If you haven’t done so already, this week is your last chance to vote in the last cycle for the 2008/09 cultural confidence poll. Since 10/2008, we’ve been tracking how readers have been rating the current economic conditions at their respective performing arts organization as well as where they believe those same conditions will exist by the end of the 2008/09 season. The results have been fascinating and it will be interesting to see where things end up after the end of this week…
Year: 2009
Reeling From A One-Two Punch In Phoenix
Local and national news outlets hammered the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra last week by openly challenging the institutional image portrayed in a recent organizational press release. In particular, both articles report on the string of recent labor problems…
Network With Drew
Are you in Chicago this week for the League convention? If so, then don’t miss out on the opportunity to connect with me while you’re in town. I’ll be downtown on and off from Today through Saturday so if you’re interested in scheduling a time to sit down and talk over coffee, lunch, dinner, or drinks just check my availability calendar below and find a time to connect…
Announcing Adaptistration Premium: Be The Insider
I am very pleased to announce the launch of Adaptistration Premium, the new online home for all of the Orchestra Compensation Report and Orchestra Website Review materials that were previously only available as print publications. Although the print publications have always been very popular, one of the most frequent requests is to make the data available online. Not only does Adaptistration Premium fill that void but it more than doubles the amount of data featured in the print-only material…
2009 Compensation Report: Concertmasters
If you were a concertmaster in the 2006/07 season, odds are you enjoyed a sizeable increase in annual compensation. In fact, the average concertmaster noticed the largest percent increase in compensation since the 2001/02 season…