Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Levine Recordings: Should We, Shouldn’t We?

Mon, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
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Over the weekend, a pair of EU based media outlets reported that Sirius XM’s Met Opera Radio channel has removed all recordings conducted by James Levine. While details are slim, assuming the reports are accurate, one key piece of missing information is why they were removed. Given ongoing litigation, it’s plausible the recordings could have
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Time To Get Stable

Fri, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
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I recently published installment 5/6 at ArtsHacker.com on how to combat post net neutrality slowdowns. This installment focuses on how to best handle the necessary (and increasingly challenging) task of keeping core platform, theme, and plugin code up to date. No doubt about it, open source publishing platforms (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, etc.) are loaded with
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#TBT Things That Make You Go Buh?!? Higher Education

Thu, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
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Just when you think higher education can’t get any screwier than it already is, someone comes along with a hold my beer moment. Case in point, this article by Nell Gluckman in the 4/24/18 edition of chronicle.com that examines an effort by the Southern Illinois University at Carbondale to recruit unpaid adjunct faculty. Of course,
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Here’s Something I Wish Every Arts Org Conference Had

Wed, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
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Inside my file of crazy ideas that will never happen is a page that reads simply “every nonprofit performing arts manager spend one year attending conferences other than those run by the usual service org suspects.” While there’s no such thing as a perfect conference, there are no shortage of methods and attitudes that are
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We Are The Very Model Of A Modern Major Orchestra

Tue, Apr 4, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 214
There’s an article by Mark MacNamara in the 4/17/18 edition of the San Francisco Classical Voice that casts a retrospective eye toward one of the first new model orchestras, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. In addition to Orpheus, the article examines a few of the other ensembles that have attempted to walk a similar path. If
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