Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
The latest group from our list of mid to large budget orchestras with expired agreements that managed to ratify a new contract without resorting to a work stoppage is The Philadelphia Orchestra. Having said that, this is the second group from that list to opt for a one-year agreement that serves more as a holding measure than not. The actual terms of the agreement are scant but the only monetary figure …
Although there hasn’t been very much along the lines of news to report via the ongoing Hartford Symphony Orchestra (HSO) labor dispute, there is one item worth exploring that might shed some insight into why the situation won’t likely improve regardless the outcome. Although we don’t usually examine op-ed posts, there is one from the 9/18/15 edition of the Hartford Courant that merits an exception. This op-ed piece comes from Ronald …
There’s less than one month to get ready for the 2015 NAMP Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah and if you haven’t registered and made your travel and lodging arrangements, you are going to want to get that monkey off your back sooner than later. As mentioned back in May, I’ll be leading a session on Sunday, November 8, 9:00am to 10:15am MT titled Click. Click. Done. Developing Your Google Analytics Skills along with Google Analytics pros Ceci …
Sure, even though the 2015/16 season is barely out of the gate you should begin thinking about the end of the season, in particular, putting together a Year-in-Review microsite to help document what your organization will achieve along with serving as an enormously valuable development resource tool. In order to help you get on the right track, I published an article ArtsHacker.com today that examines the issue in more detail along …
There’s an intriguing development in the Philadelphia Orchestra negotiations in the form of a six-month consultancy that introduces former John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts CEO Michael Kaiser into the mix…kinda. The Philadelphia Inquirer published an article by Peter Dobrin on 10/6/2015 that reports Kasier will be employed for a period of six months to provide advice for the orchestra’s strategic planning and capitalization campaigns. Setting aside for a …