Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Hey, Where Did Comments Go?

Tue, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
Back in 2018, I replaced the native WordPress comment functionality with Facebook’s blog comment tool to eliminate anonymous comments and control spam. It worked great until last summer during the national election, when Facebook began making massive changes to their API in response to pressure over their lack of control over disinformation. Since then, the
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Dear Conductors: Just Wear The F*cking Mask Already…And Get Vaccinated!

Mon, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
Almost a year ago, I published an article asking why some conductors seemed to be exempt for mask requirements during performances when on-stage musicians were required to be masked. Now that we’re looking at an extension of CDC recommended strategies to help control the Delta variant that clearly indicate the need to be masked indoors
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Now Is The Time To Rally Stakeholders Behind Required Vaccination Policies

Fri, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
It should come as no surprise that performing arts orgs are playing a combination of push and pull when it comes to establishing required vaccination policies. On one hand, they want to push decisions back as far as possible to see how rapidly changing pandemic conditions change. At the same time, they want to pull
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#TBT Equal Pay For Equal Work

Thu, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
Granted, no one likes staring down the barrel of salary concessions, but I’m especially concerned about where things are going to fall for substitute musicians once the current round of collective bargaining agreements (CBAs) become public. If early reports about The Met’s recent agreement are accurate, we’ll see the trend of shortchanging substitute musicians expand
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The Met Settles: Here Are Some Details That Are Probably New To You

Wed, Aug 8, 2021
by Drew McManus
On Tuesday, 8/24/2021, The Metropolitan Opera announced it had reached an agreement with the musicians’ union that will get the opera company back up and running by early September. While a copy of the final agreement has yet to be released, I did manage to secure some details from inside sources with firsthand knowledge. The
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