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Throwback Thursday: Music Director Compensation

Thu, Apr 4, 2017
by Drew McManus
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We’re about two months away from the latest installment in the annual orchestra compensation reports so I thought it would be fun to take a quick look back at the music director installment from last year’s series. If you recall, this was one of the biggest bombshells in the entire series history in that it
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Where You Think Links Should Open Could Be Influenced By Your Age

Wed, Apr 4, 2017
by Drew McManus
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One of the regular conversations I have with Venture Platform clients is how to handle the default target for where links open: new tab or same tab. Prior to the mobile device age, a common practice would be to have links pointing to internal website pages open in the same tab while outbound links open
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Please Don’t Bait The Composers…Okay, Maybe Just A Little

Tue, Apr 4, 2017
by Drew McManus
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It started with an innocent Facebook post from composer Jim Stephenson who was wondering if composers of old would have made it in today’s environment and evolved into a trending hashtag on Twitter. https://www.facebook.com/jim.stephenson.946/posts/10154527139678581 It’s a great discussion thread, worthy of a blog topic in and of itself, but long story short, the discussion turned
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Updated Data For The Dead White Guy Programming Table

Mon, Apr 4, 2017
by Drew McManus
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Over the weekend, composer and arts administrator Rob Deemer sent along the latest update to his list of programming data for the 2017/18 season and the ratio of works (both percent and number) of dead-white-guys to living, women, and non-white composers. The latest figures includes an update for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra figures. See
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Would We Still Bill The Titanic Musicians For Missing Uniforms?

Fri, Apr 4, 2017
by Drew McManus
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Today marks the 105-year anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and well before the movie launched the disaster into new levels of cultural consciousness, examining the historical event was a major stepping stone from my conservatory years. Specifically, one of the school’s ear training professors used to keep a framed photo of the
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