Tuesday’s post turned into an expanded conversation on my Facebook wall and while some of the discussion tilted toward the overall “like/dislike” perspective of curtain speeches, the rest of the discussion focused on how those speeches should unfold during post-COVID events.
A number of orchestra execs weighed in on the conversation as did my blogging colleague Joe Patti, who went the extra step of posting his own article on this topic over at Butts In The Seats. Assuming you take the position that curtain speeches are something to consider, even those with the tightest of delivery windows, he dives into some of the weeds you may not be thinking about.
Depending on the dynamics of your community and audience, delivering the curtain speech while wearing a facemask might be necessary to reinforce and model the expectations you have of audience members.
At the time this was written, the State of Employment poll from earlier this week asking orchestra administrators and musicians about their work status…