Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

I’ll Try, But I Don’t Think My Phone Will Fit In There

Thu, Oct 10, 2019
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At the beginning of the month I wrote about the Anne-Sophie Mutter mobile phone kerfuffle and staked out a decidedly matter-of-fact perspective. Fortunately, there are others out there looking to approach the topic from more of a productive outlook. Case in point, violinist Holly Mulcahy gathered 10 such minds to provide positive thoughts, productive and

Arts Admin Merit Badges Are Here!

Wed, Oct 10, 2019
Turns out designing and ordering the badges took a lot less time than I anticipated and that means you can now order your favs or entire sets. I’m keeping half of the first order for my own stash to use as conference SWAG which means there’s limited inventory for Round 1 and everything is available

The Culture Of Fostering Diversity And New Works

Tue, Oct 10, 2019
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In most instances, it’s fascinating to compare trends and/or metrics from one nonprofit performing arts sector to another. To that end, there’s a great article by Marshall Botvinick at HowlRound.com (h/t Thomas Cott) that uses data from a recent study to show the majority of new plays at larger US regional theaters are written by

Arts Admin Merit Badges Will Be A Thing

Mon, Oct 10, 2019
What a pleasant surprise to see such a positive response to last week’s Arts Admin Merit Badge article I published at ArtsHacker. By far, the most common question was if the merit badges were actually available. Desire was intense. Here’s one of my favs: I’M SERIOUS I WANT THEM. AND I WANT TO WEAR THEM

Specialization Is For Suckers. Arts Admins Do Everything.

Fri, Oct 10, 2019
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Why it took me more than two decades to figure this out is beyond me, but here you go nonetheless: Arts Admin Merit Badges. Arts Admin Merit Badges
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