Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Drew McManus

Musician Dress Codes: The Topic With Staying Power

Tue, Jun 6, 2019
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Overcoming tradition combined with the challenge of practicality conspire to produce increasingly elusive solutions when it comes to updating musician dress codes. Having said that, it’s always a bit irksome is when groups attempt to address the issue by throwing money at it in the form of custom designs. Yes, it’s fun to play what-if

Birthday Fundraiser Success And Baltimore Symphony News

Mon, Jun 6, 2019
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to my matching gift fundraiser I mentioned in last Friday’s post. Thanks to the generosity of donors, it raised $1,000 and reached 200% of the original goal! This amount will fund 1/3 of a prison recital program from Arts Capacity, which helps people in need through the power of live music

It’s My Birthday And I’ll Match Gifts If I Want To

Fri, May 5, 2019
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If you’re on Facebook, you’ve almost certainly come across a fundraiser associated with someone’s birthday. Facebook has done a good job at making it easy to raise money for individual to raise money for nonprofits but something I have yet to see is any sort of matching gift component. Typically, the individual starting a fundraiser

#TBT When Exposure = Exploitation

Thu, May 5, 2019
Adaptistration Guy Chasing The Money
There’s a fascinating article written by Josh Constine in the 5/21/2019 in TechCrunch (h/t Jon Silpayamanant) that examines the business practices of Sofar Sounds, a presenter of non-classical music events in small venues. According to Constine’s article, Sofar has generated millions in funding from venture capitalists and while they net anywhere from $1,100 to $1,600

The Latest Update In Orchestra Workplace Satisfaction: Summer 2019

Wed, May 5, 2019
It has been just over six months since the last time we examined the value of improving orchestra workplace satisfaction which means it is high time to see where things are related to your efforts on increasing the quantity and frequency of reviews at GlassDoor.com from arts administrators and staffers about their respective orchestra employers. This article
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