Continuing in her series of articles entitled “How To Alienate Your Audience In 10 Easy Steps” Holly Mulcahy published the second installment which focuses on musician behavior. Although orchestra musicians don’t have as much direct contact with concertgoers or board members as music directors, there are plenty of points where poor conduct and a sloppy image can alienate audience members…
I have yet to encounter a manager that doesn’t have a good musician anecdote (and vice versa) and Holly captures some of the root behaviors at the source of many of those stories. Next month, Holly promises to focus on how managers alienate the audience. I’m anxious to see what transpires but in the meantime, I’ll have to make do with this month’s installment.
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…
I have yet to encounter a manager that doesn’t have a good musician anecdote (and vice versa) and Holly captures some of the root behaviors at the source of many of those stories. Next month, Holly promises to focus on how managers alienate the audience. I’m anxious to see what transpires but in the meantime, I’ll have to make do with this month’s installment.
