Pension Plans And Negotiations Part 1
Wed, Aug 8, 2004
by Drew McManus
Among the many issues related to contract negotiations, one of the leading subjects is retirement benefits and pension plans in particular. This negotiation season is no different, but pension plans seem to be more of a hot button issue. The reasons are related to the ability of orchestra associations to adequately fund their pension plans
The End Of Round One At Cleveland
Tue, Aug 8, 2004
by Drew McManus
Well it seems the Cleveland Orchestra is the first to officially arrive at the contract negotiation home stretch. Although “arrive” and home stretch” are subjective terms. Management and musicians have agreed to “talk and play” by extending the current contract into he beginning of the 2004-2005 concert season. This will allow them to open the
The Negative Aspects Of Being Too Nice
Mon, Aug 8, 2004
by Drew McManus
It seems that there’s been a good bit of writing about how nice classical music has become recently. The Washington Post ran an article that talks about how EMI took out a bad note sung by Pavarotti at La Scala and the resulting boos in extracted from the audience. The Financial Times published a piece
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire At Interlochen
Sun, Aug 8, 2004
by Drew McManus
The past several months have been a very traumatic time for me with regard to Interlochen, and the past few weeks have been the most wrenching.
Words From A Recent Interlochen Camper
Sun, Aug 8, 2004
by Drew McManus
Usually, life’s painful lessons take time to learn. But every now and then someone will come along and see past what they feel and think in the here and now and gaze into the future. Among the flood of email responses I’ve received regarding Interlochen, there was recently a note form David Letvin, a summer camp student
