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What Should We Expect From A Biden NEA?

Wed, Feb 2, 2021
by Drew McManus
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced a quartet of appointments from the new Biden administration but still no word on a chair to replace Trump administration appointee Mary Anne Carter. While there’s no shortage of scuttlebutt over who will get tapped to be the new chair, the pandemic casts the agency in an
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It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times: Board Recruitment In The Age Of COVID

Tue, Feb 2, 2021
by Drew McManus
Recruiting board members is a big enough challenge even when all things are equal. During a pandemic, it’s exponentially more challenging. If that weren’t enough, you can layer in all the equity and diversity considerations that keep nipping at the heels of performing arts orgs that they’ve been politely eyeing, but avoiding, for years. But
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Why Orchestras Plan So Far In Advance

Mon, Feb 2, 2021
by Drew McManus
During my unexpected week off, Joshua Kosman published an article at datebook.sfchronicle.com that cast an eye toward the way orchestras approach programming at the onset of the last century. In a nutshell, seasons weren’t planned years in advance and programming choices happened within the current season. Kosman suggested this is exactly the approach organizations should
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Shop Talk; Last Call: Nothing A Little Property Damage Can’t Fix

Fri, Feb 2, 2021
by Drew McManus
When I invited guests David MacDonald and Sam Merciers to do the show I knew we had to set aside some time to talk about their groundbreaking  SoundNotion podcast series, which ran from 2010-2016. It’s the perfect topic for Last Call in that it’s loaded with just the right amount of fun and meta that
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The Latest In The Met’s Labor Problems

Thu, Feb 2, 2021
by Drew McManus
Just a quick pointer today to Norm Lebrechet’s Slippedisc where he published a letter from Metropolitan Opera General Manager Peter Gelb to the union orchestra musicians. Along with Gelb’s letter is a reply from the Local union president Adam Krauthammer. We’ll examine both early next week.
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