I’ll be at the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM) conference delivering a presentation on what musicians should be doing between negotiations so they can establish a conducive environment for successful negotiations and create a strong internal culture…
In particular, I’ll focus on how musicians can develop a straightforward program capable of improving communication and effectiveness at their three primary contact points: musician/management, musician/musician, and musician/public. It promises to be a lively presentation which will provide the delegates with a plan of action for taking the ideas back to their fellow musicians.
So far, I’ve had the same wonderful time I always have talking with musicians about the business. There’s certainly no shortage of topics or opinions but healthy discussion results in positive solutions.
I’ll do my best over the next couple of days to get something up since there’s certainly no shortage of topics around the business these days.
There’s an intriguing development in the Philadelphia Orchestra negotiations in the form of a six-month consultancy that introduces former John F. Kennedy Center for…