One of the points that came up throughout last week’s American Orchestras Summit was the “musicians only have to work 20 hours per week” comment leveraged by Cleveland Orchestra’s management during their recent labor strife. By and large, the response among participants was it only served a self defeating purpose and it is high time to put the old rhetoric out to pasture. Frankly, it’s a ridiculous statement, right on par with “all nonprofit managers are just hacks who couldn’t make it in the for profit world”…
Year: 2010
“Solving All The Problems Of American Orchestras”
That was one of the opening lines from WRCJ’s Chris Felcyn, host of The Well Tempered Wireless, during the segment from his show last Friday where I had the pleasure to serve as a guest (Chris’ blog). I had a wonderful time on the program, Chris is an excellent host who is very passionate about the business and he asked a number of hard-hitting questions. The audio from that entire segment (24:39) is now available at the WRCJ website or you can listen via the clip below…
[audio:https://adaptistration.com/wp-content/uploads/DrewMcManus_012910.mp3|titles=DrewMcManus_012910]Stepping On Some Toes
My overall impression of last week’s American Orchestras Summit was quite positive. All in all, the unique setting and absence of traditional host influence resulted in a noticeably different, and constructive, atmosphere for most discussions. I also appreciated the fact that as a panelist and a member of the audience, the room was well lit so everyone could easily see one another. Accordingly, there was one distinct point during my panel …
Appearing Live On Detroit’s WRCJ Today
It will be my pleasure today to join WRCJannouncer Chris Felcyn today sometime between 2:30-4:00 ET to discuss the recently concluded American Orchestras Summit in Ann Arbor. In addition to the Summit, I’m certain we’ll chat a bit about the business of orchestras in general as well some issues relevant to Detroit. Local listeners can tune into 90.9 FM or you can listen online here. If possible, I’ll post some audio from the program or link over to something on demand. Chris is an intriguing host and I’m sure it will be a fascinating discussion. Note to Weekly Email Summary Subscribers: this week’s newsletter will go out on Saturday instead of today…
Tentative Seattle Agreement and Summit Live Blogging Day 2
The Seattle Symphony and their musicians have reached a tentative agreement. The new agreement, which has yet to be ratified by the musicians, will last 23 months over the course of three seasons and contains some very unique elements (although not entirely unprecedented for the Seattle Musicians). As I’m invovled with the American Orchestra Summit Day 2 (I’ll post Twitteresque updates again through the day if possible) and giving a lecture/Q&A …