August 2005 – Adaptistration

Into The Fray

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 by Drew McManus

Over the past few years I’ve had the pleasure to serve in a variety of consulting roles for orchestra administrators and musicians. I’ve also been watching the growing amount of consultants specializing in orchestra related services, some of them deliver stellar work while others, well, don’t. Nevertheless, I’ve noticed a distinct lack of consultants who have a significant amount of firsthand experience from the administrative, board, and musician perspectives. There are …

BlogDay 2005

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005 by Drew McManus

Thanks to my blog neighbor Andrew Taylor for jogging my memory with his post today about BlogDay 2005…

Screaming Into The Eine Kleine Nacht

Monday, August 29th, 2005 by Drew McManus

The Partial Observer published an article of mine today which discusses some of the issues related to the upcoming onslaught of Mozart performances for this season. In particular, it examines the sordid underbelly of artistic programming and how much of it is dictated by artistic standards as opposed to the bottom line. Personally, I think it’s a fascinating side of the business which could stand increased dialogue and understanding among patrons …

The Latest Interlochen Spin

Saturday, August 27th, 2005 by Drew McManus

The 2005 Arts Camp session is over; the final strains of Les Preludes have drifted away and now reside only as memories in the minds of those who were there this summer. Unfortunately, there seems to be a great deal of spin drifting out of the president’s office as well..

Regulated Institutional Transparency Part 2

Friday, August 26th, 2005 by Drew McManus

Yesterday’s article presented the concept of Regulated Institutional Transparency, which allows orchestral stakeholders to monitor the artistic, administrative, and governing components of its organization on a continuing basis by means of standardized methods…