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2007 Canadian Orchestra Website Review: Grades and Comparisons

Wed, Oct 10, 2007
by Drew McManus
Unique to the Canadian portion of the annual website reviews, this installment examines the similarities and differences between how Canadian and U.S. orchestra websites compared in overall grades as well as the average scores category by category. You’ll also get to see how the Canadian orchestras would fare compared to the Top 10 orchestra websites
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2007 Canadian Orchestra Website Review: Rankings & Scores

Tue, Oct 10, 2007
by Drew McManus
Between 9/25/07 and 9/27/07, 14 professional Canadian orchestra websites were examined and ranked by how well they presented their concert schedule, sold tickets, provided organizational information, facilitated making donations, and on overall content and functionality. Overall, the average Canadian orchestra website score increased from 56.01 in 2005 to 64.03 in 2007, which means they improved
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The 2007 Canadian Orchestra Website Review

Mon, Oct 10, 2007
by Drew McManus
After an unavoidable lapse in 2006, the Canadian installment of the Orchestra Website Review is back. Although there are fewer Canadian orchestra websites compared to their U.S. counterparts (a 1:6 ratio) they are evaluated using the exact same criteria used in the U.S. reviews, with one notable exception…
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When Pops Music Goes Wrong

Fri, Oct 10, 2007
by Drew McManus
I ran across what has to be one of the funniest classical music videos I’ve ever seen in some time. Apparently, it’s been circulating online for a few months but I just ran across it on a webpage belonging to a friend of mine who is a professional orchestra trumpet player in Florida…
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Some “Adults Only” Virtual Learning

Thu, Oct 10, 2007
by Drew McManus
You have to love the internet. It is always insightful to see what and how the current generations of college students are thinking. To that end, the ever-resourceful Ron Spigelman encouraged his current class of students enrolled in Drury University’s MUSC 284: Audience Connection to respond to an article written by Holly Mulcahy on the
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