There’s Nothing Like a Having Gun At Your Head
Mon, Jun 6, 2005
by Drew McManus
The Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony’s new “merit based pay” structure is something that has caught the attention of a few managers and musicians alike here in the U.S. Initial word of the deal came out several weeks ago and the most recent article in the 6/12/05 edition of the New York Times by Makiko Inoue reveals
Hell Hath No Fury Like A Violist Scorned
Sun, Jun 6, 2005
by Drew McManus
Charles Noble, the Oregon Symphony’s assistant principal viola, has a beef with newspapers who think “viola” is a typo. At his blog, he points out one of the latest offenses by from the Minnesota Star Tribune, who called violist Sam Bergman (Art’s Journal’s very own news editor) a violinist. I think the problem demonstrates just
Parallels Among Pension Problems
Fri, Jun 6, 2005
by Drew McManus
I hope everyone out there who cares about orchestras is taking the time to follow the airline industry pension crisis. It’s been captivating to follow the recent round of Senate Finance Committee hearings which are attempting to gather information so Congress can determine how it should update pension-funding rules. In a nutshell, the problem is
Taking The Spin Out On Tour
Wed, Jun 6, 2005
by Drew McManus
In an apparent effort to gear up for their upcoming Washington D.C. conference, the American Symphony Orchestra League has been pounding the pavement and beating up the PR drums in efforts to paint a pleasant picture on the current state of the American orchestra business. Not that this sort of behavior is a bad thing
TAFTO Reader Response: Follow Up
Tue, Jun 6, 2005
by Drew McManus
Toward the end of last May’s Take Your Friend to Orchestra month initiative, composer Judd Greenstein wrote in to say he was taking 40 friends to an upcoming concert featuring some he composed for the New York Youth Symphony. True to his word, Judd sent in the following account, As planned, I brought a large
