LPO Relief
Sat, Oct 10, 2005
by Drew McManus
LPO & displaced Gulf Coast Region musician information is now located here.
LPO & Displaced Musician Information
Fri, Oct 10, 2005
by Drew McManus
Offers of assistance, whereabouts, & how you can donate to relief efforts for displaced Gulf Coast Region orchestra musicians and managers….
Get On The Bandwagon
Fri, Oct 10, 2005
by Drew McManus
Today’s Cincinnati Enquirer article by Chuck Martin ribs a new marketing venture by the Cincinnati Symphony to attract a younger demographic which includes offering temporary tattoos that say “Get Your Beethoven On”. In response, he put together his own list of ideas to help improve CSO attendance. After reading his article my wife, the ever
Slipped Through The Cracks
Fri, Oct 10, 2005
by Drew McManus
Originally, I planned on putting something up today about the new iTunes deal constructed by the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra but things became busy and I have to put that off until the beginning of next week. So instead of putting up an article today I’m going to point everyone to some news stories which have
So-La-Ti-Dough
Thu, Oct 10, 2005
by Drew McManus
According to Norman Lebrecht, the world of classical music soloists and conductors is all about the money. Norman takes aim at the issue of artist fees in the October 5th edition of his weekly La Scena column…
2005 Canadian Orchestra Website Review: Unique Achievements
Wed, Oct 10, 2005
by Drew McManus
Compared to their American and Canadian peers, some of the Canadian orchestras excelled in subcategories where most organizations languished…
2005 Canadian Orchestra Website Review: Detailed Ratings
Tue, Oct 10, 2005
by Drew McManus
With the exception of one less subcategory, the Canadian orchestra websites were evaluated on the same criteria as their American counterparts. They were examined on how well they presented their concert schedule, sell tickets, provide organizational information, facilitated making donations, and on their overall content and functionality…
The 2005 CANADIAN Orchestra Website Review
Sun, Oct 10, 2005
by Drew McManus
At the conclusion of the 2004 Orchestra Website Review, I began to wonder about Canadian orchestra websites. In particular, I began to speculate on whether or not having a system which, by comparison to American orchestras, is heavily sponsored by the federal government would have any impact on how Canadian orchestras designed their websites…
Ticket Prices Yet Again
Fri, Sep 9, 2005
by Drew McManus
There’s a timely article in today’s St. Louis Post Dispatch by Michael Sorkin about the 50% increase in the SLSO’s lowest price concert ticket that’s worth your time…
More On The Great Ticket Debate
Fri, Sep 9, 2005
by Drew McManus
It seems like the issue of ticket prices is quickly making the rounds among the usual blog suspects. I’m glad to see so many people jumping on board with the discussion, although I know some managers are sick to death of it; it’s something which deserves this level of scrutiny…
