Drew McManus on the orchestra business.
Just a quick update post today. First up, good news from Chicago where the Lyric Opera strike has ended. Both sides have issued individual press statements and we’ll be looking at those details along with some of the PR exchanges from both sides later this week. Next up, the Music of Star Trek (MoST) podcast is definitely getting a crowdsourcing campaign. Everything is just about ready to go; description, promo vid, …
Holly Mulcahy recently issued a challenge at her blog, Neo Classical, asking readers to come up with solutions to some of the most common apathy driven reasons why people don’t attend live orchestra concerts. But there’s a trick, you can’t use one of several old-school talking points. Below I’ll list several common reasons people opt out…Find one or two solutions to each reason without using the phrases: Great Repertoire, Guest Artist, or Your Support….Claiming that repertoire …
At 10:30am CT, the musicians of the Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra (CLOO), represented by the Chicago Federation of Musicians (CFM), released a press statement announcing they are on strike against their employer, Lyric Opera of Chicago (LOC). Why They Went On Strike According to the musicians’ statement, the decision to strike was due to the following LOC demands: 1) “Cutting the number of Orchestra musicians by eliminating five positions.” According to …
The 10/5/2018 edition of the Boston Globe published an article by Zoë Madonna that reports the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has decided to play hard ball and push back against principal flutist, Elizabeth Rowe and her lawsuit alleging sex-based pay discrimination. You’ll find a detailed breakdown of Rowe’s complaint in an article from 7/13/2018, so if you aren’t already familiar with the allegations, that’s a good place to begin. Breaking Down …
The 10/7/2018 edition of the Cleveland Plain Dealer published an article by Zachary Lewis that reports on two new allegations of sexual misconduct from former students of Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster William Preucil. The first instance is from 2003 at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) where Preucil maintained a violin studio. One of his students, Raffaela Kalmar, alleges Preucil forced himself into a position where he could look up her skirt. …