Drew McManus

It’s not easy to create a successful music blog entirely on your own with no affiliation to a larger website or the benefit of name recognition that an established journalist has. You have to have loads of creativity and personal charm. Saxophonist Brian Sacawa has used those precise skills and done exactly that with his

A TAFTO initiative simply isn’t complete without a contribution from a real live orchestra musician. This year’s contribution comes from Timothy Judd, a violinist in the Richmond Symphony Orchestra. If you’re interested in seeing the issues of audience development from the eyes of a professional orchestra musician and like straightforward, detailed ideas then this is

Are you ready for this? Nothing is off limits when it comes to composer and blogger Alex Shapiro when she engages the topic of the classical music concert experience. Alex goes so far as to challenge the notion that there are any notions at all and the result is a thoroughly entertaining TAFTO contribution. Love

If you want a preview into the world of mainstream music journalism all you have to do is start reading Marc Geelhoed. Marc is one of the most entertaining, perceptive young cultural writers around today. Based in Chicago, he consumes a regular well balanced diet of classical music events and has something unique to say

It’s always refreshing to take a good look at the classical music experience from the eyes of someone who hasn’t been immersed in the genera since birth. To that end, today’s TAFTO contribution comes from Kevin Giglinto, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Kevin’s contribution demonstrates exactly the sort of