“I have had the fortunate opportunity to work closely with Thérèse LaGamma for the past 17 years. With The River serving as a presenting sponsor of the Intimately Yours series, and my own personal support as a donor to The Music Hall, I had frequent dealings with Thérèse. She always impressed me, not only with her innate ability to recognize talent, but also her willingness to work collaboratively and accept input from others in the search for expanding their programming content. Therese is a thoughtful, intelligent, and passionate person committed to the arts. She would be an asset to any organization!”

– Steven Friedman, WXRV-92.5 The River, Haverhill, MA

“Thérèse has a sharp eye for talent and a wonderful, natural ability to use her event programming to creatively engage broad audiences in a wide variety of settings and situations. She knows her audience and her community. She understands her business. Thérèse has shown time and again she can deftly navigate the fine line between commerce and culture to make each performance emotionally engaging and financially successful.”

– Joel Alberts, Executive Director, The Lensic, Santa Fe, New Mexico

“Thérèse brings incredible stamina, a good public persona, strong artist and agent relationships, passion about her work, and an understanding of the economics of successfully promoting/presenting an act.”

– Patricia Lynch, Former Executive Director, The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH

“Thérèse worked diligently to book both up and coming artists with incredible talent and also those tried and true that put The Music Hall on the map. She has a great eye for artists across all genres and types, from music and comedy to thought leaders and authors. Her easy going and kind demeanor made her a wonderful colleague and team player who I was more than happy to work with and learn from.”

– Brittany Wason, Literary Producer, Writers On A New England Stage, The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH

“Thérèse served as the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Concerts Manager as part of the Public Programs division. Her programming expanded the museum's musical and artistic offerings by utilizing her great ear, musical knowledge, and instincts.”

– Rob Worstell, Head of Community and Studio Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

“Thérèse is a modern-day Renaissance woman. She has an eye for spotting emerging talent and booking it for Portsmouth and has a vast knowledge of new and established global musical artists...She is a fabulous announcer on NH Public Radio, has booked concerts and performances for the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and owing to her international upbringing, she has a refined cultural sensibility, which cannot be taught but comes naturally to her. She is a team player, a very kind and honest person, which is sometimes rare in this industry.”

– Rita Cary, Announcer, WBUR, Boston, MA

“In the world of concert programming, promotion, and community building, Thérèse LaGamma is among the best. It has been an honor to work with her...over the years and I look forward to collaborating with her for many years to come.”

– Russ Grazier, CEO, Portsmouth Music and Arts Center, Portsmouth, NH

“Thérèse programmed for what the audience wanted, even if they didn't yet realize it. She would come back from SXSW or similar events with a slew of artists that I had never heard of and not only did people come out to see them, but within months I would start hearing about them outside of The Music Hall. I frequently heard patrons say that they would get tickets to one of our shows, especially in our listening room style Loft venue, simply because they trusted that the artists she brought in would be worth seeing, regardless of any prior familiarity with them. Thérèse spent a lot of time developing relationships with agents so they trusted her when she reached out and eventually many began reaching out to her with artists that might not otherwise have been booked into our market size or venue type. She has this amazing ability to see (and hear) artists and know that they would be the right fit.”

– Zhana Morris, Production Manager, The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH