Off To NYC

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I’m in route to NYC today for the Nashville Symphony concert at the 2012 Spring For Music festival. This will be the first of the festival’s concerts I’ve attended and I’m curious to see what the experience is like. I’ll be in town through Sunday so if you’d like to find a time to meet and say hello, talk shop, or talk business drop me a note and let’s see what …

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Mongo Only Pawn In Game Of Life

It was sad to read the news out of Minnesota yesterday in the 5/9/2012 edition of the Star-Tribune where an article by Graydon Royce reports that the Minnesota Orchestra (MO) has eliminated nine full-time administrative positions and laid off seven part-time administrative employees.

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Digital Strategy Done Right

Today’s post is an unmitigated must-read for anyone involved with arts marketing. Recently, Austin Lyric Opera (ALO) Marketing Director, Marc van Bree, published an extraordinarily detailed series of articles that covers everything related to the ALO’s 2011-2012 season website redesign and associated digital strategy update. The series not only serves as a superb guide for designing a similar project at your organization, but it quantifies the value in going about the process the right way.

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Invasion Of The Job Snatchers?

Zombieland 2: Tell Us How You Really Feel

Over the course of last week, a couple of regular readers pointed out two separate labor but related labor disputes. Both issues surround hiring practices and first up is the Fresno Grand Opera (FGO) where musicians recently went on strike hours before a scheduled event featuring soprano Renee Fleming. The other situation is on the other side of the country in Florida where the Palm Beach Symphony (PBS) is catching grief from local musicians over the decision to bring in current students and recent graduates from The Juilliard School for concert event and in-school services.

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