Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
It’s hard enough to get a job as a classical musician these days and the odds at building a successful career as a soloist are even tighter. Now imagine that you want to build a career as a full time tuba soloist, sounds impossible doesn’t it? Fortunately, there’s one musician who decided to combine his remarkable abilities as a musician and a businessman to embark on something that many traditionalists in …
Back at the beginning of the January the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra management made the 11th hour decision to cancel the semi final and final rounds of the scheduled French Horn and Double Bass auditions which ignited a firestorm of media attention and a War of words regarding whether or not he musicians of the SLSO were on strike or being locked out. A few days later, it appeared that the …
The final installment in the series of articles examining the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Internal Review Report will continue where Part 3 finished. After examining issues of valuation and authenticity what’s left are some of the most critical issues related to any musical instrument, how they sound and what the musicians think of them. Issue #3 How they sound As discovered in Part 3, even the NJSO appears to be dancing …
Part 3 in the series of articles examining the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Internal Review Report will continue where Part 2 finished, whether or not all of the instruments in the Axelrod collection are authentic. As was examined in Part 2, there were numerous contradictions between the Trustee’s findings, conclusions, and recommendations regarding the value of the collection. More important than value however, is authenticity, one of the cornerstones used to …
Due to the heavy snow in the Northeast it was quite a chore shoveling all the snow from the driveway – Keeping Up With The Jones’ In New Jersey Part 3 will be delayed until tomorrow. If you missed Part 1 or Part 2, now’s a good time to catch up. In the meantime, there’s a great article from Sunday’s Dallas Morning News by Scott Cantrell which examines the Dallas Symphony’s …