With Savings Like These, Who Wouldn’t Want To File For Bankruptcy?
Tue, Jul 7, 2012
by Drew McManus
On 6/28/2012 the Philadelphia Orchestra Association (POA) issued a press statement announcing confirmation of its plan to exit Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. What might catch your attention is the second paragraph, which conveys how much the POA will save as a result of filing bankruptcy.
The Streamlined And Refined Adaptistration Premium
Mon, Jul 7, 2012
by Drew McManus
Becoming an insider just became twice as awesome. Adaptistration Premium, the online resource center for the Orchestra Compensation Reports and Orchestra Website Reviews material that contains exclusive data not available in the annual posts, recently went through an update that not only improves user experience, but brings along a price break.
Twitter: The Concert Experience Force Multiplier
Fri, Jul 7, 2012
by Drew McManus
There’s a good article over at On An Overgrown Path that rails against arts organizations using Twitter in what might be best described as a myopic, self serving, unidirectional messaging system. The article served as a discussion point during last Sunday’s SoundNotion.tv program and after watching it, I thought it ended up being one of
What Everybody Ought to Know About Changes To SEO
Thu, Jul 7, 2012
by Drew McManus
A few months ago, Google implemented one of the largest changes in its history regarding how the search engine’s algorhythms index content. Code named Penguin, it ushered in a host of measures that penalize sites which violate their Webmaster Guidelines for proper (Search Engine Optimization) SEO techniques. What this means for orchestras is if your
Schoenberg. It Had To Be Schoenberg.
Wed, Jul 7, 2012
by Drew McManus
There aren’t a lot of things you can count on in this business but one thing that’s sure to deliver a dazzling display of passionate pyrotechnics is getting people to talk about programming. Case in point, conductor Bill Eddins recently published a pair of articles at Sticks and Drones suggesting the predominance of Second Viennese
