Today was my first experience voting as an Illinois resident and I learned an important lesson about stereotypical Chicago voting behavior…
Year: 2006
Where Things Stand In Atlanta
When looking back on the 2006-2007 season, the Atlanta Ballet may discover that it garnered more national media attention than usual. Unfortunately, that attention may not be due to reasons they prefer…
The Week Ahead
There are a number of fascinating things developing for this week. First, I was able to contact representatives from the Atlanta Ballet and the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre over the weekend and both of those conversations shed some clarity on the events unfolding in Atlanta. However, I need to complete following-up on some of that information and speak to a musician representative before I publish anything…
Atlanta Is The New Pittsburgh
In 2005-2006 the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre underwent sever institutional trauma by making a snap decision to eliminate the pit orchestra. After several months of no live music and contentious bargaining the PBT board and musicians finally found a solution which brought live music back to the ballet. Now, the 2006-2007 season is seeing the very same events transpire but this time it’s in Atlanta…
Mock Negotiations: Contrasts & Comparisons
After completing the mock negotiation session with the MBA students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Bolz Center for Arts Administration program, my mind wandered into contrast and comparison mode and I began to think about what just transpired with the UW-Madison students and how music performance students from the Eastman School of Music responded to a similar mock negotiation session I conducted with them in 2004… I want to preface this …