Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Drew McManus

What Happened To Canada?!?

Tue, Jan 1, 2007
In response to the flood of requests over the past few months from readers asking about when the Canadian Orchestra Website review will come out, I have some information…

Do You Really Want To Lead With Scorched Earth Tactics?

Fri, Dec 12, 2006
If nothing else, this business is never dull. Yesterday’s Kansas City Star published an article by Dan Margolies which reports that the Kansas City Symphony filled a lawsuit against Missouri’s General Assembly for failing to provide arts funding as promised via decade old legislature…

Seeing Adaptistration

Thu, Dec 12, 2006
Although there’s much to love about the MoveableType blogging platform, I do wish it were easier to embed photographs and graphics in articles. Quite often, I am unable to include a number of photos and graphics due to time and formatting constraints. As such, I’ve decided to create an online gallery for all of the

Peering Behind The Curtain Of Pay-Per-Student Teaching

Wed, Dec 12, 2006
Back in October, 2006 system dynamics expert Bill Harris and I released a systems model that not only maps the lifecycle of a professional musician but it explores methods to improve the sustainability of the classical music business. One component of that model defined the growing demand for private teaching and recently, I ran across

Back To Work

Tue, Dec 12, 2006
I hope everyone had some time to relax and enjoy the holiday season but now it is time to get back to business. I’m taking most of today to catch up on all of the email and phone messages that have stacked up over the past four days but starting tomorrow, the blogging begins in
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