Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Something Every Good Manager Knows

Fri, Sep 9, 2009
by Drew McManus
Earlier this week, the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians (ICSOM) published a copy of the comments delivered to the American Federation of Musicians’ (AFM) International Executive Board (IEB) on 7/27/2009 by its chairman, Bruce Ridge. ICSOM describes the comments as “critical of the delayed and subverted process through which the President of the
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2009 Orchestra Website Reviews: Reader Ratings

Thu, Sep 9, 2009
by Drew McManus
The basics. You can submit one star rating for each orchestra and leave an unlimited number of comment reviews. You do not need to leave a comment in order to submit a star rating but you are encouraged to do so. What criteria should I use to rate orchestra websites? There are no hard and
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Power To The People!

Thu, Sep 9, 2009
by Drew McManus
In anticipation of the upcoming 2009 Orchestra Website Reviews, there is one particular new feature worth mentioning in advance. After years of hearing from readers about which features they find important in an orchestra website but never having a way for them to incorporate them into the reviews, I am very happy to announce that
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Sprucing Up the Homestead

Wed, Sep 9, 2009
by Drew McManus
It has been awhile since I updated my consulting website and over the last weekend, I completed installing a new template and updated content. I don’t usually post this sort of housekeeping info here at Adaptistration but after having several people in the business I’ve known for some time contact me last week to say
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Who Is Jeff And Why Is He Bothered?

Tue, Sep 9, 2009
by Drew McManus
Starting 9/28/2009, Inside The Arts will begin featuring a series of videos from Philadelphia Orchestra associate principal trumpet Jeff Curnow. A teaser of the new series, What’s Bothering Jeff?, went live yesterday and the good news is that being a trumpet geek is not a prerequisite for getting something out of his videos. Why should
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