2016 – Page 12 – Adaptistration

Peter Dobrin Couldn’t Be More Right

Thursday, October 13th, 2016 by Drew McManus

The Philadelphia Inquirer published a commentary article by Peter Dobrin on 10/7/2016 that asks a number of difficult questions related to executive accountability during periods of labor unrest. He examines the issues via his home ensemble, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and he provides a decidedly clear perspective. The article begins with his observations vis-à-vis the orchestra rising to artistic challenges not only via traditional benchmarks of excellence but for recent efforts related …

A Sad Day

Wednesday, October 12th, 2016 by Drew McManus

I was saddened to hear the news that former Chattanooga Symphony & Opera (CSO) executive director, Molly Sasse French, passed away the morning of Tuesday, October 11, 2016. Working with Molly was always a pleasure. She had an enormously generous spirit and was a quintessential host who never tired of filling the role of enthusiastic host for her community. When visiting Chattanooga for the first time, she was the one meet …

Breaking The Glass Ceiling Back In 2004

Tuesday, October 11th, 2016 by Drew McManus

One of my all-time favorite interviews is from 2004 with Marianne Lockwood. At the time, she was serving as executive director for Orchestra of St. Luke’s (OSL) after spending 20 years with the ensemble growing it from a tiny vanity ensemble project into one of the first, and arguably, only genuine new model orchestral performing arts organization. Although female executives were certainly not unheard of at that time, there were far …

Rolling Out Updated Links On The Orchestra Financial Reports Page

Monday, October 10th, 2016 by Drew McManus

One of Adaptistration’s most popular resources is the Orchestra Financial Reports page where you can find direct links to an orchestra’s IRS 990 filings at GuideStar.org. Recently GuideStar began rolling out a series of updates to how their database works and the frontend user experience. Those updates are a welcome enhancement but one negative byproduct is all of the original links have been changed and there are no redirects from the …

Let’s Talk About New Music In Chicago

Friday, October 7th, 2016 by Drew McManus

I’ll own up to some hometown prejudice today by giving a shout-out to Chicago’s Ear Taxi new music festival, running from Oct 5 through Oct 10. More to the point, I want to highlight a series of articles that have been going up at NewMusicBox.org (NMBx). First up, read NMBx’s very own Frank J. Oteri’s Why The 21st Century Is The Most Exciting Time For Music and follow that with Made …