Lovelace Academy. Her aim is to educate and empower women by teaching them how to code on blockchain technology. She is achieving this through Lovelace Academy, a platform co-founded by her specifically to teach “How to build Smart Contracts on Blockchain”.
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Alan Buxbaum
Alan Buxbaum is an orchestral conductor based in the USA who is passionate about finding funding mechanisms for classical organizations that prioritize quality, innovation and autonomizing the industry from donor financing. He has performed at Carnegie Hall several times and received his MM in Orchestral Conducting from the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins under the tutelage of Marin Alsop and Markand Thakar.
What is an NFT?
An NFT, which stands for “non-fungible token”, is a tokenized piece of information that lives on a blockchain. Unlike fungible tokens (i.e. Bitcoin, where 1 BTC = 1 BTC), NFTs generally cannot be traded 1:1. This technology’s key aspect is that it represents a proof of ownership without the use of a third party.
What is Cardano?
Cardano is an open-source blockchain that seeks to provide economic identity to the billions who lack it by providing decentralized applications to manage identity, value and governance.
Why Cardano?
TACF chose to mint its NFT Series on Cardano for many reasons, the most prevalent being: 1) it is being built using first principle-based, scientific research in order to have formally proven security guarantees and 2) it has a much smaller carbon footprint than most other blockchains.
What efforts are being made to cancel out Cardano’s carbon footprint?
There are several efforts being made to cancel out Cardano’s already minimal carbon footprint. One of them is the Cardano Forest, which is being run by Veritree. Another project finding ways to support this vision is Climate Neutral Cardano. For more information, please visit their websites. (Please note that the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship is not affiliated with either of these organizations)
What is unique about these NFTs?
Most NFTs that are currently seen in the market act solely as collectible items. The TACF NFT Concert Ticket Series aims to be the first NFT with utility in the classical music industry, giving its holders access to select concerts and promotional content. This allows TACF to interact directly with its fans, as well as giving them the opportunity to support the organization in a variety of ways.
What is the benefit of buying NFT concert tickets over conventional concert tickets?
By owning a Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship NFT Concert Ticket, you’ll get admission to its corresponding concert along with:
- Ownership of the first Cardano NFT ticket for a real-life, Classical music global concert series
- The opportunity to support TACF by selling it on a secondary market that supports royalties/is CIP0027 compliant
- Special benefits from promotions and future partnerships
- Joining TACF as it embarks on this innovative and exciting journey