Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Applause & Pretentiousness Survey: Early Results

Mon, Oct 10, 2006
I originally planned on posting some detailed results from last week’s Applause & Pretentiousness Survey but at more than a steady stream of 150 responses, it isn’t showing any sign of slowing down, so I’m going to let it run at least another day. However, there’s been a great deal of worthwhile discussion going on

Weekly Email Summary SNAFU

Sat, Oct 10, 2006
My apologies to the subscribes to the weekly email summary subscribers but a technical glitch prevented it from going out this week. All things being equal, it will return next week. Thank you for your patience and understanding and in the meantime, if you haven’t signed up to receive the weekly email summary, you can

To Clap Or Not To Clap – By Leonard Slatkin

Fri, Oct 10, 2006
I don’t feature guest writers at Adaptistration very much; in fact, I don’t think I’ve ever had one before now. Nevertheless, during some recent time in Nashville, I crossed paths with Leonard Slatkin, the Music Director for the National Symphony and recently appointed Music Advisor for the Nashville Symphony. Eventually, the conversation made its way

Survey – Applause & Pretentiousness

Thu, Oct 10, 2006
Since Monday, the numbers of personal emails I’ve received along with public comments on this issue have prompted me to put together a little survey about applauding between movements and whether or not orchestra concerts are pretentious…

We Still Need To See A Psychologist

Wed, Oct 10, 2006
I had a fascinating lunch time conversation yesterday with a manager in my area and we were talking about the usefulness of approaching marketing from the view of a behavioral psychologist. The conversation brought my memory to an article I wrote back in February, 2004 entitled We All Need To Go See A Psychologist…
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