At least, that’s the issue Holly Mulcahy examines in her latest Neo Classical column at The Partial Observer…
Of particular interest for orchestra managers are the examples Holly uses from her career to illustrate how the best of intentions can have unintended results with regard to labor/management relations as well as some of the solutions she presents (some of which I know a few orchestras have implemented). I think the article is especially useful for development and marketing professionals to read and after you’re finished with the article ask yourself whether or not any of your efforts contribute to some of the negative outcomes portrayed in the article. If nothing else, it will get you thinking.
If there’s one transgression most professional orchestra and opera player associations commit, it’s launching public outreach efforts during a labor dispute only to abandon…
The 5/20/2016 edition of mlive.com published an article by Al Jones that reports on an unfair labor charge filed against the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra…
Of particular interest for orchestra managers are the examples Holly uses from her career to illustrate how the best of intentions can have unintended results with regard to labor/management relations as well as some of the solutions she presents (some of which I know a few orchestras have implemented). I think the article is especially useful for development and marketing professionals to read and after you’re finished with the article ask yourself whether or not any of your efforts contribute to some of the negative outcomes portrayed in the article. If nothing else, it will get you thinking.
