Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Here It Is, Your Holiday Moment Of Zen

Fri, Dec 12, 2016
You know it, you love, it, and it just isn’t the holiday season without it: The Messiah Organist Meltdown. If this holiday classic is new to you, give it moment and hang in there until the end; I’m sure you’ll agree that it’s 0:43 of unfiltered Messiah goodness.  

San Francisco Symphony Takes A Stand On Equal Rights

Thu, Dec 12, 2016
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Typically, nonprofit performing arts organizations avoid politically charged topics at all costs but in what is perhaps a sign that times are indeed changing, the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) recently announced it is cancelling a two-day set of concerts at Chapel Hill, N.C. “in response to that state’s House Bill 2 (HB2), a law which

There’s A Reason Why Your Social Share Content Isn’t Always Accurate

Wed, Dec 12, 2016
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Have you ever put together a new webpage or post and when you went to share on Facebook or Twitter, the wrong images or copy was showing up? That’s not all that uncommon and quite often, all you need to do is tell both social media platforms to take a fresh look at your copy.

Subsidized B2B Fees Or Non-Subsidized B2B Fees, That Is The Question

Tue, Dec 12, 2016
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Recently, I spoke with David Hendricks from the San Antonio Express-News about some current issues at the San Antonio Symphony (SAS) and one fascinating topic that came up touched on something we’ve never discussed here. Specifically, should an orchestra be willing to accept a fee for fee based services that is lower than their out-of-pocket

Arts Hacker Turns Two!

Mon, Dec 12, 2016
The only thing more fulfilling than successfully filling a demand is doing it alongside a group of enormously talented colleagues and friends. To that end, December 7th marked  ArtsHacker’s second anniversary and the site continues to be a hit with arts managers and arts entrepreneurs. In order to help celebrate, we updated our took our Year