Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Beadle? Pot? Kettle?

Wed, Jul 7, 2008
In case you haven’t been keeping up with the latest news coming out of Columbus, the Columbus Dispatch published some articles about developments in the mediated negotiations. In particular, the musicians of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) rejected the latest proposal from management that would have required the musicians to assist in firing music director

Kudos To Ron!

Tue, Jul 7, 2008
I was pleased to see that the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra recently announced that conductor Ron Spigelman has been appointed as their Principal Pops Conductor. Ron, along with Bill Eddins, has done a wonderful job serving as co-author of Sticks and Drones. In the short number of months the blog has been up and running,

Where In The World Is Drew McManus?

Mon, Jul 7, 2008
I’ve just finished up day #1 of a month long consulting project and although the project promises to keep me busy it holds an equal amount of exhilaration and fascination. Pending approval of my employer, I’ll be posting more about the project as the month passes but in the meantime, let’s see if everyone can

Sometimes, The Best Things In Life Are Free

Fri, Jul 7, 2008
That’s certainly the case with MozBackup, the simply fantastic software utility designed to backup of Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird profiles (if you don’t use Firefox, you should – IE7 and Safari don’t compare). According to their website, MozBackup “allows you to backup and restore bookmarks, mail, contacts, history, extensions, cache etc.” However, the unmentioned value

The Adventure Begins

Thu, Jul 7, 2008
Starting July 11th, 2008 I will be out of the US for a full month to work on a consulting project. I’ll certainly continue blogging while away although I have not yet discussed the option of writing about the project with the employer and since my strict policy is to never write about work projects