Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

A Sneak Peak At The “Special Surprise”

Fri, Sep 9, 2005
My apologies to everyone who was expecting the 2005 Orchestra Website Review “Special Recognition Awards” and the “Special Surprise” which, according to the review main page, were promised to be up today. Things got caught up today and I wasn’t able to put the finishing touches to those articles. As such, you can expect them

The Louisiana Philharmonic Set To Perform In Three Weeks

Thu, Sep 9, 2005
According to a press release from the Nashville Symphony, the Louisiana Philharmonic will perform together for the first time since Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday, October 4 at 8 p.m. in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Andrew Jackson Hall…

The Best Orchestra Website For 2005 Is In Chicago. Barely.

Thu, Sep 9, 2005
Looking very much like the Green Bay Packers throughout the inaugural years of the Super Bowl, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra takes the prize of having the best website in the business for the second straight year…

This Is What I’m Talking About

Wed, Sep 9, 2005
You have to go read the 9/13/05 entry from Marc Geelhoed’s new blog, Deceptively Simple…

2005 Orchestra Website Review: Overall Rankings

Tue, Sep 9, 2005
What makes a good orchestra website? The mere question can generate conversations which last for hours. Nevertheless, each orchestra will decide for themselves just how important their website activities are to the organization and how much of their resources they can allocate toward website development and maintenance…