LIFE@Lynchburg | Music is Life: Insights from Ula Kauppi & Entertainment from the LSO

Name: LIFE@Lynchburg | Music is Life: Insights from Ula Kauppi & Entertainment from the LSO
Start: 2025-11-05T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-05T12:00:00-05:00
Location: 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, VA, United States, Virginia 24501

Schedule

Wed Nov 05 2025 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, VA, United States, Virginia 24501 | Lynchburg, VA

Join us for a special presentation by the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra. LSO Executive Director Ula Kauppi will give remarks, followed by a performance by the string quartet and a Q&A with Kauppi and the musicians.
Speaker Biography:
Ula Kauppi is a dynamic nonprofit executive with an extensive background in resource development, marketing, communications, and management. Currently serving as the Executive Director of the Lynchburg Symphony Orchestra, she previously was the Director of Development at the Free Clinic of Central Virginia and then the United Way of Central Virginia. She is a CFRE (Certified Fundraising Executive) and holds a master’s degree in Nonprofit Leadership Studies from the University of Lynchburg and a bachelor’s degree from Georgia Tech.
Ula serves as a volunteer leader in the Lynchburg community, having served on the boards of E.C. Glass Theatre and the Association of Fundraising Professionals. She is currently in her 6th year of board service at the Academy Center of the Arts and is a strong advocate for the revitalization of Downtown Lynchburg.
A lifelong patron of the arts, Ula has called Lynchburg home since 2004 alongside her husband Alan. They are proud to have raised three wonderful children (now young adults) who all participated in the Lynchburg City Schools Strings program.