August 2004 – Adaptistration

The Negotiation Process: Who Does What

Monday, September 17th, 2018Tuesday, August 31st, 2004 by Drew McManus

This installment of the “Negotiation Process” series will examine the answers to a common misconception about who does what during contract negotiations. Next in this series of articles, we’ll take a deeper look into “who” does “what” during the process. Mary Lo from Washington wrote to ask, “Why do the musicians care about all of this if they just have a lawyer doing their negotiating anyway?” Mary has a typical idea …

An Interview With David Lockington

Sunday, August 29th, 2004 by Drew McManus

I published an interview with David Lockington, the Music Director for the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra at my Neo Classical Column over at The Partial Observer. It’s a great interview that covers issues ranging from stage fright, long range planning, to the future of the industry. You can find the article at:http://www.partialobserver.com/ArticleDisplay.cfm?ArticleID=1218

Violin Turf Wars

Friday, June 29th, 2018Friday, August 27th, 2004 by Drew McManus

Earlier in the week, I wrote about how the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra may very well have to submit their “Golden Age” collection purchased from Herbert Axelrod to a new appraisal and authentication process. In that article I briefly touched on the how the business of authenticating and appraising rare string instruments (violins, viola, and cellos) works in the music industry. But today I’ll take a little closer look at that …

Loss Of Momentum

Thursday, August 26th, 2004 by Drew McManus

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Among all of the gloom and doom talk mixed in with sunshine and rainbows there’s an important conversation that doesn’t get the attention it deserves in this industry. I’m talking about the loss of momentum concerning fundraising on the board level.

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The Negotiation Process: Why Bother?

Sunday, September 10th, 2017Wednesday, August 25th, 2004 by Drew McManus

After posting the initial articles from for this series on the Negotiation Process, many Adaptistration readers wrote in wondering why orchestra musicians are part of an organized labor union. Sam from Golden, Colorado wrote in to ask: “I don’t really think of musicians like auto workers, why do they even have a union?” Not long ago, I asked a very similar question to, Len Leibowitz a veteran labor lawyer that has …