Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Philadelphia Wins The Prize For The First Big Eight Orchestra To Ditch Tuxedos

Wed, Oct 10, 2021
Regular readers know that musician dress codes are a well-worn topic here at Adaptistration. The latest installment was from last month where I wondered when I could use more than one hand to count the number of professional ICSOM, IGSOBM, or ROPA orchestras to remove tuxedoes as their primary attire. I’m happy to say we’re

Did Facebook’s Outage Impact Your Campaign Performance?

Tue, Oct 10, 2021
In the wake of Facebook’s massive outage yesterday, it’s amazing to see how many ways it can impact your operations. For instance, some of my Venture users that rely on live connections found the outage caused some page load slowdowns. In most cases, you wouldn’t even notice it unless you were measuring them but since

Labor Disputes And Professional Disclosure

Mon, Oct 10, 2021
Several readers have reached out since the end of last week asking when I’ll be writing something about the San Antonio Symphony. All things being equal, I would write something but, in this case, I must point out the Professional Disclosure policy published in the footer that has been in place at Adaptistration for the

Breaks. Why Did It Have To Be Breaks?

Fri, Oct 10, 2021
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That list of 1,347 annual donors is staring at you on the screen. Each donor name is separated by a paragraph break and your department director just casually asked you to convert this to line breaks because it needs to take up less space in the program book. You’re not crazy, that list is mocking

Tell Us How You Really Feel

Thu, Sep 9, 2021
A 9/25/21 Facebook post from conductor David Leibowitz caught my eye because it’s hard to miss something that begins with “Dear Met Opera: F*** you for your incredibly horrible online ticket purchasing site.” The full post provides more context: Dear Met Opera: F*** you for your incredibly horrible online ticket purchasing site. Timing out before
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