The Multiple Conducting Post Cash Cow
Fri, Jun 6, 2017
by Drew McManus
Norman Lebrecht published an interesting post at slippedisc.com that notices the trend in conductors holding multiple titled positions is in no danger of going away; at least in North America. We used to include pointing out conductors who held positions at multiple orchestras as part of the annual music director compensation reports but over the
Arts Groups Know Their Online User Experience Is Lacking, But Now What?
Wed, Jun 6, 2017
by Drew McManus
Capacity Interactive (CI) recently published their 2016 Arts Industry Digital Marketing Benchmark Study, an increasingly invaluable resource for a broad array of arts organizations. It provides a comprehensive survey of digital marketing and perhaps unsurprisingly, one of their key discoveries in a large portion of arts orgs know they are underinvesting in their online presence but
More Developments In Venezuela
Tue, Jun 6, 2017
by Drew McManus
The 6/10/2017 edition of the New York Times published an excellent article by Ana Vanessa Herrero and Nicholas Casey that provides additional details about the ongoing protests in Venezuela and how music is playing an increasingly important role. It’s important to make time in your schedule to stay on top of these developments as the
Artists As Representatives
Mon, Jun 6, 2017
by Drew McManus
I have something to confess: I wanted to make today’s post a rant against a sharp uptick in the number of instances where I’ve encountered artists behaving boorishly among patrons. Although it sounds wonderfully cathartic, it would have ultimately run afoul of this blog’s Code of Conduct. That’s when it struck me that the reason
We Live In Angry Times. Here’s Something Positive You Can Do About It.