2016 – Page 30 – Adaptistration

What You Don’t Know Could Fill A Double Bass

Thursday, June 9th, 2016 by Drew McManus

There’s a fascinating article in the June, 2016 online edition of The Strad by double bass soloist, Gary Karr (originally written in 2014 for the magazine’s July print issue). It examines Karr’s frustration over the years working with conductors that knew too little about the double bass, or at least, less than they should in light of a conductor’s leadership position. The article is an excellent examination of artistic administration within …

Is Your Group Keeping Up With Digital Marketing Trends?

Wednesday, June 8th, 2016 by Drew McManus

Capacity Interactive (CI) recently published their fourth annual Arts Industry Digital Marketing Benchmark Study (h/t Thomas Cott) and some of their findings are worth noticing. Moreover, everything covered in the report is covered in one or more how-to articles at ArtsHacker.com. Here are some shortcuts to help you drill down into what’s important. Last but not least, there’s even an article about digital advertising for arts organizations written by some guy …

Sometimes, You Just Need A Reminder

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016 by Drew McManus

The other week, my wife asked “why don’t you have more friends than you do on Facebook?” Granted, this question came from someone with 4,600+ friends, 1,000+ followers, and 1,200+ in her friend request queue (the latter isn’t far behind my total friend count), so any meaningful reply warranted some forethought. After some internal monologue deliberating pros and cons, I opened my mouth to reply but realized there wasn’t anything to …

Toronto Takes Strong Action To Avert Disaster

Monday, June 6th, 2016 by Drew McManus

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has seen its fair share of rough waters over the past few seasons. In 2015, they endured the Valentina Lisitsa firestorm and 2016 was pockmarked by way of the very public annulment legal battle between former president and CEO, Jeff Melanson, and his estranged wife, Eleanor McCain. According to an article by Martin Knelman in the 5/21/2016 edition of The Toronto Star, all of these high profile …

You’re An Ignorant Dilettante

Friday, June 3rd, 2016 by Drew McManus

Holly Mulcahy published an article on 6/2/16 titled I’m a condescending bore. You’re an ignorant dilettante. Please give us money. that takes a long, hard look at one of the more damaging stereotypes the field as a whole can’t shed fast enough: erudite posers. But in her typical way, it isn’t just an extended gripe session; instead, the article examines three all-too-familiar situations and compares/contrasts condescending erudite responses against something far …