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There was a wonderful letter to the editor published in the St. Paul Pioneer Press written by Minnesota orchestra violist Sam Bergman.  He takes to task one of the paper’s recent editorials which paints musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra (and thereby those in peer orchestras with similar situations) in a completely inappropriate light.


Sam is a well written articulate musician who calls it like he sees it, you’ll be better off for taking the time to give his letter to the editor a once over.


You will probably have to go through the newspaper’s “registration” hoops in order to read the article; however, you can bypass that by first attempting to use the login account provided by Arts Journal:



If that doesn’t work, try using a wonderful online anti marketing tool which allows you to Bypass Compulsory Web Registration: http://www.bugmenot.com/.  All you need to do is highlight and copy the entire article link and paste it into the home page at bugmenot.com and they will provide you with a registration login and pass.  It’s a great service!


 

About Drew McManus

"I hear that every time you show up to work with an orchestra, people get fired." Those were the first words out of an executive's mouth after her board chair introduced us. That executive is now a dear colleague and friend but the day that consulting contract began with her orchestra, she was convinced I was a hatchet-man brought in by the board to clean house.

I understand where the trepidation comes from as a great deal of my consulting and technology provider work for arts organizations involves due diligence, separating fact from fiction, interpreting spin, as well as performance review and oversight. So yes, sometimes that work results in one or two individuals "aggressively embracing career change" but far more often than not, it reinforces and clarifies exactly what works and why.

In short, it doesn't matter if you know where all the bodies are buried if you can't keep your own clients out of the ground, and I'm fortunate enough to say that for more than 15 years, I've done exactly that for groups of all budget size from Qatar to Kathmandu.

For fun, I write a daily blog about the orchestra business, provide a platform for arts insiders to speak their mind, keep track of what people in this business get paid, help write a satirical cartoon about orchestra life, hack the arts, and love a good coffee drink.

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