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Throwback Thursday: Music Director Compensation

Thursday, April 20th, 2017 by Drew McManus

We’re about two months away from the latest installment in the annual orchestra compensation reports so I thought it would be fun to take a quick look back at the music director installment from last year’s series. If you recall, this was one of the biggest bombshells in the entire series history in that it reported Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s (DSO) music director Jaap van Zweden’s bank-busting $5,110,538 annual compensation. Michael Granberry …

Where You Think Links Should Open Could Be Influenced By Your Age

Wednesday, April 19th, 2017 by Drew McManus

One of the regular conversations I have with Venture Platform clients is how to handle the default target for where links open: new tab or same tab. Prior to the mobile device age, a common practice would be to have links pointing to internal website pages open in the same tab while outbound links open in a new tab. If you’re a manager of a certain age, that’s likely what you …

Please Don’t Bait The Composers…Okay, Maybe Just A Little

Tuesday, April 18th, 2017 by Drew McManus

It started with an innocent Facebook post from composer Jim Stephenson who was wondering if composers of old would have made it in today’s environment and evolved into a trending hashtag on Twitter. An honest question for you all:Would the music of so many long-ago greats have survived if they knew that they only had 10 seconds to impress via audio/video recording? Posted by Jim Stephenson on Monday, April 17, 2017 It’s …

Updated Data For The Dead White Guy Programming Table

Monday, April 17th, 2017 by Drew McManus

Over the weekend, composer and arts administrator Rob Deemer sent along the latest update to his list of programming data for the 2017/18 season and the ratio of works (both percent and number) of dead-white-guys to living, women, and non-white composers. The latest figures includes an update for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra figures. See the updated charts at the original article. Granted, Deemer’s data is for a sample of ensembles …

Would We Still Bill The Titanic Musicians For Missing Uniforms?

Friday, April 14th, 2017 by Drew McManus

Today marks the 105-year anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and well before the movie launched the disaster into new levels of cultural consciousness, examining the historical event was a major stepping stone from my conservatory years. Specifically, one of the school’s ear training professors used to keep a framed photo of the musicians as a conversation piece to introduce students to the importance of valuing what artists contribute. …