Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Ultimatum To Fort Wayne Phil Musicians Earns Employer A NLRB Trial Date

Mon, Mar 3, 2021
The ongoing labor dispute between the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and its musicians crossed another milestone last week when the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a complaint against the employer. According to the musicians who filed complaint 25-CA-268849 on 11/10/2020, the employer allegedly refused to bargain in good faith and engaged in surface bargaining (merely

Are You Planning A Big Blowout For Your Inaugural Post-COVID Concerts?

Fri, Mar 3, 2021
Not long after the onset of pandemic shutdowns, a living wage orchestra decided to cancel the entire season and a comment from their board chair caught my eye. The chair mentioned that even though they were shuttering for an extended period of time, he was sure the musicians would be able to come back at

The Latest Edition Of Culture Track Is Out

Thu, Mar 3, 2021
Earlier this week, LaPlaca Cohen and Slover Linnet released the latest installment in their Culture Track series: Culture + Community in a Time of Transformation. The report’s goal of “inform[ing] the national dialogue about progress, relevance, and genuine equity in the cultural sector” hopes to provide further breakdowns of the relationships among various demographic and

Trial And Error Is Not A Good Approach To Website Navigation UX

Wed, Mar 3, 2021
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When it comes to designing your website navigation menu, you’ll eventually need to make one critical choice in the form of deciding whether to make the top-level navigation menu items clickable or to trigger a hover-and-expand function to show sub-menu items. Fortunately, there’s one quick and easy sure-fire rule you can use to get moving

Something Else To Consider In The Larger Oberlin PR Crisis

Tue, Mar 3, 2021
Diversity driven PR crises seem to be all the rage these days. Just when you thought things were settling down following the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields’ “white art audience” fiasco, something new pops up from Oberlin Conservatory. In case you missed it, here are the highlights: Oberlin Conservatory designed a flier for “A Celebration
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