“Road Warrior Without An Expense Account”
Thu, May 5, 2007
by Drew McManus
Over the past several months Jason Heath, a professional gig bassist in the Chicago area, has been publishing a series of articles on his blog, doublebassblog.com, about what it’s really like to be a professional musician without a full time orchestra position. The series, entitled “Road Warrior Without An Expense Account” has been superb and
More Thoughts On Institutional Transparency
Wed, May 5, 2007
by Drew McManus
You have to love the AJ Blogs. My blogging neighbor, Tim Riley, posted something this week which, let’s just say, caught my eye…
Some Recent Thoughts On Institutional Transparency
Tue, May 5, 2007
by Drew McManus
While putting together some updates for the upcoming Compensation Report in June, I ran across some orchestras which did not have their 2004-2005 IRS Form 990’s posted at GuideStar…
I Had No Idea Virginia Symphony Had Such A Large Line Of Credit
Mon, May 5, 2007
by Drew McManus
“During a concert of the Virginia Symphony at the 400th anniversary celebration of the founding of Jamestown, President Bush briefly took over conducting the orchestra, which explains why the orchestra is now $4 trillion in debt”…
Keith Lockhart On Soundcheck
Fri, May 5, 2007
by Drew McManus
Tune in for today’s broadcast of Soundcheck with John Schaefer as Boston Pops music director Keith Lockhart stops in to talk about Pops programming. Officially, the topic of the show is “Making Orchestra Pops Concerts Hip” and since it was planned before the now infamous balcony fight, it serves as one of those fantastic coincidences.
