Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Drew McManus

Attack Of The Status Quo

Thu, Feb 2, 2007
by Drew McManus
Within the span of a week, two of the larger budget orchestras announced new music directors. First, the Pittsburgh Symphony hired Manfred Honeck, a 48-year-old Austrian conductor and shortly thereafter the Dallas Symphony hired Jaap van Zweden, a 46-year-old Dutch conductor…
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Gallery Update

Wed, Jan 1, 2007
by Drew McManus
Photographs from my recent trips to Nashville and Phoenix are now available in two new photo albums at Adaptistration’s online gallery. Each album contains a brief description of the trip related to the photos along with links to corresponding articles. Keep in mind that all photographs are copyrighted but you can feel free to request
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Growing Storm Or Much To-Do About Nothing?

Tue, Jan 1, 2007
by Drew McManus
I am heading to the studios of WBEZ, Chicago [correction, I was actually at the NPR, Chicago Bureau studio] to record an interview with NPR about an issue within the business that is slowing garnering public attention…
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Revisiting Statistics

Mon, Jan 1, 2007
by Drew McManus
Recently, I received a note from a reader who described himself as a dedicated orchestra patron. He wrote to me asking about some news his local orchestra sent to him…
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Summing Up My Time At ASU

Fri, Jan 1, 2007
by Drew McManus
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I had a wonderful, albeit brief, time talking to the ASU post-graduate orchestral conducting students. The 45 minute exchange turned out to be a concentrated and frank discussion, even by my standards… Of all the lectures and discussions I have conducted with college students over the years, I approached this session with the least structure
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