Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

2007 Compensation Report: ROPA Executive Directors

Mon, Jun 6, 2007
In an effort to mix things up from the previous Compensation Reports, the 2007 installment will be published in a different order. Instead of cycling through all the ROPA ensembles and then all the ICSOM ensembles, the 2007 series will be published by position. To begin with, we’ll examine compensation figures for Executive Directors… Where

Diving Head First Into Union Politics

Thu, Jun 6, 2007
Although this blog is designed to focus on issues related to orchestra management, every now and then it takes a road less traveled. Today, we’re taking a sharp left onto the side streets of internal politics within the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), the union which represents the majority of professional orchestra musicians… This week

So That’s Who You Are

Fri, Jun 6, 2007
During Wednesday’s radio discussion at Soundcheck with John Schaefer I mentioned the results from a recent readership segmentation survey here at Adaptistration and I thought it would be useful to post those statistics…

Phone Home Survey Results

Thu, Jun 6, 2007
The results from the three question survey about telephone etiquette policy earlier this week produced some fascinating data…

Appearing On WNYC’s Soundcheck Today

Wed, Jun 6, 2007
I’ll be appearing today on WNYC’s Soundcheck with John Schaefer at approximately 2:00p.m. ET today to talk about whether or not declining print coverage of classical music is necessarily as bad as some of the doomsayers suggest. Furthermore, is it possible to make the case that blogs are actually becoming more important than print media