Adaptistration – Drew McManus on the orchestra business.

Institute For Composer Diversity Begins Rolling Out 2019-2020 Season Report

Published on Mon, Feb 18, 19 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Sun, Feb 17, 19 at 3:44 pm CST by Drew McManus

The Institute For Composer Diversity (ICD), which evolved from the Women Composers Database project, released their initial 2019-2020 season report. The report tracks the overall number and percentage of masterworks series works from women composers and composers of color. The online report provides concise datasets that illustrate each orchestra’s percentage and number of works in total season along with their League of American Orchestras group number. Since we’re neck-deep in 2019-2020 …

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Musicians Will Go On Strike If New Deal Isn’t Reached By March 10, 2019

Published on Fri, Feb 15, 19 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Thu, Feb 14, 19 at 5:19 pm CST by Drew McManus

In 2012, the musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) decided to announce a strike exactly one hour before one of the initial concerts from that season. The result was patrons arriving at the hall to discover the concert was cancelled. While some offered their support, others were extremely upset at the short notice. Ultimately, that strike settled in a matter of days, but the amount of patron animosity reached higher …

You Can Never Have Too Much Google Juice

Published on Thu, Feb 14, 19 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Wed, Feb 13, 19 at 5:26 pm CST by Drew McManus

If you aren’t already familiar with Google Signals, it provides the framework for cross device tracking site visitors across multiple browsers, mobile apps, mobile devices, and more. In short, the new reporting features in Signals will let you take full advantage of enhanced advertising and reporting features. Signals is still less than a year old and Google didn’t roll it out with too much fanfare as a result, you may have …

It’s Tuba Wednesday

Published on Wed, Feb 13, 19 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Tue, Feb 12, 19 at 7:01 pm CST by Drew McManus

There’s a fabulous article written by Alison Bowen in the 2/12/2019 edition of the Chicago Tribune that highlights two young tuba players in the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra (CYSO). Bowen chronicles the realities for tubists Bobby Black and Chrisjovan Masso as they grow past their respective school programs and into something like the CYSO. It’s a great feel good read and only takes a few minutes. But that’s just the first of …

Are You Straight On How The New Tax Laws Impact Valuating And Acknowledging Donations?

Published on Tue, Feb 12, 19 at 2:00 am CST | Updated on Mon, Feb 11, 19 at 5:10 pm CST by Drew McManus

I won’t even pretend to have a comprehensive understanding of how the new tax laws impact a nonprofit’s requirements for valuating and acknowledging donations. Fortunately, Joe Patti recently published an article at ArtsHacker that covers several points of contact that should serve as good places your organization should to begin having these discussions with your accountants and attorneys: Acknowledging Donations Deducting Benefits Be Careful With Donor Advised Funds Acknowledging Other Things …

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