Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
One of the best things about getting in on the ground floor is there never seems to be any limit on where you can go. For example, since 2010 Adaptistration brought an official editorial cartoonist on board and increased overall visits by a whopping
61.98 percent. If fact, we had to upgrade our server to accommodate the traffic and it’s looking like another upgrade will be necessary before the calendar year is out!
The National Arts Marketing Project Conference (#NAMPC) is next week and it’s shaping up to be a good time. Yes, for those in the orchestra field, the fact that it’s Louisville is more than a little ironic but I’m looking forward to spending a few shop talk filled days in Fall City, wait too ironic; City of Beautiful Churches, there, that works.
Sure, news as of late has been filled with a good bit of nonsense from a variety of stakeholders but it’s important to remember that even though bad news sells, it isn’t necessarily representative of an entire field, even the orchestra business. To that end, it’s time to break free of tunnel vision and take in the spectrum of the good, the bad, and the ugly of stakeholders.
At the end of last week, the Louisville Orchestra (LO) followed through on its announcement to hire permanent replacement musicians by sending out a “National Call For Applications” Flyer to a variety of academic institutions. The one page flyer contains basic compensation information and that the current openings are to “replace musicians who are on strike.”
Adaptistration’s editorial cartoonist, Paul Dixon, is at it again and this time around he’s crafted a special Halloween treat. If you’ve been fretting about what you’re going to do for a costume tonight, this may give you an idea or two.