Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Lack Of Women Composers Among Some Big Budget Orch 2018/19 Programming

Mon, Feb 2, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 195
On 1/31/2018, the always sharp Alex Ross published a short but powerful tweet about something he noticed in the 2018/19 season announcements from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Orchestra. https://twitter.com/alexrossmusic/status/958741910935371778 Not too long ago, we examined a similar lack of women composers in masterworks programming at the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO); in that
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Red Pill/Blue Pill: Effective Data Driven Decision Making (Hint: Take The Red One)

Fri, Feb 2, 2018
by Drew McManus
red pill blue pill
I’m very happy to announce a third conference appearance this Spring: the 37th Annual Association of Arts Administration Educators Conference! #AAAE18 runs from May 31 – June 2, 2018 and takes place in Houston, TX. The Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) consists of more than 150 member programs, all training and equipping students in arts leadership, management,
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#TBT You Want To Carry That On Board And Put It Where Again?

Thu, Feb 2, 2018
by Drew McManus
Airlines
If you’re an orchestra musician, the anxiety attached to flying with your instrument is all too familiar. Will they let you one with your instrument or not? Career roulette is fun! #not If you’re an arts manager, you know the pain of that 11th hour call from your guest artist telling you the airline wouldn’t
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So…About That Misogyny

Wed, Jan 1, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 139
Just a quick thought exercise post for today. Consider this: in the wake of the #MeToo movement, how should performing arts organizations handle content that was created during the age of rampant misogyny and sexism? Opera is almost certainly the tip of that spear and a recent article in The Economist started asking many of
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Will These Changes Cause Your Org To Lose Its Google Ad Grant?

Tue, Jan 1, 2018
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 173
There’s a terrific article by Jason King in the 1/23/2018 edition of the Nonprofit Technology Conference blog that examines how recent changes to Google Ad Grant’s terms and conditions put some users at risk of temporary account suspension. A whole raft of new rules came into effect on the January 1st of 2018, many of
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