Drew McManus
2009 Compensation Report: ICSOM Executives
Mon, Jun 6, 2009
by Drew McManus
If you were the CEO or Executive Director for an ICSOM orchestra in the 2006/07 season, odds are you enjoyed a sizeable increase in compensation. Not entirely unlike for profit executives in that period (but certainly not to the same degree), orchestra executive compensation skyrocketed during this time when most orchestras in the business had
If You Listen, You Can Hear It Coming
Fri, May 5, 2009
by Drew McManus
It is almost June and that can only mean one thing at Adaptistration: the Orchestra Compensation Reports! This year’s reports feature all of the recompense goodness you’ve grown to love along with a few new twists. And no matter how hard you try, it just isn’t possible to separate timely revelations about Wall Street executive
Enough Of What I Think, What’s Your Opinion?
Thu, May 5, 2009
by Drew McManus
The ubiquitous standing ovation. Just about every orchestra musician that blogs has written about this topic at one point or another and most share a common thread; audience response to a lackluster performance with a standing ovation can have an unintentional demoralizing impact. During the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (MO) board retreat last week, we talked
So How Do You Really Feel?
Wed, May 5, 2009
by Drew McManus
Lock up the liquor, hide the kids, and brace yourselves as conductor Bill Eddins has something to share on the painful subject of cutting staff. In particular, Eddins directs his in-case-you-miss-the-point-easily-let-me-make-it-painfully-clear pointed commentary squarely at those shouldering the task of deciding which employees stay and which go. His advice is not only well timed but
Hero For Hire
Tue, May 5, 2009
by Drew McManus
Well, I wouldn’t go that far but it is was very humbling to run across this article in the 5/25/2009 edition of sbj.net (Springfield Business Journal Online), thanks to SBJ for taking an interest in the projects and to Ron Spigelman for calling me a “truth seeker” – which sounds vaguely like Marvel comics character.
