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Let’s Talk About New Music In Chicago

Fri, Oct 10, 2016
by Drew McManus
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I’ll own up to some hometown prejudice today by giving a shout-out to Chicago’s Ear Taxi new music festival, running from Oct 5 through Oct 10. More to the point, I want to highlight a series of articles that have been going up at NewMusicBox.org (NMBx). First up, read NMBx’s very own Frank J. Oteri’s
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Pittsburgh Symphony Labor Dispute Continues Down A Dark Path

Thu, Oct 10, 2016
by Drew McManus
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The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) announced that it has cancelled all nine concert events scheduled through 10/27/2016 due to the ongoing musician strike. The decision to cut nearly one month of programming is rarely a good sign when it comes to ending a work stoppage but given how far apart both sides appear to be
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What You Should Know About Contracts

Wed, Oct 10, 2016
by Drew McManus
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Unless you plan on making it your career path, you should not expect to become an expert on legal agreements; at the same time, that doesn’t mean you should be unaware either. Fortunately, Joe Patti authored a pair of articles at Arts Hacker this week that go a long way toward a healthy indoctrination on
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Some Good News On Efforts To Save Military Music

Tue, Oct 10, 2016
by Drew McManus
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It’s time for another update on current efforts to help block a proposed funding amendment in the 2017 Defense Appropriations bill designed to gut military music programs. If you’ve been keeping up with what has been going on, you already know that the latest step in the process was to get the amendment removed from the
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How To Look Like The Smartest Person In The Room When Talking About This Season’s Labor Disputes

Mon, Oct 10, 2016
by Drew McManus
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The weekend saw some extraordinary events as the musicians from the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and Philadelphia Orchestra Association (POA) went on strike. Since that news broke on Friday, 9/30/2016 there are no shortages of presumptions floating around so in order to provide a clear frame of reference, let’s examine some of the key points
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