Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
It’s been awhile since personally going through the process of filing for nonprofit status and on one hand, it’s pretty much the same as its always been. At the same time, it’s so nice to have so many readily available resources; even state and federal documentation is much better than it was a decade ago. Speaking of resources, the Legal category alone at ArtsHacker has a number of great posts (quite …
It turns out Funny Or Die remembered that United Airlines made a commercial using a symphonic orchestra to convey how well each of their individual corporate pieces works together and decided it was an ideal petard on which to hoist the company. The end result spliced in footage from the recent incident where the airline had airport security forcibly remove a passenger who declined an invitation to be re-accommodated with the …
Patrons love learning seeing what goes on behind the scenes, whether its learning how music librarians dodge incoming fire or the complexities of equal pay for equal work among musicians. Case in point, Holly Mulcahy published an article at Neo Classical that examines what a concertmaster does. In addition to the typical duties and responsibilities, the post examines much of the unwritten requirements that go with the job. “And here I …
There’s an interview with outgoing San Francisco Symphony (SFS) executive director Brent Assink written by Mark MacNamara in the 4/4/2017 edition of the San Francisco Classical Voice that’s worth your time. Although there’s plenty of topic fodder, one area worth examining for today is the section on outreach to African-American communities. Here’s an excerpt of that entire section: However, one community that has been out of reach is the African-American community. …
Originally, the plan for this week was to wrap up the thread we’ve been exploring via diversity within artistic matters by taking a deep dive into the intersection of diversity and musician complements. But where’s the fun in having your week unfold according to plan? Consequently, we’re going to pivot a bit by using today’s post to introduce the topic, solicit your feedback, then follow through next week. In this context, …