A Stunning Summer At Jackson Hole
Wed, Aug 8, 2011
by Drew McManus
Although it’s not a habit of mine to post media from my travels, I figured that if fellow Inside The Arts blogger Brian Dickie makes a habit of it (check out his recent series of posts), then it isn’t a bad thing. As such, the time at Jackson Hole, WY for the Grand Teton Music
JAC-ORD
Tue, Aug 8, 2011
by Drew McManus
I am heading back to Chicago from Jackson Hole today, I know we are one guest author contribution short but we’ll see about getting it up later in the week. Between now and then we’ll start to look at recent events from Philly and elsewhere. In the meantime, I’ll be thinking about where the buffalo
Rise Of The Planet Of The Managers
Mon, Aug 8, 2011
I’m flattered to be asked by Drew to be a guest contributor. I still recall my first acquaintance with Adaptistration, about seven years ago when I was with the West Virginia Symphony – and I’m probably not the only manager who had this experience. CONDUCTOR: “Our website was just panned by Adaptistration.” ME: “What’s Adaptistration?”
It's The Audience, Stupid.
Fri, Aug 8, 2011
by Rob Simonds
At its best, a symphony orchestra is more summer blockbuster than art-house flick. Orchestras make music on a big scale and consequently demand a big audience. Filling the house affirms why orchestras exist in a way that half-empty performances, regardless of their intrinsic merit, simply cannot.
The model, one year later…Even deader, or still not dead yet?
Thu, Aug 8, 2011
by curtlong
Thank you, Drew, for inviting me to be a guest contributor now for I believe the fourth time (counting TAFTO). Sometime I have played it safe by sharing thoughts on the practical (and not particularly exciting) side of orchestra management. But last year I tackled more ambitious “what the much maligned orchestra business model really
