Drew McManus on the Orchestra business | est. 2003

Drew McManus

Hometown Plug

Thu, Aug 8, 2006
Although I don’t typically plug websites, I want to point out a Chicago based classical music cooperative blog, chicagoclassicalmusic.org…

High Tech On The Cheap – Monkeying Around

Wed, Aug 8, 2006
Following on the heels of the first article in this series designed to examine software products that can help small budget organizations do much more with much less is SurveyMonkey, a hosted enterprise application that describes itself as having “a single purpose: to enable anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and easily.”…

The Concert Hall Experience Without The Concert Hall

Mon, Aug 8, 2006
The Partial Observer published an article of mine today that examines some ideas behind reaching new audiences with advances in audio technology. The ideas for the article came together after reading a piece in Wired about some advances in bass speaker technology and a hiking conversation with an audiophile violinist…

Answering Some 2006 Orchestra Website Review Questions

Fri, Aug 8, 2006
I’ve received a number of similar inquiries from orchestra managers about the impending 2006 Orchestra Website Review so I’ve put together a little FAQ…

The Latest Link In A Sad Chain Of Abuse

Wed, Aug 8, 2006
Aren’t we all tired of orchestra related embezzling? There isn’t a year that goes by without a story going public about someone stealing from orchestras or orchestra musicians. Of course, embezzling is worse than what’s reported as most cases are “taken care of” behind closed doors so it’s difficult to accumulate any reliable statistics regarding
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