Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

The New Face Of Adaptistration

Mon, Jun 6, 2005
Adaptistration’s anticipated switch to the Moveable Type blogging software is now a reality. With it comes a bevy of new features: You can now email individual articles directly to someone via the “email this entry” link located at the end of each post. Moveable Type maintains an ongoing automatic archive of all posts so it

Clever Managers Prevent Problems

Fri, Jun 6, 2005
When it comes to planning orchestra concerts there’s a tremendous amount of logistics involved and the more venues an orchestra utilizes, the more plans need to be reviewed.  As a result, one issue which appears to fall through the cracks at a number of organizations is on site review, which entails reviewing first hand the

An Early Look At Venezuela

Thu, Jun 6, 2005
The Boston Globe published an article today by Indira A. R. Lakshmanan about the remarkable work which is going on in Venezuela.  Indira was along for the first few days of the same trip I recently attended (although Indira left just as I was coming in).  It’s an excellent article which provides anyone with the

Reader Response: Sex For Jobs

Thu, Jun 6, 2005
It seems there’s an even wider range of opinion about Blair Tindall’s book than I originally thought.  After posting yesterday’s article I received a digital avalanche of email messages from people in, out, around, and withdrawn from the music business. Many of the notes were filled with sincere feelings about the place of sex and

HOW DARE SHE REVEAL HERSELF

Wed, Jun 6, 2005
I’ve received some intriguing email from people in the business about Blair Tindall’s new book, Mozart in the Jungle.  What makes the email intriguing is the wide variety of responses; it ranges from shock and anger to unrestrained giddiness. For those unfamiliar with the book, Blair discusses obtaining playing jobs throughout New York City in