Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

The Aussie’s Show Us Why They’re So Bright

Fri, Mar 3, 2004
I was perusing though the list of referring links to Adaptistration the other week when I can across one from a management school in Australia.  Well that certainly peeked my curiosity so I followed the link back to a course at the Australian Gradate School of Management and what I discovered was a bit of

Getting To Know You

Tue, Mar 3, 2004
No, this isn’t an interview with Yul Brynner.  Instead, Adaptistration reader and music guru Robert Levine recently sent in an email prompted by the remarks from Janet Shapiro from March 8th.   In particular Robert wanted to address Janet’s comment that: ” you should write about the players, who in the [Big 8] can make what

Lost In Translation

Mon, Mar 3, 2004
Just a pointer today while I take the day off for some woodworking.  I have an article posted at a column I write for Partial Observer that asks the question; Does America’s diversity prevent a relevant public music education experience?  In particular it deals with two articles featured here at Arts Journal; Across a Great Divide

More Grumbling About Ticket Prices

Fri, Mar 3, 2004
This time the grumbling comes from Boston where the world renowned Boston Symphony Orchestra is experiencing a severe backlash from its patron subscribers regarding their steep ticket price increases.  According to an article by Geoff Edgers in the March 10th edition of the Boston Globe the BSO has raised ticket prices by as much as

Ticket Price And Competition

Thu, Mar 3, 2004
Colleague and fellow AJ blogger Andrew Taylor wrote a good article on Monday   comparing the rising cost of tickets at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Red Sox… 
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