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Using Pay-As-You-Wish Pricing To Self-Correct Artificially Inflated Ticket Prices

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 by Drew McManus

WQXR Blog published an article by Brian Wise on 7/21/2015 that examines Pay-As-You-Wish ticket pricing for classical music concerts, which was recently implemented in the U.K. via the Hallé Orchestra. Although it is doubtful that Pay-As-You-Wish pricing will become any sort of mainstream ticket strategy, it does serve as a worthwhile conduit for continued examination of exacerbated pricing trends, which long time readers know is a bedrock topic here at Adaptistration. …

Please, Pretty Please, Stop Damaging Everyone’s Eyesight With Small Font Sizes

Tuesday, July 21st, 2015 by Drew McManus

H/T to Thomas Cott for inspiring this latest entry into what seems to be an ongoing rant regarding font size. No, I’m not complaining about Cott’s font sizes, his are terrific, but one of the articles at arts.gov included in his latest newsletter made me realize that there continue to be far too many arts focused sites out there still using unacceptably small font sizes. Not only do small font sizes …

Atlanta Sees A Sliver Of Sunshine

Monday, July 20th, 2015 by Drew McManus

The 7/16/2015 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an article by Howard Prousner that reports on some good news for the beleaguered Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) in the form of an undisclosed six figure surplus for the 2014/15 season that started off with a nine week lockout. Though final fiscal 2015 figures will not be known until later this summer when financial records are complete for the Woodruff Arts Center — …

So Many Fantastic New Openings

Friday, July 17th, 2015 by Drew McManus

If you haven’t checked in at Adaptistration Jobs in a bit then you’re missing out; there have been more than a dozen new openings listed in the past two weeks alone and among those are some positions in historically coveted departments, such as the Milwaukee Symphony’s Director of Operations. Additionally, you’ll find listings throughout symphonic, opera, theater, ballet, museum, academia, commercial, performing arts centers, choral groups, and service organizations in full …

Why You Should Be Paying Attention To The Ongoing Worker Status Debate

Thursday, July 16th, 2015 by Drew McManus

Although it doesn’t get very much attention, how orchestras define employees, both on-stage and administrative, has a large impact on its operations and expense structure and one of the hot button political issues taking shape in the upcoming presidential election is how employers go about classifying workers either as independent contractors or employees. At the center of the controversy is the hyper growth fueled transportation provider Uber and a recent California …