Montreal Symphony Musicians Heading Back To Work

A news release from Canadian Press late yesterday reports that the musicians and board of the Montreal Symphony have reached an agreement that the musicians accepted by a vote of 96% in favor of accepting the proposed contract…

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Following Up On A Few Things

One of the really wonderful aspects of writing for a weblog as opposed to print media is the ability bring up revisit developments in an ongoing situation. Typically, the only orchestra related issues which ever seem to garner prolonged attention in print media are centered on labor or music director issues. Even so, it’s rare to follow any of those events more than a few months at best…

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The Latest Adaptistration Publication

The latest in the series of Adaptistration publications is now available; The Adaptistration Orchestra Website Review: 2004 & 2005 Report. It contains everything you’ve wanted to know about the Orchestra Website Review that wasn’t published online… Spiral bound for convenience, the report contains 126 pages of feature after feature covering everything from in-depth descriptions of the evaluation criteria and grading formula as well as detailed grades for all 23 subcategories for …

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