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, IGSOBM, and ROPA orchestral ensembles. There are only a handful of outstanding IRS Form 990’s but once those are delivered, the reports will be ready for publication…
Year: 2008
CBC Public Demonstration Scheduled
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!
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 strategic goals that will best serve their constituents.
As such, if you are a composer or know one who should complete this study, then continue to read the programs s official announcement and follow (or forward) a link to the survey…
TAFTO 2008 Contribution: Gary Ginstling
What better way to wrap up TAFTO 208 than with a contribution from a manager at an organization that has taken the lead on reaching out to new media. Gary Ginstling is Director of Communications and External Affairs at the San Francisco Symphony, an organization which hosted nearly 40 new media authors and their guests for a special blogger’s night concert event. Gary’s contribution examines the idea of TAFTO from the perspective of seeing nearly 1,500 first time concertgoers per week (that’s a lot of potential new friends) and when you’re working with that sort of frame of reference, you’re bound to end up somewhere good…
TAFTO 2008 Contribution: Chris Foley
Just when I think a TAFTO contributor can’t come up with
another original format someone proves me wrong and this time around it is
pianist Chris Foley. In his contribution, Chris provides a firsthand look into
the little known world of workshops, which rely on collaboration as a crucial
component of creating new works. And when it comes to collaboration, how can
you go wrong with a TAFTO contribution on the topic from someone who authors a blog named The Collaborative Piano Blog?
Exactly…