Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

The Return Of Orchestra Radio

Thu, Apr 4, 2008
In his blog post from 4/14/2008, Scanning The Dial co-author, Mike Janssen, examined the idea of arts organizations owning a radio station, or more precisely the FM radio license. In particular, Mike recounted some recent work assisting the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra apply for such a license and his article reminded me that this topic prompted

Some Belated Thoughts On Columbus

Wed, Apr 4, 2008
Now that the 2008 Take A Friend To Orchestra program is completed, I can take a moment to properly address something that happened in connection to the ongoing situation at the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO). In particular, the 4/9/2008 edition of the Columbus Dispatch published an article by Michael Grossberg which stands out as the

The 2008 Compensation Reports Are Almost Here

Tue, Apr 4, 2008
It’s getting close to that time of year again and the 2008 Adaptistration Compensation Reports are on track to come out a little early this year. For those new to the reports, the articles present the most recent compensation information on nearly 300 executive director, music director, concertmaster, and base musician positions throughout 76 ICSOM,

CBC Public Demonstration Scheduled

Sat, Apr 4, 2008
On Sunday, April 20, Save the CBC Orchestra Committee has scheduled a live protest demonstration for this Sunday in Vancouver at 2PM PT…

Calling All Composers!

Fri, Apr 4, 2008
The American Music Center and American Composers Forum have put together a comprehensive survey with the goal of gathering current data about contemporary composers. Unlike other studies which recently hit the classical music business, I sincerely feel that this study aims to be purely quantitative and will use the raw data to design programs and